Deadline / pressure
The product needed disciplined execution before launch, with real-time competition, social mechanics, and consistent high-concurrency state.
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Trenches.online
Situation
A real-time Web3 trading game built around PvP competition, social mechanics, and high-concurrency interaction.
Product built
A high-stakes competitive trading platform that gamifies the experience of crypto trading. Trenches.online allows players to compete in PvP trading battles using real cryptocurrency positions as the underlying stake. The platform relies on a robust WebSocket infrastructure to power real-time chat, instant trade updates, and live leaderboards. It features a sophisticated social layer with friend systems, clans, and event-driven notifications, requiring architecting for high concurrency to ensure state consistency across all connected users during volatile market movements.
Team role
Product architecture, WebSocket systems, PvP and social product loops, frontend and backend implementation, and launch execution.
Result / proof
Shipped a high-pressure game experience with real-time chat, social layers, live leaderboards, event-driven notifications, and competitive trading loops.
Technical risk
- Real-time sync across distributed users
- Chat concurrency
- Social scalability
- Gaming state management
Build notes
- Friend systems and connections
- WebSocket-based chat infrastructure
- Private and group messaging
- Competitive PvP trading
- Real crypto positions as stakes
- Event-driven notifications