INC4
About INC4
INC4 is an engineering studio that builds AI for fintech and trading. Founded in 2013, INC4 has 70+ engineers in Kyiv and Lisbon working on AI development, AI infrastructure and MLOps, and production AI agents, backed by deep Web3 experience. The studio runs five practices: AI Lab, MLOps & DevOps, Algotrading, Compute Infrastructure and Blockchain Hub. INC4 was the core development partner behind AirDAO, from the 2019 ERC-20 token to the community-governed Layer 1 (2019-2025). INC4 also built PembRock Finance, the first leveraged yield farming protocol on NEAR. On Clutch, INC4 is rated 5.0 across 11 verified reviews. Hourly rates sit in the $25-49 band, and engagements start at $50K.
INC4 is an engineering studio that builds AI for fintech and trading. Founded in 2013, INC4 has 70+ engineers in Kyiv and Lisbon working on AI development, AI infrastructure and MLOps, and production AI agents, backed by deep Web3 experience. The studio runs five practices: AI Lab, MLOps & DevOps, Algotrading, Compute Infrastructure and Blockchain Hub. INC4 was the core development partner behind AirDAO, from the 2019 ERC-20 token to the community-governed Layer 1 (2019-2025). INC4 also built PembRock Finance, the first leveraged yield farming protocol on NEAR. On Clutch, INC4 is rated 5.0 across 11 verified reviews. Hourly rates sit in the $25-49 band, and engagements start at $50K.
Key Insights
Services & Focus
Industry Focus
Client Focus
Portfolio
Multicoin Mining Pool
Challenge:
To create a new generation mining pool - a private pool similar to the classic SaaS, with secure login and password registration, customizable functionality, and other custom features.
Scope of our work:
Discovery phase;
Mining management system architecture;
Development stage;
Rewards mechanism creation;
Scalability feature development;
User experience tools building;
Further Support (developing the system and implementing changes that are taking place in the blockchains of cryptocurrencies available in this pool).
Main tech stack:
Backend: Golang;
Frontend: Gatsby;
Blockchain: Ethereum;
Third-party: MariaDB, Mongo + Clickhouse, Telegram API.
Results:
TOP 10 largest Ethereum mining pools in the world;
15% more profitable for ETH mining than any market competitor;
20+ nodes operated;
1000+ days the pool has been operating without any downtime or hacks (100% uptime).
DAO for the L1 blockchain ecosystem
Challenge:
Rethink and create a new vision for the blockchain network that will allow ecosystem supporters to shape the direction and decisions for future blockchain growth and be rewarded for doing so.
Scope of our work:
- AMB-NET and Nodes development;
- Block Explorer development;
- Staking platform development;
- Bridge development;
- Firepot Swap integration;
- Tokenomics rethinking;
- Public launch & further support.
Main tech stack:
- Smart contract: Solidity, Node js (ts);
- Backend: Go, C++;
- Frontend: Typescript, React, Redux, SCSS;
- Blockchain: AMB-Net.
Results:
- 68M+ total transactions;
- 19K+ holders;
- 6977+ transactions in staking.
Leveraged Yield Farming application
Challenge:
To build first-ever leveraged yield farming platform on NEAR blockchain with a comprehensible and plain interface, became the role model for such solutions on NEAR.
Scope of our work:
- Leveraged yield farming and its peculiarities research;
- Smart contract architecture;
- Interface development;
- Tokenimocs creation;
- Testnet deployment and audit;
- Marketing support;
- Mainnet release & further support.
Main tech stack:
- Smart contract: RUST;
- Backend: Nodejs, TypeScript;
- Frontend: React, TypeScript, Gatsby;
- Third-party: AWS Kubernetes, Prometheus, Terraform, Grafana.
Results:
- 0-bug reliable user interface;
- $6M TVL despite the bear market;
- ~12K Community members;
- 300+ Opened farming positions.
Global IoT network for supply chain management
Challenge:
Develop a fully operational Layer-1 solution ready to work with the company’s hardware, including IoT and Mobile.
Scope of our work:
- Research and consulting;
- Comprehensive audit;
- DevOps optimization;
- Development stage;
- Public launch & further support.
Main tech stack:
- Smart contract: Solidity, Node js (ts);
- Backend: Go, C++;
- Frontend: Typescript, React, Redux, SCSS;
- Blockchain: Ethereum.
Results:
- 500+ decentralized node operators;
- 100+ times more scalable than Ethereum;
- ? 100 transactions per second;
- 56% decrease in costs per month on servers and tools.
RPC provider for NEAR, Ethereum & BSC networks
Challenge:
Build an unrivaled RPC provider from scratch that will be faster than existing solutions on the market and will support both full and archive nodes for NEAR, BSC, and Ethereum networks.
Scope of our work:
- Discovery phase and simultaneous creation of a tool for tracking existing providers' performance;
- High-level architecture design;
- Nodes set up and infrastructure testing;
- Load balancer & API;
- Interface development;
- Beta testing & further support.
Main tech stack:
- Backend: Golang;
- Frontend: React, TypeScript, Gatsby, SSG;
- Third parties: AWS Kubernetes, Redis, Clickhouse, Prometheus, Terraform.
Results:
- 47% average performance increase in users' projects;
- 100% average performance increase in users' projects;
- 100+ developers in the beta stage;
- 10+ projects connected.
Regenerative Finance solution on NEAR
Challenge:
Adopt a new and untested technology on the recently launched NEAR network for MRV in forestry, conservation, and the carbon economy was a major challenge for both the product and technical teams.
Scope of our work:
- Technical architecture design;
- Decentralized storage and indexer creation;
- Project dashboard development;
- Mobile application development;
- Building of the Validation Process;
- Support and further development.
Main tech stack:
- Blockchain: Rust, NEAR;
- Backend: Golang, Infura, Firebase, Elasticserach;
- Frontend: React.native, Next.js, React.js;
- DevOps: AWS, k8s, Terraform, GitHub Actions;
- Databases and storages: IPFS, MongoDB
Results:
- 40 ongoing projects listed in the Dashboard in the first 6 months;
- 18 countries where projects were created;
- 19 Validators from 15 countries joined within the first month after the Validation Dashboard launch.
Social media and content monetization platform
Challenge:
Design the product architecture based on Google Services only from scratch.
Scope of our work:
- Research Phase;
- Back-end development;
- Automated deployment flow;
- Quality assurance;
- MVP Launch & Further Support.
Main tech stack:
- Back-end: NodeJS, TypeScript, Google Cloud Functions, Firebase, Firestore;
- Google Infrastructure: Google Cloud Functions, Google Cloud Api Gateway, Firebase Authentication, Google Cloud Firestore, Google Cloud Storage, Google Cloud BigQuery, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Google Cloud Api Gateway, Google Media CDN, Firebase Cloud Messaging, Google Cloud BigQuery, Google Cloud Vision API, Google Cloud Video Intelligence API, Google Transcoder API, Google - Indexing API;
- DevOps: Terraform, GCP, GitHub actions.
Results:
- Designed the product architecture based on Google Services only (15+ Google Services used);
- Built a prototype to prove the concept first;
- Developed scalable and optimized infrastructure: API response latency decreased up to x5 times | Instance coldrun up to x3 times faster | Worldwide response speed up to x3 faster;
- Released the product with full functionality that held out against bulks of users with no issues.
INC4 Reviews
Submit a review for INC4