PoC & MVP Development

We build proofs of concept, prototypes and MVPs to validate technical feasibility, product usability and market demand. We define go/no-go criteria upfront and deliver documented results, including technical shortcuts, their production implications and the cost of addressing them. Past work includes institutional proofs on Canton Network and Hyperledger Fabric.

How it works

1
Identify the critical uncertainty
We determine whether the main risk is technical feasibility, user experience or market demand.
2
Select the instrument
We match a PoC, prototype or MVP to the uncertainty we isolated.
3
Fix the go and no-go criteria
We agree and sign off the criteria upfront, before development begins.
4
Design the experiment
We build the minimum that produces credible evidence, and document every shortcut as we take it.
5
Build the riskiest path first
We deliver working software in the opening sprints, so you can change direction cheaply.
6
Evaluate against the criteria
We benchmark a PoC, usability-test a prototype, and measure real usage for an MVP.
7
Deliver a decision
You get the findings, the limitations, which assumptions held, and the production cost of each shortcut.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a PoC, a prototype and an MVP?

A proof of concept answers a technical question: can this be done, at what cost and performance. A prototype answers an experience question: will users understand and complete this journey. An MVP is a real, usable product released to real users to test whether they want it. They cost different amounts and produce different evidence, and LimeChain chooses between them from the question you actually need answered.

How do you decide which one we need?

By identifying which uncertainty would kill the initiative. If the risk is technical feasibility, a PoC is the cheapest answer. If the risk is that users will not understand or trust the flow, a prototype answers it without production code. If both are largely settled and the risk is demand, an MVP is warranted. Building an MVP to answer a technical question is the most common and most expensive mistake here.

Has LimeChain done institutional proofs of concept?

Yes. LimeChain delivered a freight factoring proof of concept on Canton Network for a specialist factoring provider, tokenizing receivables from the freight economy and testing the lifecycle behaviour rather than just the issuance. LimeChain has also delivered enterprise proofs on permissioned platforms, including a Hyperledger Fabric claims management solution for Procter and Gamble that put cryptographically signed contracts onchain.

What happens if the PoC fails?

A PoC that disproves an assumption has done its job, and LimeChain documents that outcome as clearly as a positive one. The deliverable is the evidence, the limitations and the implication for the initiative, whether that is stop, change approach, integrate an existing product or run a different experiment. Engagements that can only produce a positive result are demonstrations, not experiments.

Can a PoC become the production system?

Usually not directly, and LimeChain documents exactly why. A PoC deliberately takes shortcuts on security, scale, error handling, monitoring and operations to answer its question cheaply. Those shortcuts are recorded during the engagement so the production cost is visible rather than discovered later. Where the intention from the start is to evolve the codebase, LimeChain scopes it differently and prices that in.

Do we own the code and the findings?

Yes. The code, documentation, findings and decision material are yours. That matters more than it appears, because the value of a PoC is often the documented evidence and the recorded limitations rather than the software, particularly where the result feeds an investment committee or a board decision.

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PoC & MVP Development

How it works

Identify the critical uncertainty

Select the instrument

Fix the go and no-go criteria

Design the experiment

Build the riskiest path first

Evaluate against the criteria

Deliver a decision