Binance Founder CZ Admits Previous Misjudgment, Calls Hidden Token a Very Useful Feature
Binance Founder CZ: Misjudged the Practicality of Ignore Coins Feature
Binance founder CZ admitted that he previously misjudged the situation, stating that hiding tokens is actually a very useful feature.
He had thought that 99.99% of people would not use this feature, but changed his view after receiving feedback from multiple users. The Trust Wallet team also noted this and informed that the feature already exists, but requires five clicks to find, making it somewhat hidden.
CZ stated that the team will soon make some updates to this feature. Previously, he decided to stop using the public address after being overwhelmed by meme coins while testing the wallet, and attempts to burn tokens led to more airdrops and over-interpretations.
Trust Wallet already has a hidden token option, allowing users to manually turn off assets they do not want to display, although the operation path is quite deep.
The community suggested adding smart automation to default hide unpurchased tokens to combat dust attacks and the proliferation of meme airdrops.
From a market mechanism perspective, the event-driven wallet product experience optimization: Trust Wallet benefits from user pain point feedback to accelerate iteration and improve retention; meme airdrops and spam token sending behaviors are under pressure as the hidden feature becomes widespread, reducing harassment effects.
Additionally, CZ has planned to donate the BNB and related tokens in the address to Giggle Academy before ceasing to use it.
Source: Public Information
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CZ has long dominated the Binance ecosystem and Trust Wallet strategy, having publicly tested products multiple times and directly responded to the community. He previously attempted to burn tokens to clean up after being overwhelmed by meme coins, but this led to more airdrops and interpretations due to on-chain transparency.
In terms of capital pathways, he is shifting the resources of his personal address from public use to donations and product feedback loops, motivated by the desire to reduce noise from public operations while promoting Trust Wallet to improve user interface and solidify the self-custody wallet's entry position in the BNB ecosystem.
Similar cases can be seen in early wallets responding to token spamming with manual hiding iterations, as well as exchanges upgrading filters against spam; currently, the phase is shifting from passive cleaning to active product optimization.
The structural judgment belongs to the reconstruction of the industry chain: user feedback directly drives the enhancement of feature visibility, with the mechanism being that after a high-profile individual's public misjudgment, the team quickly confirms and commits to iteration, shortening the path from demand to launch.
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No matter how good the feature is, if it's hidden deep, it's equivalent to not having it.
Personal pain points are often the common needs of the public.
Public misjudgment accelerates product evolution.