Case study · Swiss blockchain company

Blockchain products for a Swiss company building decentralised software for government, financial and state services.

Engagement
Product development
Industry
Fintech · Regtech
Duration
1 year 3 months, ongoing
Team
CTO, project coordinator, 3 senior software engineers, senior and middle QA engineers
Illustration · An asset manager and a custodian bank open a relationship. Every step is signed and recorded on a private ledger.
annual growth for the client today
200%
offices and national coverage across Switzerland
3
core features shipped in the MVP for banks and external asset managers
12

Market challenges

Our client has always aimed to lead in decentralised networks that improve regulatory processes. Their goal is to secure a private-by-design future in their niche.

Aleph One dedicated its development resources and blockchain expertise to make this happen.

Customer success timeline

  1. 2015

    Founding. The company is founded in Switzerland.

  2. 2017

    First product. Launch of the first in-house product based on decentralised technologies.

  3. 2019

    Second product. Launch of the second in-house product, for the finance sector.

  4. 2020

    Third product. Launch of the third in-house product, for regulatory operations.

  5. Today

    Growth. 200% annual growth, national coverage and 3 offices.

Tech challenges

  1. 01
    Tech stack selection

    Our team has deep experience with React and Node.js, a battle-tested stack proven on many projects we have shipped. Hyperledger Fabric was chosen because it is an open-source, enterprise-grade private blockchain.

  2. 02
    Data synchronisation and encryption

    Synchronisation. Every change to platform data had to be traceable, with full history and persistence, while staying encrypted. We store data on the blockchain for traceability and persistence, and sync it to a cache database so the application and API can run complex queries.

    Encryption. Data in the database had to stay encrypted, while every company user could encrypt and decrypt it with their own unique AES key.

  3. 03
    Third-party integrations

    [Stripe integration for payment management.] HubSpot integration with the client relationship management system for marketing, sales and operations.

Delivery

01The MVP

The MVP contained every core feature banks and external asset managers (EAMs) need to build relationships and share information and documents securely:

  • User and company accounts
  • New relationship flow for EAMs
  • Legal, financial and organisational questionnaire (KYC)
  • Document management
  • Relationship request validation by banks
  • Relationship closing flow
  • In-app and email notifications
  • AES key authorisation and data encryption
  • Hyperledger Fabric blockchain integration
  • Payment management (Stripe)
  • HubSpot integration
  • Onboarding for EAM and bank clients

02Further development

This is an ongoing project. The next steps are:

  • A new validation workflow for relationship requests
  • Onboarding the first real clients: EAMs and banks

Tech stack

ReactNode.jsPostgreSQLHyperledger Fabric

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