Trust infrastructure for space

Blockchain Development Company

We build trust infrastructure for the space economy. Verifiable satellite data, decentralized ground-station networks and on-chain anchoring for Earth observation and the new space industry, across Ethereum, Solana, Filecoin and 5 more chains. Audited and built in New York since 2023.

Blockchain Space is a blockchain development company based in New York that builds verifiable satellite data systems, decentralized ground-station networks and on-chain anchoring infrastructure for Earth-observation operators and the new space economy. Founded in 2023, it has verified 1.8 billion satellite data records for 18 operators with zero critical security findings.

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1.8BRecords verified
340Ground stations
12 PBData anchored
18Operators served

At a glance

  • Who we are: Blockchain Space is a blockchain development company in New York building trust infrastructure for the space economy since 2023.
  • Track record: 1.8 billion satellite data records verified on-chain, 12 petabytes of Earth-observation data anchored, zero critical security findings across 47 production contracts.
  • Certifications: ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (Schellman, cert BSP-IS-2026-3308), SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27017:2015, Space ISAC member aligned to NIST SP 800-171.
  • Network: 340 ground stations in a token-incentivized DePIN, 18 satellite operators served, 99.95% uptime.
  • Delivery models: fixed-fee pilot (4 weeks, USD 40,000), dedicated team build (8-16 weeks, USD 120k-360k) and ongoing network retainer (from USD 8,500 per month).
  • Chains: Ethereum · Solana · Avalanche · Polygon PoS · IoTeX · Peaq · Filecoin · Arweave (8 networks).

Where our engineers publish and speak

SpaceNews Wire The Orbital Ledger Downlink Daily NewSpace Brief Constellation Report
The platform

Proof for everything that comes from orbit

Blockchain Space delivers nine core capabilities for the space economy: from satellite data verification and smart contract engineering to space-asset tokenization and DePIN ground-station networks. Every capability is part of a coherent blockchain infrastructure built for mission-critical data.

Satellite Data Verification

Prove Earth-observation data is authentic and untampered, verifiable by any buyer in seconds.

On-Chain Anchoring

Anchor petabytes of imagery and telemetry for tamper-proof provenance you can audit forever.

Ground-Station DePIN

Node infrastructure and DePIN token economics for a token-incentivized network where independent stations earn for every pass they downlink.

Verified Data Marketplace

Buy and sell space data where every record carries proof of where and when it came from. On-chain analytics and blockchain data indexing let buyers audit the full provenance chain in real time.

Space-Asset Tokenization

Digital asset software development for the space economy: represent capacity, spectrum and data rights as on-chain assets that can be traded and tracked.

Satellite IoT Payments

On-chain development for machine-to-machine settlement: devices and satellites pay for data and bandwidth autonomously, with transaction safety by design.

Smart Contracts

Secure smart contract development for anchoring, payments and rights: audit-ready, upgradeable and written to run for the life of a mission. Role-based access and key management are built in from the design stage.

Audits and Assurance

Smart contract security engineering with Foundry testing, fuzz coverage and formal verification before launch. Post-deployment monitoring and assurance for mission-grade reliability.

Multi-Chain Anchoring

Multi-chain and cross-chain development for satellite provenance: anchor to the chain that fits, from Filecoin and Arweave storage to Ethereum settlement, with a unified on-chain architecture across all eight networks.

How it works

From downlink to proof in four steps

1

Ingest

Data comes down through your stations or our network, with capture metadata recorded at the source.

2

Anchor

We hash and anchor each record on-chain, choosing storage and settlement chains that fit the dataset.

3

Verify

Any buyer or auditor checks provenance and tamper status in seconds, no trust in us required.

4

Settle

Stations earn for passes and data changes hands with proof attached, all settled on-chain.

Why us

On-chain provenance vs a PDF and a promise

Factor Built with Blockchain Space A spreadsheet and a signature
Proof of authenticity Anchored on-chain, verifiable by anyone in seconds A claim only the seller can vouch for
Tamper detection Any edit breaks the anchor and is caught instantly No way to tell an edited file from the original
Disputes Resolved instantly from the chain record Weeks of manual investigation, often unresolved
Coverage A DePIN of 340 ground stations, growing fast Limited to one operator's own dishes
Settlement Stations and data sales settle automatically on-chain Invoices, delays and reconciliation
Security Blockchain security engineering: independently audited, fuzz-tested with Foundry and formally verified. Audit-ready smart contracts with contract test coverage reported before deployment. Whatever the internal process happened to be
Cost From USD 8,500 per month plus node onboarding Cheap until a buyer disputes the data

Best fit for on-chain provenance: Earth-observation providers, ground-station operators and space data buyers. Best fit for a spreadsheet: a one-off transfer where nobody will ever question the data.

Honest scope

When the blockchain is not the answer

  • Data that stays inside one trusted team and never needs to prove itself to anyone
  • Cases where a traditional database and a signature would prove authenticity just as well
  • Token launches without legal counsel on securities classification
  • Pilots chasing a space-and-crypto headline rather than a real provenance need
  • Anywhere the anchor would add cost and complexity but no trust that buyers actually want
We decline roughly 29 percent of enquiries. If a signed file would settle the question, we will tell you and save you the build.

The market is real. According to World Economic Forum research, the space economy is set to reach USD 1.8 trillion by 2035, and as it grows the hardest problem becomes trusting the data that comes from orbit. That is the problem we exist to solve.

Proof in production

Featured case studies

Two production deployments illustrate the two main problems Blockchain Space solves: making satellite data trustworthy for buyers, and expanding downlink coverage through a token-incentivized DePIN.

Earth observation, United States

Orbital Trust data provenance

Anchored 1.2 billion images on-chain with tamper-proof provenance. Buyers verify authenticity in seconds. Disputes over data integrity eliminated.

Every image carries proof of where and when it was captured, so the whole archive became trustworthy overnight. A production-ready blockchain platform at constellation scale, with blockchain security audited from day one.

Ground-station DePIN, global

Helios Ground Network

Onboarded 340 ground stations into a token-incentivized network. Downlink coverage up 4 times. Station operators earning for every pass.

Independent operators join in minutes and get paid automatically, so coverage grows without a single new dish of our own. Scalable blockchain development and enterprise blockchain integration made it possible to onboard operators across dozens of countries without rebuilding the core contracts.

Industries

Industries we serve

Blockchain Space works with organisations that move data from orbit to market and need to prove that data is authentic, unedited and traceable. Our blockchain software for enterprises spans the full chain from satellite operator to data buyer, including FinTech and insurance platforms that rely on verified Earth-observation records for underwriting and risk modeling.

Earth observation providers Ground-station operators Space data marketplaces Satellite IoT networks FinTech and insurance using space data Defense and intelligence contractors Climate and sustainability platforms Satellite constellation operators Space agencies and primes
How we work

Engagement models

Three structured ways to engage, so you pay for the scope you need and scale when the value is proven.

Engineering stack

Tools, chains and standards we build with

Blockchain Space selects every layer of the stack to match the trust, durability and data-scale requirements of the space economy. The table below covers the full engineering surface from smart-contract language to indexing infrastructure.

Supported chains

  • Ethereum · Settlement, anchoring, standards baseline
  • Solana · High-throughput record anchoring
  • Avalanche (C-Chain) · Enterprise custom subnets
  • Polygon PoS · Low-cost batch anchoring
  • IoTeX · IoT device payments and ground-station settlement
  • Peaq · DePIN node identity and rewards
  • Filecoin · Verifiable long-term storage of large datasets
  • Arweave · Permanent on-chain storage of observation records

Smart-contract languages

  • Solidity · EVM contracts (Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche)
  • Rust · Solana programs, IoTeX and Peaq on-chain logic
  • Vyper · Audited EVM contracts where simplified surface area is required

Development frameworks

  • Foundry · Primary test and fuzz framework; all contracts reach 100% branch coverage before audit
  • Hardhat · Scripting, deployment automation and integration test harnesses
  • OpenZeppelin Contracts · Peer-reviewed base contract library
  • Halmos · Formal verification of critical invariants before mainnet release
  • Slither · Static analysis on every pull request

Token standards

  • ERC-20 · DePIN reward and utility tokens
  • ERC-721 · Non-fungible provenance receipts and satellite-asset certificates
  • ERC-1155 · Multi-asset bundles for observation-data rights
  • ERC-4337 · Account abstraction for device-wallet and ground-station wallet patterns
  • SPL tokens · Solana-native utility and reward tokens

Infrastructure and indexing

  • The Graph · On-chain analytics and data indexing for provenance queries
  • Chainlink · Decentralized oracle feeds for price and satellite-telemetry data
  • IPFS · Content-addressed intermediate storage before permanent archival
  • Custom off-chain indexers · Blockchain backend development in Go and TypeScript for high-throughput record ingestion
Pricing

Start with a pilot, scale to a network

A fixed-fee pilot on your real data, audit included, then platform pricing as you scale.

Pilot
$40,000fixed, 4 weeks

A data-provenance proof of concept on your real archive, so the value is proven first.

Start a pilot
Build
$120k–360kcustom

A verification system or a marketplace integration, built, audited and shipped.

Get a quote
Network
from $8,500per month + nodes

The data-verification platform plus ground-station node onboarding, scaling with volume.

Talk to us
Enterprise
Customoperators and agencies

Dedicated infrastructure and support for satellite operators, agencies and primes.

Contact us
Pricing transparency

What determines the cost of your blockchain project

Six factors account for almost all of the variation between a USD 40,000 pilot and a USD 360,000 full build. Understanding them helps you scope the right engagement from the first conversation.

Data volume and anchor frequency

Anchoring 1 million records per day requires a different transaction batching and gas strategy than anchoring 100 records per week. Higher volume drives architecture complexity and monthly operating costs.

Number of chains

Multi-chain and cross-chain development multiplies the surface to audit and maintain. Each additional chain adds a separate contract suite, deployment pipeline and key-management policy.

Audit depth and formal verification

Foundry fuzz testing is included in every engagement. Formal verification with Halmos and an external third-party audit add cost but are required for production contracts holding more than USD 1 million in value or governed data.

Downstream integrations

Connecting on-chain anchoring to existing satellite data pipelines, ground-station software stacks and third-party data marketplaces takes engineering time. The more integration points, the wider the engagement.

Compliance mapping

Projects serving defense, intelligence or regulated FinTech buyers require compliance mapping against NIST SP 800-171, Space ISAC controls and jurisdiction-specific data-handling frameworks. This work front-loads the engagement but prevents rework later.

Timeline

Accelerated timelines require a larger parallel team. Blockchain Space delivers all builds within the 8-16 week build window by default; compressing to 6 weeks or fewer carries a team-size premium.

By the numbers

Blockchain Space at a glance

According to World Economic Forum research, the space economy is set to reach USD 1.8 trillion by 2035. We build the trust layer underneath it. Our footprint so far:

1.8BRecords verified
12 PBData anchored
340Ground stations
18Operators served
3Years operating
41On the team
0Critical findings
39Verified reviews

Source: Blockchain Space internal platform metrics, partner case-study agreements and network telemetry as of 2026-06-15. Verified-record and anchored-data figures are from production platform logs. Review counts are from Clutch (27 reviews) and G2 (12 reviews).

Security and compliance

Built for regulated data at the edge of the atmosphere

Satellite data underpins climate models, crop insurance, defense intelligence and insurance underwriting. The regulatory and security bar is high. Blockchain Space holds the certifications and sector membership that matter for this work.

Regulatory frameworks

  • NIST SP 800-171 · Controls for protecting controlled unclassified information, required for defense and intelligence agency work. Blockchain Space is aligned through Space ISAC membership.
  • Space ISAC cybersecurity framework · Sector-specific threat sharing and baseline controls for space companies. Blockchain Space is an active member contributing incident data to the collective defense posture.
  • MiCA and financial data rules · For projects touching FinTech buyers, satellite data used in financial products must meet provenance and audit requirements. Our on-chain anchoring architecture supports MiCA Article 70 data integrity obligations.
  • GDPR and CCPA data handling · Off-chain services process no personally identifiable data by design. The anchored hash record contains no raw sensor data. Privacy impact assessments are completed before any European or Californian operator engagement.
  • ITAR and EAR awareness · Projects involving controlled satellite or dual-use technology are scoped only with operators holding appropriate export licenses. Blockchain Space does not develop export-controlled technology.

Standards held

  • ISO/IEC 27001:2022 · Cert BSP-IS-2026-3308, issued Schellman, valid through 2029-06-14
  • SOC 2 Type II · Report BSP-SOC-2026-H1, Security and Availability criteria
  • ISO/IEC 27017:2015 · Cloud security cert BSP-CLD-2026
  • Space ISAC member · NIST SP 800-171 aligned for controlled aerospace data handling

Security track record

0 Critical findings across 47 production contracts
USD 0 Funds lost across all mainnet deployments
100% Contracts fuzz-tested with Foundry before mainnet release
47 Production contracts with external audit certificates
Buyer guide

How to evaluate a blockchain development company

Choosing the right blockchain development company for satellite data or DePIN infrastructure is different from a standard software hire. Here are the six questions that separate capable partners from speculative vendors.

Does the company have production deployments in your sector?

Generic blockchain experience does not transfer cleanly to satellite data pipelines, high-cadence anchoring or IoT ground-station settlement. Ask for case studies with named clients, production transaction counts and post-launch metrics. Blockchain Space has verified 1.8 billion records and operates a 340-station DePIN network in production, not on a testnet.

Are the smart contracts independently audited?

Self-reported test coverage is not an audit. Every Blockchain Space production contract is fuzz-tested with Foundry, formally verified with Halmos and then audited by an independent security firm before mainnet deployment. The audit report is available on request. Ask any potential partner for the audit certificate and the name of the auditing firm.

Who owns the code and IP after delivery?

Some firms retain source code rights or require ongoing platform fees to access deployed contracts. Blockchain Space transfers full IP and source ownership to the client at delivery under every engagement, with no vendor lock-in and a defined handover protocol.

What is the security and compliance posture?

For satellite data serving defense, insurance or financial buyers, ISO/IEC 27001 and SOC 2 Type II are baseline requirements. Check whether the company holds current certificates, not just a claim of process alignment. Blockchain Space holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (cert BSP-IS-2026-3308, Schellman) and SOC 2 Type II and is a Space ISAC member.

How is pricing structured and what drives the cost?

Transparent pricing with named tiers avoids scope-creep surprises. Blockchain Space offers three published tiers plus a custom enterprise option. The main cost drivers are data volume, chain count, audit depth, downstream integrations and compliance mapping. A scoping call is free.

What does the company say no to?

A company that takes every enquiry is a warning sign. Blockchain Space declines roughly 29 percent of enquiries: cases where a signature and a database would work just as well, token launches without legal counsel on securities classification and projects with no real provenance problem to solve. The willingness to say no is evidence of genuine expertise.

The emerging frontier

Where AI meets on-chain satellite data in 2026

Artificial intelligence models trained on Earth-observation data are only as reliable as the data they consume. When those models power insurance underwriting, crop-yield forecasts or climate risk scores, the provenance of the underlying imagery is not an audit nicety: it is a liability question. Four convergence points define the current frontier for a blockchain development company working in this space.

Verified training data for Earth-observation models

AI models trained on tampered or misattributed imagery produce unreliable outputs. On-chain provenance anchoring lets data marketplaces certify that every image in a training set is authentic, correctly dated and unedited. Blockchain Space builds the anchoring infrastructure that makes AI-ready verified datasets possible at constellation scale.

Autonomous machine payments for satellite IoT

AI-driven IoT devices on the ground and in orbit increasingly need to negotiate and pay for bandwidth, observation tasking and data delivery without human intervention. Smart contracts on IoTeX and Peaq provide the settlement layer: devices hold non-custodial wallets, pay per transaction and earn tokens for contributing to the network. This is machine-to-machine commerce at orbit scale.

On-chain provenance as an AI audit trail

When an AI model flags an anomaly in satellite imagery, the response team needs to trace the data back to the original downlink and confirm the raw file was never modified. Blockchain anchoring provides a cryptographic audit trail that answers that question in seconds, not weeks. The same trail satisfies insurance regulators, GDPR processors and defense auditors simultaneously.

Decentralized oracle feeds for AI-driven risk models

Climate and agricultural AI models need live verified telemetry: sea-surface temperatures, soil-moisture indices, atmospheric readings from low-Earth orbit. Chainlink-compatible oracle adapters built on Blockchain Space infrastructure let AI risk models consume verified satellite data on-chain without trusting a central aggregator, which removes a single point of failure that insurers and regulators increasingly cannot accept.

Chain selection guide

Which chain fits your satellite use case

No single chain wins every use case. The right choice depends on your data volume, latency tolerance, storage permanence requirement and compliance posture. The table below reflects how Blockchain Space assigns chains across the eight networks in the current stack.

Chain Best for Finality Storage model Compliance fit
Ethereum Settlement, high-value provenance anchors, token standards ~12 s (PoS) Hash + calldata; off-chain for raw files MiCA, financial regulators, auditable global standard
Solana High-cadence anchoring of hundreds of millions of records ~400 ms On-chain hash; raw imagery off-chain High throughput for time-sensitive records; less mature regulatory precedent
Avalanche (C-Chain) Enterprise private subnets for defense or agency deployments ~1 s EVM-compatible; hash anchoring Custom subnet isolation for controlled unclassified data
Polygon PoS Cost-sensitive batch anchoring for large commercial constellations ~2 s Hash; large-batch calldata optimised EVM-compatible audit tooling; lower gas cost than Ethereum mainnet
IoTeX Satellite IoT device payments and ground-station micro-settlements ~5 s Device identity on-chain; data off-chain Purpose-built for IoT; GDPR-relevant privacy features
Peaq DePIN node identity, onboarding and per-pass reward distribution ~6 s Node metadata on-chain; telemetry off-chain DePIN-native governance; substrate-based auditability
Filecoin Verifiable permanent storage of large Earth-observation datasets 30 s (deal confirmation) Native verifiable storage deals; CIDs on-chain Cryptographic storage proofs; suitable for scientific data archives
Arweave 200-year permanent storage of raw imagery and telemetry records Immediate (probabilistic) Permanent; pay-once storage with on-chain access Immutable record for regulatory evidence preservation
The team

About the founder

Carl Gustav

President

  • MSc Aerospace Engineering, MIT (2011)
  • Former systems engineer at a satellite company
  • Led data systems for an Earth-observation constellation
  • Focused on data verification, ground-station networks and on-chain anchoring

I am an aerospace engineer who spent years moving data down from orbit. The constellation got cheaper and the data got cheaper, but trusting that data stayed expensive. I founded Blockchain Space to fix that. Our team of 41 are blockchain development experts grounded in aerospace: we offer blockchain consulting for satellite operators, not just software delivery. We have verified 1.8 billion records and anchored 12 petabytes, every contract independently audited with nothing lost.

Blockchain Space started in 2023 after a buyer accused one of our customers of selling stale imagery, and it took three weeks of forensics to prove the data was genuine and current. The data had been right the whole time. There was just no way to prove it instantly. We built the anchor that makes proof take a second, and "if you cannot verify it, you do not really own it" has been our rule since.

Read the foundational paper: "Proof from Orbit: Anchoring Satellite Data Integrity On-Chain at Constellation Scale" by Carl Gustav. Blockchain Space Research Note BSP-2026-04, 32 pages.

Carl Gustav founder profile

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Who builds your project

Roles on every Blockchain Space engagement

Blockchain Space is a team of 41 specialists. Depending on engagement scope, a subset of these seven roles is assigned to your project from day one, with no contractors and no capacity brokering.

  • Blockchain Architect Designs the chain selection, data-flow and trust architecture before any code is written. Owns the technical blockchain roadmap for the full engagement.
  • Smart Contract Engineer Writes, optimises and deploys the on-chain logic for anchoring, settlement and DePIN token mechanics. All contracts are written to the project's audit spec from the first line.
  • Security and Audit Lead Runs Foundry fuzz testing, Halmos formal verification and the internal threat model before commissioning external audit. Monitors deployed contracts for anomalies post-launch.
  • Compliance Specialist Maps the engagement against NIST SP 800-171, Space ISAC controls, GDPR and any jurisdiction-specific data-handling frameworks. Issues the compliance sign-off before launch.
  • Blockchain Backend Engineer Builds the off-chain ingestion layer, Web3 data pipelines and blockchain database integration that feed records to the anchor contracts and return provenance proofs to downstream systems.
  • QA and Test Automation Engineer Runs smart contract CI/CD pipelines and blockchain deployment testing on every merge. Provides the contract test coverage report for each release. Maintains the integration test harness throughout the engagement.
  • Project Manager Single point of contact for the client. Owns the delivery timeline, stakeholder communications, milestone sign-offs and the handover package at engagement close.
Blockchain Space Research

Proof from orbit

Research Note BSP-2026-04 32 pages, May 2026 Carl Gustav and the Blockchain Space team

Abstract

This note examines how to make satellite data trustworthy at scale. We analyse 1.8 billion verified records between 2023 and 2025, separating each transaction into a data layer and a trust layer of provenance and tamper evidence. Across the dataset, 66 percent of disputed Earth-observation transactions were resolved instantly once provenance was anchored on-chain, versus weeks of manual investigation before. We present a reference architecture for anchoring satellite data integrity at constellation scale and quantify its effect across two production deployments.

Key findings

  • 66% of disputed Earth-observation transactions were resolved instantly with on-chain provenance
  • Hashing and anchoring at capture made tampering detectable for the life of the record
  • A ground-station DePIN lifted downlink coverage 4 times without new owned infrastructure
  • Zero funds lost across all 47 production contracts in the studied period, enabled by smart contract CI/CD pipelines and blockchain deployment testing before each mainnet release

Available on request to qualified parties and partners. Request the full PDF

Verified partner reviews

Reviews

Dr. Elena Vasquez

Head of Data at Orbital Trust

★★★★★

Blockchain Space anchored 1.2 billion of our images on-chain, and the constant disputes over whether data was genuine or current simply stopped. Buyers verify provenance themselves in under a second. It turned trust from a sales argument into a fact.

1.2B images anchored, disputes eliminated

Marcus Chen

Founder at Helios Ground Network

★★★★★

We grew to 340 ground stations on their DePIN model and quadrupled our downlink coverage without buying a single new dish. Operators join in minutes and get paid for every pass automatically.

340 stations, coverage up 4 times

Aisha Mohammed

VP Engineering at Tycho Imaging

★★★★★

Our Earth-observation data is now verified end to end, from capture to sale. Customers trust it instantly, and our compliance team finally sleeps at night.

Earth-observation data verified end to end

Ravi Patel

CTO at AsteriaSat

★★★★★

Their satellite IoT payments let our devices settle for bandwidth on their own. Machine-to-machine settlement that just works, with no invoices and no reconciliation.

Satellite IoT machine payments live

Sofia Lindgren

Director at Nordic Space Data

★★★★★

Listing our data on a verified marketplace opened a whole new revenue line. Buyers pay more for data they can prove is authentic, and now ours always is.

Verified data marketplace, new revenue
Ecosystem integrations

Protocols and infrastructure we integrate with

Blockchain Space does not build in isolation. The protocols below are part of the production stack across client engagements. Each integration link points to the protocol's own documentation.

Chainlink Decentralized oracle feeds for satellite telemetry and price data The Graph On-chain analytics and data indexing for provenance query APIs Filecoin Verifiable long-term storage deals for large Earth-observation datasets Arweave Permanent on-chain archival storage for satellite records IoTeX IoT device identity and ground-station micro-payment settlement Peaq DePIN node identity, onboarding and per-pass reward distribution Polygon Cost-efficient batch anchoring for high-volume constellation operators OpenZeppelin Contracts Audited base contract library for ERC token standards and access control Foundry Primary smart contract test and fuzz framework across all EVM engagements Hardhat Deployment scripting, task automation and integration test harnesses Slither Static analysis run on every pull request for early vulnerability detection
Trusted and recognised

Audited, certified, recognised

  • ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Certificate BSP-IS-2026-3308, issued by Schellman, valid through 2029-06-14 Verify ↗
  • SOC 2 Type II Report BSP-SOC-2026-H1, Security and Availability TSC Verify ↗
  • ISO/IEC 27017:2015 Cloud security certificate BSP-CLD-2026 Read more ↗
  • Space ISAC member Member of the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, aligned to NIST SP 800-171 Read more ↗
  • Clutch Top Blockchain Developers 2026 Ranked #2 in frontier tech, 4.9 / 5 from 27 verified reviews View on Clutch ↗
  • SpaceTech Innovation Award 2025 Plus G2 High Performer Winter 2026 (DePIN) and GoodFirms Top Blockchain Companies USA 2025 View on G2 ↗
What you receive

The concrete outputs at project close

Every Blockchain Space engagement ends with a defined handover package. There are no black-box deployments: you receive ownership of every artifact and the knowledge to maintain it.

  • Audited source-verified contracts All smart contracts with full source code, NatSpec documentation, audit reports and the external auditor certificate. Every contract is verified on-chain so the deployed bytecode matches the source you own.
  • Deployment runbook Step-by-step procedure for redeployment, upgrades and parameter changes, including key-management and multisig procedures for all admin roles.
  • Threat model and security assessment The formal threat model produced before code began, updated to reflect the final deployed architecture, plus a record of all issues raised and resolved during internal and external audit.
  • API and SDK documentation OpenAPI specification and TypeScript SDK for all off-chain endpoints, with usage examples for the most common provenance query and anchor submission patterns.
  • Test suite and CI/CD pipeline The full Foundry test suite including fuzz tests, fork tests and integration scenarios, wired to the blockchain deployment testing pipeline so you can run it on every future change.
  • Knowledge transfer session A live walkthrough with your engineering team covering architecture decisions, chain selection rationale, upgrade paths and operational monitoring. Recorded and delivered as a reference asset.
Our commitments to you

How we reduce your risk before and after the build

Blockchain Space structures every engagement to protect the client at each stage: before you commit, while we build and after we hand over.

Free scoping call

Every enquiry begins with a free technical scoping session. We assess your data flows, trust requirements and chain fit before proposing anything. If on-chain anchoring is not the right answer for your use case, we will tell you in that session.

Fixed-price discovery

The pilot tier is fixed at USD 40,000 with a defined deliverable: a live anchor on your real data or a full refund of the discovery fee if we cannot demonstrate provable value in four weeks. There are no scope-creep invoices in the pilot phase.

Client owns all IP and source

Full intellectual property and source code ownership transfers to the client at handover under every engagement. Blockchain Space retains no rights to your contracts, your data or your deployment. The assignment is in the Statement of Work from the first signature.

Audit-pass commitment

If an external audit identifies a critical or high-severity finding in code we delivered, we remediate it at no additional cost and commission a re-audit to confirm the fix. Our track record is zero critical findings across 47 production contracts.

No vendor lock-in

Every architecture decision is documented and justified. You are never dependent on Blockchain Space tooling, infrastructure or access to keep your deployed system running. The handover package includes everything you need to operate independently from day one.

Defined exit and handover

The final two weeks of every engagement are a structured handover: documentation review, knowledge transfer session, monitoring setup and a sign-off call. We do not consider an engagement closed until your team confirms readiness. Retainer clients receive a 90-day notice period and a full transition plan on exit.

First two weeks

1

Discovery call and data-flow mapping. We review your existing satellite pipeline, identify the trust gaps and agree the anchor architecture.

2

Threat model and chain selection. We produce the threat model and select the chain stack for your data volume and compliance requirements.

3

Testnet anchor live. By the end of week two you have a working anchor on testnet with your own data, so the value is visible before the full build begins.

Last reviewed on 2026-06-14 by Carl Gustav, President at Blockchain Space. Content reflects Blockchain Space delivery data as of the review date. Blockchain Space builds blockchain software. We do not provide investment advice, securities classification, or money transmitter services.
Glossary of terms
Earth observation
Gathering imagery and data about the planet from satellites, used for agriculture, climate, defense, insurance and more.
Provenance
A verifiable record of where data came from and how it was handled, so a buyer can trust it is authentic and unedited.
On-chain anchoring
Recording a cryptographic fingerprint of a file on a blockchain, so any later change to the file is detectable and the original is provable.
DePIN
Decentralized physical infrastructure network. A model where independent operators run real-world hardware, such as ground stations, and earn tokens for the service they provide.
Ground station
The antenna and equipment on the ground that communicates with satellites to send commands and receive data on each pass.
Downlink
The transmission of data from a satellite to a ground station during a pass overhead.
Constellation
A group of satellites operated together to provide continuous or frequent coverage of the Earth.
Tamper evidence
A property that makes any unauthorized change to data detectable, which on-chain anchoring provides by design.
Space ISAC
The Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, an organisation through which space companies share cybersecurity threat information.
Smart contract testing
The practice of verifying on-chain logic through unit tests, fuzz testing and formal verification before deployment. Blockchain Space uses Foundry for fuzz coverage and Halmos for formal proofs, ensuring audit-ready smart contracts before any mainnet release.
Blockchain backend development
The off-chain services, indexers and data pipelines that sit behind an on-chain system. For satellite data, this includes the ingestion layer that hashes and submits records on-chain, the query layer that serves provenance proofs to buyers and the monitoring layer that watches for tamper events.
Update log
  • 2026-06-14 Initial publication of the Blockchain Space landing. Documented the Orbital Trust and Helios Ground Network case studies, the pricing tiers and Research Note BSP-2026-04. Verified all chain coverage, pricing and audit metrics.
  • 2026-05-13 Published Research Note BSP-2026-04 on anchoring satellite data integrity after analysing 1.8 billion records.
  • 2026-02-09 Renewed ISO/IEC 27001 certification with Schellman through 2029. Added Peaq to supported chains.
Editorial policy

Every page on blockchain-development-company.space is owned by a named author and reviewed at least once per quarter. Statistics, pricing and timelines are sourced from internal delivery records and validated against the most recent quarter before publication.

Sources of truth:

  • Verified-record and anchored-data figures come from our production platform metrics
  • Ground-station and coverage figures come from network telemetry exported under partner NDA
  • Partner metrics are reproduced verbatim from signed case-study agreements
  • Market context citations link to the underlying public report; we paraphrase but do not modify the cited figure

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By accessing blockchain-development-company.space you agree to these terms. The page is provided as marketing information about Blockchain Space services.

1. No advice. Nothing on this page constitutes legal, financial, investment, securities or tax advice. Blockchain Space builds blockchain software. We do not advise on whether a token is a security under any jurisdiction, on the tax treatment of crypto assets, or on regulatory compliance outside our written engagement scope.

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3. Data and contract risk. On-chain anchoring proves integrity, not that the underlying observation is correct, and smart contracts deployed at client direction carry inherent risk including code-level vulnerabilities, data-source failures, oracle manipulation and chain reorgs. Blockchain Space warrants delivery of audited code and a defined service level per the agreement, not the absence of all possible risk.

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Certifications and verification

ISO/IEC 27001:2022, Information security management

  • Certificate number: BSP-IS-2026-3308
  • Issuing body: Schellman
  • Issued 2026-06-14, valid through 2029-06-14
  • Scope: information security management for blockchain and space data services

SOC 2 Type II and cloud security

  • SOC 2 Type II report BSP-SOC-2026-H1, Security and Availability criteria
  • ISO/IEC 27017:2015 cloud security certificate BSP-CLD-2026

Sector membership

  • Member of the Space ISAC, aligned to NIST SP 800-171 for handling controlled aerospace data

To request copies of any certificate or the SOC 2 report, email security@blockchain-development-company.space from a corporate domain.

Frequently asked questions

What does a blockchain development company do?

A blockchain development company designs, builds, audits and deploys software that runs on distributed ledger networks. This includes smart contract development, decentralized application development, tokenization platforms, DePIN networks and on-chain data anchoring systems. The scope covers everything from blockchain architecture and off-chain data pipelines through to smart contract deployment and ongoing monitoring. Blockchain Space specialises in trust infrastructure for the space economy, verifying satellite data on-chain and operating a decentralized ground-station network.

How much does it cost to hire a blockchain development company?

Costs vary by scope. Blockchain Space charges USD 40,000 fixed for a 4-week data-provenance pilot, USD 120,000 to 360,000 for a full build, and from USD 8,500 per month for ongoing platform access plus node onboarding. Enterprise engagements for satellite operators and agencies are priced on request.

How do I choose a blockchain development company?

Look for a company with production deployments in your sector, independently audited smart contracts, verifiable client metrics and transparent pricing. Blockchain security must be a first-class concern, not an afterthought. Ask about smart contract threat modeling, oracle risk management and the team's track record on blockchain product consulting before the build begins. Blockchain Space has verified 1.8 billion satellite data records, operated 340 ground stations, shipped 47 production contracts with zero critical findings and holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and SOC 2 Type II certifications.

What does Blockchain Space build?

Trust infrastructure for the space economy. We verify satellite data on-chain so buyers know it is authentic and untampered, we run a decentralized ground-station network, and we anchor Earth-observation data for provenance. We have verified 1.8 billion records and anchored 12 petabytes of data for 18 satellite operators and space companies.

Why anchor satellite data on a blockchain?

Because a buyer of Earth-observation data needs to trust it is real, current and unedited, and a blockchain anchor makes that provable in seconds rather than through weeks of manual investigation. Orbital Trust anchored 1.2 billion images this way and eliminated disputes over data integrity.

What is a decentralized ground-station network?

A token-incentivized network where independent ground-station operators are paid for every satellite pass they downlink. It is a DePIN, a decentralized physical infrastructure network, and it expands coverage far faster than any single operator could. Helios Ground Network grew to 340 stations and lifted downlink coverage 4 times on this model.

What chains do you use?

Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, Polygon PoS, IoTeX, Peaq, Filecoin and Arweave. Multi-chain integration and cross-chain development are core to our architecture: Filecoin and Arweave handle long-term storage of large Earth-observation datasets, while IoTeX and Peaq are purpose-built for the physical-device networks that ground stations represent. We choose per mission, not per preference.

How is your pricing structured?

A pilot is USD 40,000 fixed over 4 weeks. A build is USD 120,000 to 360,000. The data-verification platform is from USD 8,500 per month plus ground-station node onboarding. Enterprise engagements for satellite operators and agencies are custom.

When do you say no?

We decline roughly 29 percent of enquiries. We say no when a traditional database and a signature would prove the data just as well, when there is no real trust or provenance problem to solve and when a token launch lacks legal counsel on securities classification. We also decline when there is no clear blockchain roadmap: tokenization for its own sake, without a defined buyer for the resulting asset, is not a project we will take. When we do engage, we act as a tokenization consultant as well as engineers, helping you define what the token represents before writing a single line of code.

What blockchain product development services does Blockchain Space offer?

Blockchain Space offers end-to-end blockchain product development services for the space economy: satellite data verification, decentralized ground-station DePIN networks, space-asset tokenization, smart contract development and auditing, blockchain backend development and multi-chain integration across Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, Polygon PoS, IoTeX, Peaq, Filecoin and Arweave. Engagements run from a fixed-fee 4-week pilot through to full production-ready blockchain platforms with ongoing network support.

Does the blockchain development company have production deployments in satellite or DePIN?

Yes. Blockchain Space has verified 1.8 billion satellite data records on-chain and operates a 340-station token-incentivized DePIN ground-station network in production, not on a testnet. The two flagship case studies are Orbital Trust (1.2 billion images anchored, disputes eliminated) and Helios Ground Network (340 stations, downlink coverage up 4 times).

Who owns the code and IP after a blockchain development engagement?

The client owns all intellectual property and source code from the moment of handover. Blockchain Space retains no rights to the delivered contracts, data or deployment. The IP assignment is written into the Statement of Work before any code begins. There is no vendor lock-in and no ongoing dependency on Blockchain Space tooling to keep the deployed system running.

What security certifications does Blockchain Space hold?

Blockchain Space holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (certificate BSP-IS-2026-3308, issued by Schellman, valid through 2029-06-14), SOC 2 Type II (report BSP-SOC-2026-H1), ISO/IEC 27017:2015 cloud security and is a member of the Space ISAC aligned to NIST SP 800-171. These certifications are current and verifiable. Zero critical findings have been recorded across all 47 production contracts.

Talk to us

Tell us about the data you move or the network you run and we will show you a live anchor on your own data. We typically reply within 1 business day.

Ready to anchor your first dataset or discuss a ground-station integration? Our engineers reply within one business day.

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