ForgePlace
An all-in-one Web3 platform bringing NFT trading, token swaps, staking and token launches into one ecosystem.
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The situation
NFT trading, token swapping, staking and token launches were spread across separate products.
Users had to move between different platforms to discover assets, trade, manage tokens, stake, or participate in launches. Each product handled only part of the overall experience, making the journey fragmented.
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What we found
Traders and creators wanted a single environment where they could explore, trade, stake and launch without constantly switching between platforms.
Making that possible meant bringing together wallet interactions, smart contracts, blockchain activity, backend services, application data and real-time updates into one connected platform.
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What changed
NFT exploration & trading
Built an end-to-end NFT marketplace covering collection discovery, NFT creation, ownership, metadata and trading.
The platform connected the application with the underlying smart contracts and continuously synchronized blockchain activity with the application database and user interface.
Asset swapping
Integrated token swapping and transaction flows directly into the platform.
Wallet interactions, on-chain transactions and application state were coordinated so users could initiate and track swaps without leaving the ecosystem.
Staking pools
Built staking and unstaking flows with pool and reward tracking.
Background processing handled recurring platform operations and helped keep staking-related data synchronized with the application.
Token launchpad
Built a token launch experience connected to the platform's smart-contract infrastructure.
The flow covered token creation, transaction handling and the supporting application logic required to bring launches into the same ecosystem as trading and staking.
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Result
A unified Web3 platform where NFTs, swaps, staking and token launches work together in one ecosystem.
Instead of moving between separate products, traders and creators can explore assets, transact, stake and participate in launches through a single connected experience.
Behind the build
The platform brought together several layers that normally operate independently — smart contracts, blockchain events, backend services, databases, wallets and the user interface.
- Smart-contract infrastructure
Developed and integrated smart contracts supporting NFT creation, ownership, token interactions, staking and launch functionality, with the application layer built around those on-chain operations.
- Blockchain event processing
Contract events were indexed into the application database and delivered to the frontend through WebSockets, keeping users informed of on-chain activity in real time.
A recovery process was also implemented to reprocess historical blockchain activity when events were missed or could not be retrieved within RPC limits.
- NFT media & metadata pipeline
Built a media pipeline that moved uploaded assets through storage and background processing before publishing them to IPFS and connecting them with the corresponding NFT metadata.
- Wallet & transaction handling
Wallet interactions and asynchronous blockchain transactions were handled across NFT, swap, staking and launch flows, including transaction states, confirmations, failures and interrupted operations.
- Trading, liquidity & staking
Integrated swap, liquidity and staking functionality with the platform's application and smart-contract layers, keeping on-chain activity and user-facing state synchronized.
- Application infrastructure
The platform combined frontend interfaces, backend APIs, database services, background jobs and blockchain integrations into a single system, allowing each Web3 feature to operate as part of the wider product rather than as an isolated experience.
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