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Blockchain Architecture, Security & Performance Consulting

Focused technical reviews for blockchain architecture, smart-contract security, trading infrastructure and production readiness.

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Engineering the complete production path

A useful technical review should end in decisions, not a generic report. We define the system boundary, collect evidence, reproduce the important risks and deliver prioritized recommendations that the engineering team can actually implement.

Capabilities

What we can build

Architecture review

Data flows, trust boundaries, privileged operations, scaling constraints and failure modes.

Security assessment

Focused contract and application review with reproducible findings and remediation guidance.

Performance analysis

Latency decomposition, provider benchmarking, bottleneck identification and capacity planning.

Delivery planning

Technical scope, milestones, acceptance criteria and build-versus-buy recommendations.

Available engagements

Consulting services

From $200/hr

Technical Architecture Consultation

A technical working session to validate system requirements, architecture, infrastructure, testing and operational controls before development.

View scope From $1,000

Code Review & Security Audit

Independent review of your trading bot or smart contract — bugs, risk gaps, latency and the vulnerabilities that drain accounts.

View scope From $500/mo

Bot Support & Maintenance

Ongoing monitoring, fixes and tuning for a live trading bot — we keep it running while you trade, with priority support hours.

View scope From $1,500

Trading Bot Audit & Rescue

Find execution bugs, stale data, unsafe key handling and unreliable P&L in an existing trading system.

View scope From $1,200

Solana RPC Benchmark & Failover Setup

Measure real endpoint latency, errors and slot freshness, then implement health scoring and automatic failover.

View scope From $1,000

Private Key & Signing Architecture Review

Review hot-wallet boundaries, secret storage, signing flows and emergency controls before production deployment.

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Scoping checklist

What to prepare

A short description is enough to begin. These details help us return a useful technical response instead of a generic estimate.

  • Decision the review must support
  • System boundary and code availability
  • Known incidents or bottlenecks
  • Required deliverable and timeline

Research

Technical guides

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Guides

Jetton and NFT Standard Pitfalls on TON: A Security Guide

A security guide to TON jetton security: real minting bugs, transfer-notification spoofing, and NFT ownership pitfalls we've found in audits.

Infrastructure

Building RPC Failover Architecture for Solana Trading Bots

A production walkthrough of multi-provider active-passive failover for Solana trading bots — covering health checks, circuit breakers, and automatic re-routing with HAProxy and a custom health-check sidecar so a single RPC outage never halts your strategy.

Guides

TON Contract Security Pitfalls: Bounces, Replay, Gas Griefing

TON smart contract security pitfalls that EVM-trained reviewers miss: unhandled bounces, message replay, and gas griefing explained.

Comparisons

TON vs Solana for High-Frequency Trading Bot Architecture

TON's async sharded runtime vs Solana's parallel single-shard execution: what actually changes for latency-sensitive trading bot architecture.

Smart Contracts

TON Contract Security Pitfalls: Bounces, Gas and Replay

TON smart contract security breaks EVM habits: async bounces, mid-execution gas death, and replay attacks need TVM-native fixes.

Comparisons

Hyperliquid vs GMX v2: Perp DEX Architecture Compared

Hyperliquid vs GMX v2: how a fully onchain order book compares to GMX's oracle-priced pooled liquidity for perps — architecture, execution, and risk.

Common questions

What does a Consulting engagement start with?+

We begin with a technical discovery covering the target platform, integrations, operating constraints and measurable acceptance criteria. You receive the final scope and quote before payment.

Will we control the code and infrastructure?+

Yes. The agreed source code and deployment are handed over to the client. Production keys and seed phrases remain client-controlled, and access is scoped to the minimum required.

Can you improve an existing system?+

Yes. We can review an existing codebase or architecture, identify reusable components and propose a focused implementation rather than rebuilding everything.

Do you guarantee trading results?+

No. TierZero provides software engineering and infrastructure. Market outcomes depend on strategy, competition, liquidity, fees and risk settings; testing and explicit controls are required before live use.

Describe the system you need

We will review the platform, integrations and operating constraints, then reply with the next technical questions and a scoped delivery plan.

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