
Web3 and NFTs: how we build them
Tokenisation, marketplaces, custody and provenance — the architecture we use, the standards we follow, and where we think the real value is.
Writing
What we have learned building systems, written up so it is useful before you hire anyone.

Tokenisation, marketplaces, custody and provenance — the architecture we use, the standards we follow, and where we think the real value is.

Decentralisation is worth using where it lowers cost, makes records verifiable, or opens a revenue path that was closed. Where it does not, we say so.

A discovery sprint is a focused two-week research cycle that tests ideas before they are built. Here is what happens in each stage, and what has to be true before you move on.

Museums already keep meticulous provenance records. What blockchain adds, what it does not, and what a cultural institution should insist on before minting anything.

Three architectures that get proposed for the same problem, and how to work out which one your constraints actually point to.

Utility, supply, distribution, incentives and governance — and the failure modes that show up when one of them is decided after the others.