Protocol engineering from consensus design to mainnet

Cryptoeconomic security modeling and formal verification

Production infrastructure with institutional operational standards

Proven Blockchain Expertise

Smart Contracts Deployed

200+

Smart Contracts Deployed

Transactions Per Second

3,000+

Transactions Per Second

Industry Use Cases

30+

Industry Use Cases

Certified Blockchain Developers

50+

Certified Blockchain Developers

Blockchain Expertise

8+

Years of Blockchain Expertise

Our Suite Of Comprehensive Layer 1 Development

We deliver end-to-end blockchain infrastructure solutions that enable organizations to build cryptoeconomically secure, technically robust, and operationally sustainable networks.

Our Suite Of Comprehensive Layer 1 Development
Protocol Design & Architecture

Protocol Design & Architecture

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Strategic technical consultation on consensus selection, state management approaches, and protocol-level design decisions. We help you architect infrastructure that balances security assumptions, performance requirements, and decentralization guarantees based on first principles analysis of your use case.

Consensus Mechanism Engineering

Consensus Mechanism Engineering

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Cryptoeconomic Design

Cryptoeconomic Design

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Execution Environment Integration

Execution Environment Integration

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Network Protocol Optimization

Network Protocol Optimization

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Interoperability Protocol Development

Interoperability Protocol Development

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Validator Network Architecture

Validator Network Architecture

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On-Chain Governance Systems

On-Chain Governance Systems

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Security Architecture & Audits

Security Architecture & Audits

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Launch Your Layer 1 Infrastructure

Production-Grade Protocol Engineering for Cryptoeconomically Secure Networks

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Technical Problems We Work On

We focus on infrastructure requirements where existing general-purpose blockchains create fundamental constraints rather than just scaling challenges.

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High-Performance
Financial Settlement

Networks where DeFi protocols face limitations in existing chains—whether throughput for complex trading strategies, finality requirements for large liquidations, or MEV dynamics that require protocol-level solutions. Custom infrastructure makes sense when financial primitives need specific consensus properties.

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Regulated Network
Infrastructure

Consortium blockchains where validator selection, transaction permissioning, or protocol-level audit trails address regulatory requirements. Enterprise adoption sometimes requires infrastructure that maintains verifiability while meeting compliance standards that general-purpose chains cannot accommodate.

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Domain-Specific
Execution Models

Applications where custom state machines, specialized opcodes, or unique economic models create value impossible to capture on general-purpose chains. Gaming with millions of microtransactions, social graphs with specific data structures, or supply chains with specialized verification logic.

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Asset Tokenization
Infrastructure

Networks focused on real-world assets where protocol-level compliance, settlement finality matching traditional systems, and regulatory hooks need integration at the base layer. Tokenization at scale often surfaces requirements that smart contracts alone cannot address.

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Interoperability-Focused
Architecture

Infrastructure designed specifically for cross-chain coordination—networks optimized for message verification, data availability, or settlement between ecosystems rather than general computation. Specialized consensus and economic models for bridge security.

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Data Availability
Networks

Chains dedicated to proving data publication and accessibility rather than executing transactions. Different consensus priorities, storage economics, and verification mechanisms compared to execution-focused networks.

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Privacy at
Protocol Level

Networks where privacy requires integration into base-layer consensus and state management—zero-knowledge proofs, confidential transactions, or private contract execution as native primitives rather than smart contract implementations.

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Rollup Settlement
Infrastructure

Layer 1s optimized as settlement layers for rollups, with consensus focused on data availability, proof verification, and economic security for L2 systems rather than direct transaction execution.

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Governance-Native
Networks

Infrastructure where on-chain governance is the primary function—specialized systems for proposal creation, delegation, quadratic mechanisms, and treasury management with protocol-level integrity guarantees.

Why Layer 1 Infrastructure Creates Leverage

Building at the protocol layer isn't just about control—it's about capturing value that applications can't access alone. When your coordination problem requires base-layer solutions, the economics change fundamentally.

Why Layer 1 Infrastructure Creates Leverage
Value Capture at Infrastructure Layer

Value Capture at Infrastructure Layer

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Applications rent space. Protocols define rules. Owning infrastructure means capturing transaction fees, controlling gas economics, and designing validator incentives aligned with your ecosystem.

Cryptoeconomic Parameter Control

Cryptoeconomic Parameter Control

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Protocol-Level Performance Engineering

Protocol-Level Performance Engineering

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Sovereign Governance Architecture

Sovereign Governance Architecture

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Native Compliance Integration

Native Compliance Integration

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Custom Execution Environments

Custom Execution Environments

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Bridge Security by Design

Bridge Security by Design

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MEV as Protocol Design Choice

MEV as Protocol Design Choice

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Building Something That Needs Custom Infrastructure?

When coordination problems require base-layer solutions, the technical conversation shifts. Let's explore whether your requirements benefit from protocol-level control.

Multi-Framework Rollup Development Expertise

We architect Layer 2 networks using proven rollup frameworks and custom implementations, selecting
technology based on your specific scalability requirements and security model.

Framework
Ethereum
Framework
Cosmos SDK
Framework
Substrate
Framework
Avalanche Subnets
Framework
Polygon CDK
Framework
OP Stack
Framework
Arbitrum Orbit
Framework
Tendermint
Framework
Algorand
Framework
Hyperledger Besu
Framework
NEAR Protocol
Framework
Aptos
Framework
Sui
Framework
Solana

Layer 1 Use Cases Across Industries

Custom Layer 1 networks address coordination challenges where existing infrastructure creates fundamental constraints. These implementations demonstrate when base-layer engineering delivers advantages applications alone cannot achieve.

Financial Settlement Infrastructure

Financial Settlement
Infrastructure

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Real-World Asset Tokenization

Real-World Asset
Tokenization

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Decentralized Governance Systems

Decentralized Governance
Systems

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Cross-Chain Communication Networks

Cross-Chain
Communication Networks

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Self-Sovereign Identity Networks

Self-Sovereign Identity
Networks

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Supply Chain Verification Infrastructure

Supply Chain Verification
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Have Specialized Requirements?

We work with technical teams evaluating whether custom infrastructure genuinely addresses their constraints better than alternatives.

How We Approach Protocol Development

Our process reflects the reality that launching production blockchain infrastructure requires getting consensus,
cryptography, game theory, and operations right simultaneously.

Phase 1

Requirements Analysis
& Architecture

Examine coordination requirements, security models, and performance constraints. Critical phase: determining whether custom Layer 1 development addresses fundamental limitations or if Layer 2, app-chains, or existing networks better fit requirements. Many projects discover they don't need custom L1s.

Phase 2

Protocol
Specification

Complete technical specifications covering consensus algorithms, state transition functions, cryptographic schemes, and economic parameters. These specifications become the canonical protocol definition and basis for multi-client implementations.

Phase 3

Core Protocol
Implementation

Blockchain client development including consensus engine, networking layer, state management, and execution environment integration. Implementation follows formal specifications with continuous testing against protocol requirements.

Phase 4

Developer
Infrastructure

Wallet support, block explorers, RPC infrastructure, and SDKs that enable developers to build on the network. Ecosystem growth depends on accessible, well-documented tooling from genesis.

Phase 5

Security &
Economic Validation

Formal verification of consensus properties, adversarial economic modeling, cryptographic audits, and third-party security analysis. This phase examines attack vectors including long-range attacks, validator collusion, and economic exploits before mainnet.

Phase 6

Testnet & Network
Validation

Incentivized testnet with real validator participation. Monitoring consensus behavior under load, validating that economic incentives function as designed, and identifying edge cases that only emerge under adversarial conditions.

Phase 7

Mainnet Launch
& Operations

Validator coordination, genesis block creation, and network launch. Post-launch involves ongoing monitoring, incident response, protocol upgrade coordination, and the operational reality of maintaining production infrastructure.

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The Hard Part Isn't Building Blockchains, It's Building Ones That Function Correctly Under Adversarial Conditions

Why Organizations Choose Our Protocol Engineering

We bring deep technical expertise in distributed systems, applied cryptography, and game theory required to engineer production-grade blockchain infrastructure.

Layer 1 Protocol Engineering
End-to-End Protocol Engineering
End-to-End Protocol Engineering
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From consensus design through mainnet launch, we deliver complete Layer 1 development including security analysis, economic modeling, and operational infrastructure. Our teams have launched multiple production networks securing significant value.

Framework-Agnostic Approach
Framework-Agnostic Approach
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Security-First Design Philosophy
Security-First Design Philosophy
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Performance Without Compromise
Performance Without Compromise
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Institutional-Grade Operations
Institutional-Grade Operations
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Proven Production Track Record
Proven Production Track Record
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Technology Stack

We work with battle-tested rollup frameworks, proof systems, and infrastructure
proven in production scaling environments.

Ethereum
Ethereum
Solana
Solana
Polygon
Polygon
Binance Smart Chain
Binance Smart Chain
Cardano
Cardano
Avalanche
Avalanche
Corda
Corda
Tezos
Tezos
Ripple
Ripple
Polkadot
Polkadot
Tron
Tron
SKALE
SKALE
Models & APIs
OpenAl
OpenAl
Mistral Al
Mistral Al
Meta
Meta
Google
Google
Hugging Face
Hugging Face
Grok
Grok
Vector Databases
MongoDB Atlas
MongoDB Atlas
Chroma
Chroma
Mistral Al
Mistral Al
Google
Google
Meta
Meta
Pinecone
Pinecone
LLM Frameworks
LangChain
LangChain
LlamaIndex
LlamaIndex
Haystack by deepset
Haystack by deepset
Microsoft AutoGen
Microsoft AutoGen
Nvidia NEMO
Nvidia NEMO
Deployment
Vertex.ai
Vertex.ai
Hugging Face
Hugging Face
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Docker
Docker
Solidity
Solidity
Vyperx
Vyperx
Rust
Rust
C++
C++
Python
Python
Angular JS
Angular JS
Node.js
Node.js
Ether.JS
Ether.JS
Web3.JS
Web3.JS
React.JS
React.JS
Nextjs
Nextjs
Coinbase
Coinbase
Metamask
Metamask
Trust Wallet
Trust Wallet
Binance
Binance
OBJ-C
OBJ-C
Python
Python
Swift
Swift
Open Zeppline
Open Zeppline
Pinata
Pinata
Chainlink
Chainlink
HardHat
HardHat
Truffle
Truffle
Quicknode
Quicknode
Alchemy
Alchemy
Infura
Infura
Metamask
Metamask
Geth
Geth

Blockchain Frameworks

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Ethereum
Ethereum
Solana
Solana
Polygon
Polygon
Binance Smart Chain
Binance Smart Chain
Cardano
Cardano
Avalanche
Avalanche
Corda
Corda
Tezos
Tezos
Ripple
Ripple
Polkadot
Polkadot
Tron
Tron
SKALE
SKALE

Artificial Intelligence

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Programming Languages

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Frameworks

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Wallets

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Smart Contracts

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Let's Discuss Infrastructure

Layer 1 development requires deep expertise in distributed systems, cryptography, game theory, and blockchain economics. We've spent years building this knowledge so you can focus on your ecosystem.

Frequently Asked Questions

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What Does Layer 1 Development Actually Mean?
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Building the base protocol layer—consensus mechanism, native asset, validator network, and core protocol rules. Everything else (applications, smart contracts) builds on this foundation. Layer 1 development means working at the protocol level, not the application layer.

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When Do Requirements Actually Justify Custom Layer 1 Infrastructure?
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How Long Does Protocol Development Take?
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Can Custom Networks Interoperate With Existing Ecosystems?
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What's the Actual Difference Between Layer 1 and Layer 2?
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What Happens After Launch?
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