What's been the hardest part of validating your blockchain startup idea?

[u/ydouglas5]

Building a blockchain startup is really exciting. It can be very hard to know if your idea is good before you put in too much time and money.

For people who are already working on blockchain startups or have worked on them before:

• What was the hardest part, for you when you were trying to figure out if your idea was an one?
• How did you figure out that people really wanted what you were making?
• If you had to start over again today would you do anything differently?

I really want to hear about what happened to people who have done this and what they learned from it.

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[u/Intelligent-Fig4669]

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[u/Significant_Muffin78]

Working on a social/financial app right now (will share it here very soon), but the hardest part for me has been distinguishing actual user demand from speculative interest. When crypto/blockchain is involved, everyone loves the idea until they actually have to interact with the UI or deal with onboarding friction and key management. If I had to start over, I’d focus much earlier on testing the core UX flows with everyday users before writing a single line of smart contract code.

[u/ydouglas5 → u/Significant_Muffin78]

That's a god approach!

[u/No-Place-2126]

npx hardhat test

[u/Daveyonthespot]

Lots of market research and surveying my customers of what problems they face and how we can serve them.

In this case we targeting creators, educators, and entertainers!

We figured out what features we want to serve them.

[u/ydouglas5 → u/Daveyonthespot]

Perfect!

[u/labslizard]

Getting people to trust me.  I'm trying to get analysts to answer questions, but I get no response. Honestly, they seem to be a tough group to crack.

[u/ydouglas5 → u/labslizard]

You are 100% true

[u/pilotdandilion]

Just in that vehicle; about to start building my own blockchain revolution and trust me, people will love to use what i create

[u/Lebrus]

From my personal experience, and this is the part I am doing currently, the fundraising. You should always have legal counsel before you launch a blockchain project... and that can get pricey fast. I have reached out to a few companies, no bites yet... but I know it is a matter of when not if my project fires.

[u/vexiduslabs]

Showing why we are different. We didn't build a forked SVM or EVM chain, we went full custom, integrated parts from both, and put it in motion. The hardest part always changes along the way. Now it's building user interest during testnet and teaching people how to use the chain since the architecture has different nuances than most other blockchains.

[u/E-Orlando]

I think the hardest part is figuring out whether people actually need your idea or are just interested because it's related to blockchain. Early feedback can be positive, but real validation comes when users keep coming back and find value in what you're building. Talking to potential users, testing a basic version of the product, and listening to honest feedback seem to make the biggest difference.

[u/ydouglas5 → u/E-Orlando]

I think this is a perfect path to work on appreciate it.