Blockchain and Web3

Blockchain and Web3 Development

A blockchain is a tool with specific strengths: shared records nobody can quietly edit, verifiable ownership of digital items and transfers that don’t depend on one company. It is also slower, more complex and less forgiving than a normal database, so it should earn its place in a product.

We approach Web3 as product designers first. We built Shufl, an NFT marketplace on the Algorand blockchain for artists, creators and communities, designed sites for Algorand NFT projects, and our team has mentored founders and startups across Algorand accelerator programmes.

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Right Tool, Right Job

Our first question is whether you need a blockchain at all. If a conventional database and a good website would do the job, we’ll say so plainly. When verifiable ownership or transparent records genuinely matter, we design the product around that strength.

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Wallets and Onboarding

Wallet connections, signing prompts and confirmations are where most Web3 products lose people. We design those moments carefully, with plain language, clear states and sensible fallbacks, so newcomers understand what they are approving and why.

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Marketplaces for Creators

Shufl is our NFT marketplace on Algorand, built for artists, creators and communities, and listed by the Algorand Foundation as an artist-focused marketplace for digital art and social impact. Building and running it taught us what creators and collectors need from a platform.

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NFT Project Websites

MNGO has a custom WordPress plugin that calculates the rarity score and percentage of each trait across more than 3000 custom posts. Algoanna, an NFT project on Algorand, has a custom-built WordPress site focused on clarity and ease of use.

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Smart Contracts and Security

Smart contracts are hard to change once deployed, so mistakes are expensive. We keep on-chain logic as small as the product allows and recommend an independent security audit before any contract goes live with real users.

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How We Quote

Blockchain projects are quoted on scope after a discovery call. The proposal separates on-chain and off-chain work, notes where an independent audit is recommended and defines a first release small enough to put in front of real users quickly.

Blockchain and Web3 questions

Often it doesn’t, and we’d rather tell you now than after the budget is spent. A blockchain makes sense when ownership, provenance or shared records must be verifiable without trusting one organisation. If your idea works just as well with a normal database, that version will be cheaper, faster and easier for users.

We built Shufl, an NFT marketplace on Algorand for artists, creators and communities. We’ve also built websites for Algorand NFT projects, including MNGO, with a custom plugin that scores trait rarity, and Algoanna. And our team has mentored founders and startups across Algorand accelerator programmes.

It’s the ecosystem we know best, from building our own marketplace to working alongside Algorand founders as mentors. That said, the right chain depends on your product, your users and the tools around it. We’ll talk through the trade-offs honestly rather than defaulting to what we’ve used before.

By treating every connection, signature and confirmation as a design problem. Clear wording about what someone is approving, obvious progress and error states, and help at the moments people hesitate make a big difference. The aim is a product that feels familiar even to someone who has never used a wallet.

No. We recommend an independent security audit for any smart contract that will handle real users or assets, carried out by specialists who had no part in writing it. We plan the project so there’s time for that audit, and for any fixes it turns up, before launch.

It’s quoted on scope after a discovery call. The main variables are how much logic lives on-chain, wallet and marketplace features, the website and content around the product, and the time needed for an independent audit. You get a written proposal that separates each part.

Yes, and it’s often where projects need the most help. Our in-house designers handle identity, illustration and the marketing website, and we designed and built the websites for MNGO and Algoanna, so the product and its public face are clear, credible and consistent.

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Talk through your Web3 idea

Tell us what you want to build and who it’s for. We’ll book a discovery call, give you a straight view on whether blockchain fits, and scope the work.