Chainlab - The Powerful and Fast Web3 Development Platform

[dmrdvn]

Project Name

ChainLab

Problem Statement

Current Web3 development stifles innovation due to a fragmented landscape where developers struggle with disparate tools, high technical barriers for smart contracts, and complex multi-chain deployment. Furthermore, inefficient team collaboration and a lack of integrated business tools for crucial aspects like tokenomics, governance, and post-deployment analytics hinder overall progress and productivity in bringing decentralized applications to life.

Solution Overview

ChainLab directly addresses critical Web3 development pain points by offering an all-in-one unified platform that centralizes the entire lifecycle, from concept to live dApp, within a single intuitive interface. It significantly enhances developer productivity through AI-assisted capabilities, utilizing multiple LLMs for natural language smart contract generation, intelligent debugging, and code optimization. The platform simplifies deployment with effortless one-click multi-chain publishing to EVM, planned non-EVM chains, and integrated web hosting support. Furthermore, ChainLab fosters seamless real-time team collaboration and uniquely integrates comprehensive business and governance tools, including tokenomics design, DAO setup, and in-depth analytics, to support projects holistically.

Project Description

ChainLab is revolutionizing Web3 development by providing a comprehensive, AI-powered, browser-based platform that streamlines the entire blockchain application lifecycle. The core vision is to unify and simplify development, enabling users to move effortlessly from concept to live dApp.

Core Functionality & Features: ChainLab offers an all-in-one environment featuring AI-assisted smart contract generation (from natural language), intelligent debugging, and optimization; an integrated visual frontend editor with templates and Web3 components; decentralized asset management via IPFS; one-click multi-chain deployment (EVM-compatible & Solana) and website publishing (Vercel/Netlify); a suite of business management tools (analytics, Tokenomics Studio, DAO Governance, compliance); and real-time collaborative editing with role-based access control.

Potential Technologies: The platform leverages a modern tech stack including Next.js (React) with TypeScript for the frontend, Monaco Editor (VS Code engine) for the code editor, and SupaBase (PostgreSQL) for the backend. It utilizes WebContainer technology for the browser-based development environment, integrates multiple LLMs (DeepSeek, O1, Claude, custom models) for AI assistance, Yjs for real-time sync, and IPFS for decentralized storage.

User Interaction & Benefits: Users interact with ChainLab through an intuitive, browser-based interface, eliminating the need for complex local setups. They benefit from dramatically reduced development time and complexity, minimal coding requirements (thanks to AI), democratized access to Web3 development for all skill levels, enhanced team collaboration, and the ability to manage the entire dApp lifecycle, including business aspects, in one place. This fosters faster innovation and more efficient dApp creation.

What excites us about this idea: We are excited about fundamentally changing how Web3 applications are built by lowering technical barriers and empowering the next wave of builders. ChainLab isn’t just a platform; it’s a catalyst for innovation, designed to democratize access to decentralized technology and help build the future of Web3 development itself by making it accessible, efficient, and collaborative.

Community Engagement Features

Our campaign gamifies testing ChainLab’s core features for user onboarding and active participation. Users test key features like AI smart contract generation, visual UI creation, & one-click multi-chain deployment. Users earn points per task, which gamifies learning. Points can unlock rewards, badges, or leaderboard spots, making exploration interactive & fun. This guides users through ChainLab’s features, sparking exploration & feedback, fostering organic growth, and building an active, skilled community.

Getting Involved

We welcome community members to join us on our journey to revolutionize Web3 development! Here’s how you can get involved with ChainLab:

Visit our Website & Join the Waitlist: www.chainlab.dev
Follow us on Twitter: @buildonchainlab.
Explore our GitHub: Check out our GitHub repository here to see our activity.
(We will announce opportunities for code contributions as they become available).

Watch our Videos:

Chainlab: The AI-Powered Web3 Development Platform | That’s Changing Everything!

Look out for Beta Programs: We will announce opportunities for beta testing and user feedback campaigns through our social media channels and to our waitlist members. This will be a great way to contribute directly to shaping ChainLab.

We are excited to build a strong community around ChainLab and look forward to your participation!

Here’s a bit more on how we see ChainLab and Hyperion creating something amazing together:

On integrating Alith: This is a perfect match for us. As you saw in our submission, ChainLab is already built to be an AI-powered platform that supports multiple models. We see Alith fitting right in as another powerful option for our users. The goal is to let developers pick the best AI for the job, and they could generate contracts using Alith’s unique strengths directly inside our IDE. It’s a natural extension of our core vision.

On Hyperion’s parallel execution: That’s a total game-changer for us. Our whole mission is to make Web3 development radically faster and more efficient. By plugging Hyperion’s speed into our automated testing and one-click deployment features, we could let developers run complex tests and see deployment previews almost instantly. This isn’t just an improvement; it’s the key to delivering on our promise to “dramatically reduce development time.”

On Hyperion’s native AI features: This is where it gets really exciting for us. Our “Natural Language to Code” tool is the heart of ChainLab. We can take it a step further by teaching it to generate smart contracts that directly use Hyperion’s on-chain AI. Imagine a developer just typing “create a contract that analyzes market sentiment to adjust staking rewards,” and ChainLab writing the code that hooks into Hyperion’s own AI to do it. That’s the kind of power we want to unlock for everyone.

So, with all that in mind, we’re definitely aiming for Track 1: AI-Native and Core-Aligned Projects. It feels like it was made for what we’re building. We’ll of course be integrating Alith to go for the Bonus Track as well.

And since ChainLab is fundamentally an infrastructure tool designed to serve the entire ecosystem, we also see a strong connection to Track 3. We’re already planning to expand our multi-chain support, and integrating the Metis SDK would be a fantastic way to show how ChainLab can bridge the Hyperion and Metis ecosystems for all developers.

Honestly, we believe ChainLab could be a great showcase for what’s possible on Hyperion, making its powerful features accessible to a huge wave of new builders. We’re really looking forward to the possibility of building this with you.

All the best,
ChainLab Team

[han]

My question is: The AI-powered contract generation sounds powerful, but how do you ensure the security of the generated smart contracts? Also, when deploying to multiple chains with one click, how do you handle chain-specific security nuances?

[dmrdvn]

Hello @han

That’s a fantastic and crucial question, thank you for asking it. Security is paramount in Web3, and addressing it properly is at the very core of ChainLab’s design philosophy. Your feedback is incredibly valuable to us as we continue to build and refine the platform.

Let me break down our approach to these two critical areas:

1. Ensuring the Security of AI-Generated Smart Contracts

We see AI not just as a code generator, but as a sophisticated co-pilot for the developer, with security as its primary directive. Our approach is multi-layered:

• Foundational Models and Specialized Agents: We use established, pre-trained LLMs as a baseline for code generation. However, our key innovation is a system of specialized AI agents that are trained exclusively on smart contract security. Unlike general-purpose code generation, these agents act as dedicated security supervisors. They are continuously trained on the latest smart contract vulnerability patterns (like reentrancy, integer overflows, access control issues), best practices, and security-centric coding standards. Their sole purpose is to analyze the generated code for potential threats and suggest robust, security-hardened alternatives.
• Custom AI Agents for Tailored Security: To offer another layer of tailored security and control, we empower developers to create and train their own Custom AI Agents. A user can feed their private agent with project-specific documentation, a particular audit firm’s security checklist from a PDF, or even video content detailing a new security standard. This ensures that the AI’s guidance is not just based on general best practices, but is perfectly aligned with the unique context and requirements of their own project. For a quick demonstration of this feature, you can see a custom agent being created at the 2:11 mark in our platform video: https://youtu.be/VfuzZ9h1ATc?si=w61LjL5lullKFVpc&t=131
• Roadmap: Audits and Continuous Improvement: Transparency is very important to us. Our security AI agents are currently in an advanced training and testing phase to ensure their reliability and effectiveness. Once this training is complete, the next major step on our roadmap is to collaborate with reputable third-party audit firms. This will allow us to validate our AI’s outputs against the industry’s top human experts, ensuring the contracts generated through ChainLab meet the highest security standards.

2. Our Approach to Multi-Chain Deployment and Security

This is a great opportunity to clarify how our “one-click deployment” feature currently works and how it relates to security.

• Clarification on “One-Click Deployment”: Currently, ChainLab offers one-click deployment to individual chains. This means a developer can seamlessly deploy their contract to Hyperion, then separately deploy to Polygon, Ethereum, etc., all from a single interface. We made a deliberate choice not to implement simultaneous deployment to multiple chains at this stage. Our immediate priority is perfecting our core features and ensuring maximum security and reliability on a per-chain basis. A feature for simultaneous deployment could be something we explore in the future, but only after we are completely confident in the underlying security architecture.
• Handling Chain-Specific Nuances: This per-chain deployment model is precisely how we address the chain-specific security nuances you mentioned. It allows for a more controlled and tailored process. Our security AI agents can be armed with chain-specific knowledge. For example, they can warn a developer if they are using a code pattern that is known to be inefficient or to have higher security risks on a specific network (e.g., gas-intensive operations on Ethereum mainnet). This ensures that developers receive contextual, relevant security advice for the specific ecosystem they are targeting.

We hope this provides a clear picture of our deep commitment to security. Building a powerful tool is one thing; building a safe and trustworthy one is our ultimate goal.

Please keep the great questions coming!

[daryl]

Wow @dmrdvn this is ambitious!

What does your MVP look like, eg something you can build and test in weeks?

What’s the VERY specific “hair-on-fire” problem you’re going after?

Here’s what YC has to say, and I think it’s really relevant here.

Hilarious definition of MVP by Michael Seibel (YC Combinator)

[priyankg3]

Hello @dmrdvn ,

Can ChainLab handle custom smart contracts or only predefined templates?

[dmrdvn]

Hello @daryl

Thank you for this. That is an absolutely top-tier question, and your feedback, grounded in YC’s practical wisdom, is incredibly helpful. You’re right, our long-term vision is ambitious, and your question is the perfect opportunity for us to talk about our focus.

The “hair-on-fire” problem we are laser-focused on is one we know personally: the crippling barrier that developers, especially from Web2, face with complex local setups and the intimidating process of deploying their first smart contract. I’ve personally seen many talented developer friends (including myself!) nearly give up on Web3 because of these frustrations. Our primary mission is to solve this.

You asked what our MVP looks like. As a self-funded team of two, we don’t have the luxury of losing focus. This limitation forces us to be disciplined and brings us right back to your valuable advice: solve the most painful problem first.

So, our MVP is hyper-focused on one core workflow: providing an online editor where a developer can securely and practically deploy their contracts without any local installation. This includes:

1. Generating contract code with the help of AI.
2. Getting an instant security analysis from our specialized agents.
3. Deploying to a live network, all from the browser.

Of course, this journey has its technical challenges. For example, we’ve noticed that deploying Rust-based projects can have longer durations, which isn’t the best experience in a browser-based editor. My co-founder and I are constantly brainstorming solutions for this and other similar hurdles. However, our main priority is to avoid the developer’s nightmare of “focus-loss” and deliver a solid MVP.

In that spirit of transparency, we’d be honored if you’d test the current state of ChainLab at chainlab.dev. We would be thrilled to receive any feedback you have, positive or negative.

You’ll likely notice several extra features in the dashboard UI that aren’t active yet. We’ve included these to showcase our long-term vision and what we’re passionate about building. But our promise to our users—and to ourselves—is that we won’t shift our development efforts to these side features until the core deployment experience is as reliable and seamless as it can be.

So, our goal for this hackathon isn’t to build this MVP from scratch. It is to bring our existing, focused, and operational MVP to the Hyperion ecosystem. The integration is already in progress, and we aim to complete it for deployment on Hyperion during the hackathon.

Thank you again for the excellent YC video. The “hair-on-fire” analogy was the perfect reminder of what truly matters at this stage, and we’re deeply grateful for you taking the time to share that perspective with us.

[dmrdvn]

Hello @priyankg3

ChainLab is built specifically for custom, from-scratch smart contracts, not predefined templates.

It’s an interesting point you bring up because our first version (v1) of this project was actually based on a drag-and-drop system with templates. However, as we began integrating AI, we had a crucial realization: the template system felt restrictive and was quickly made obsolete by the power of LLM agents. A developer could describe exactly what they needed, making rigid templates feel unnecessary.

So, we made a deliberate decision in our current version (v2) to pivot entirely. We believe that empowering developers to write custom code from the ground up—either by themselves or with AI assistance—is a much more powerful and flexible approach. The core benefit is that you can build and deploy a completely unique contract on a live network, all from our platform, without ever needing a local setup. Our LLM agents provide enough support that templates for the contract logic itself are no longer needed at this stage.

With that said, the idea of “templates” is still part of our long-term vision, but in a different context. We plan to introduce a frontend editor where developers can use templates (built with frameworks like Next.js or Vue.js) to quickly create user interfaces that interact with their custom-built smart contracts.

But, as you can probably guess, that’s a bit further down the road. As we mentioned, we’re still in the early days and our primary focus remains on perfecting the core smart contract development and deployment experience first

Thanks for the great question!

[haciyatmaz]

ChainLab sounds like a serious game-changer for Web3 devs.
The natural language-to-contract pipeline + real-time collab tools could massively simplify dApp creation. Curious—how soon will early builders get access to the beta?

[priyankg3]

Appreciate the detailed insight! Keep building!

[dmrdvn]

Hi @haciyatmaz

Thanks so much for the kind words and encouragement! We’re thrilled that you see the potential in simplifying dApp creation. That’s exactly what drives us every day.

Regarding access for early builders, we have some great news. You don’t have to wait for a future beta launch—an early version of ChainLab is already live and accessible for testing right now.

As we’ve mentioned in our previous replies, what’s currently available is our focused MVP. It’s centered on that core “natural language-to-contract” pipeline you highlighted, along with the tools for security analysis and deployment, all without needing a local setup. We’re laser-focused on making this core experience as solid and reliable as possible first.

The best way to get access is to visit chainlab.dev and sign up for our waitlist.

Thanks again for your interest—we can’t wait to see what you build on the Chainlab!

[daryl]

Thanks for your detailed response. Tons of great ideas here.

And honoring your request for feedback, positive or negative:

By adding even the short list of features you have,:

@dmrdvn

• Generating contract code with the help of AI.
• Getting an instant security analysis from our specialized agents.
• Deploying to a live network, all from the browser.

… you’re now competing with 3 different categories of specialized software, and solving 3 different problems. I can imagine users saying eg “but lovable code is better” (or whichever platform is their fave) or something similar on security or deployment.

The counter-intuitive piece here is that every feature you add means you’re competing with more specialized platforms. You wrote “the crippling barrier that developers face”, but actually it sounds like you’re solving for “barriers” plural.

If your mission is to help them deploy their first smart contract, does it really need to be across multiple networks? Does it really need to be perfectly secure? Do they really lack options for AI code-gen?

If your ICP (ideal customer profile) is a web2 dev, then they already have a significant local setup probably or are using web environments. So what’s the smallest possible thing you could add onto that, that would get them started in the world of web3? The more focussed and niche that it is, the more likely it is that the 2 of you could make the very best solution for it in the world.

With everything you have to build on your current path, there are thousands of developers working on all the different parts. Why not embrace a core tenet of web3: permissionless interoperability, and build a crucial lego block that enhances that work of thousands of other developers, rather than compete with them?

And just a final reminder here: I’m sharing all this because I saw what you’ve been able to build already, and I think you’re onto something.

[dmrdvn]

Hello @daryl

I’ve been thinking about your response since you posted it. Thank you, sincerely. It’s exactly the kind of thoughtful, challenging feedback that is immensely valuable because it forces us to articulate our ‘why,’ not just our ‘what,’ and we are incredibly grateful for that.

You make a powerful and entirely valid case for the ‘Lego Block’ strategy of building a niche tool that enhances an existing workflow. While we deeply respect that approach, our core hypothesis is built on a slightly different philosophy, born from our own experiences.

For us, ‘Generate, Secure, and Deploy’ aren’t three separate problems, but three inseparable steps of a single, crucial workflow, especially for our Ideal Customer Profile: the Web2 developer entering Web3. In Web2, a bug in a first project is a learning experience you can patch tomorrow. In Web3, as we all know, a security flaw in a first contract can be a disaster. This is why we fundamentally believe security isn’t just an optional feature for a beginner; it’s a prerequisite for the very first step. Our mission is to instill these best practices from day one, because a developer’s career can be defined by the security of their foundation. If we were building for Web2, our approach would likely be more flexible.

Your point about building a ‘Lego Block’ that enhances existing developer workflows is well-taken. However, our goal isn’t just to assist with writing contract code. It’s to provide guidance and assistance through the entire, often intimidating, dApp creation journey—from understanding core concepts to a successful deployment, all without the friction of local setups and faucet configurations. We believe that to truly bring Web3 to the masses, this foundational process itself needs to be simplified. The existence of competition doesn’t deter us; it excites us as a validation that the problem is real. Today we build ChainLab, tomorrow someone else may build something even better on this foundation. That’s how the ecosystem moves forward.

This brings me back to your excellent ‘Lego Block’ analogy. After much thought, perhaps we are a Lego Block after all, not a small piece that snaps onto an existing creation, but a foundational ‘base plate’ for the next million developers. We’re building the environment that will enrich Web3 development from its very beginning.

I’m also acutely aware that we are competing in multiple areas against large, established companies. When we first started this project, many of the AI coding platforms you see today didn’t exist. We began with a drag-and-drop concept, but quickly pivoted when we saw the power of LLMs, realizing they were the future. Our key differentiator remains our specialization. While general-purpose AI tools can generate superficial Web3 code, our agents are being trained exclusively on Web3 security patterns, gas optimization, and cross-chain nuances. We believe this Web3-native focus, which eliminates extra setups and provides deeper insights, is a compelling reason for a developer to choose our platform.

Finally, I want to acknowledge your point about our ambition. You are correct; our vision is vast, and the desire to build it all at once is a real temptation. But as I mentioned in my previous post, we are grounded in the reality of being a small team and are committed to taking this one step at a time, starting with the focused MVP. Your push for us to define our niche and defend our ‘why’ is respected and deeply appreciated. It sharpens our thinking and strengthens our resolve, so thank you again for investing your time and intellect into helping us think better.