Crowdfunding, built on a chain with no tooling

Bittensor is one of the most interesting networks in crypto, but its ecosystem is young. No mature wallet libraries, no drop-in connection kits, none of the infrastructure EVM developers take for granted. Bitstarter needed a full crowdfunding platform where Kickstarter mechanics meets Reddit-style community engagement.

I led UX, design and frontend across the platform. Early launches raised 2k+ TAO ($500K+ USD) across 5 projects from over 200 contributors, with the fastest crowdfund closing in under an hour.

I designed the platform end-to-end: project pages with live pledge trackers, a Reddit-style comment and voting system, an ideas forum, submission flows, and an admin CMS for managing crowdloans.

With no ready-made tools to lean on, the wallet and sign-in experience had to be built from the ground up. I worked in a tight loop between Claude, Figma and code: prototyping flows in Claude, pulling them into Figma over MCP to refine the design, then pushing the changes back into the codebase and round again. Every pass stayed human-led, directed by me so the creative taste and polish held, with AI accelerating the work.

I built the frontend across the platform too, catching error states and edge cases in code rather than losing them in a design handover. The same component style rolled straight out to the marketing website, so the landing site and the product read as one continuous brand rather than two separate builds.