HashCash Consultants

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Founder and CEO of passionsec.com. We have 2 locations across the world.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire HashCash Consultants, and what were your goals?

The digital landscape makes it possible to measure a brand’s reputation and the emotional bond created with key stakeholders. As a company, our goal is to bridge the gap between data to market. Our innovative financial products measure reputation as a derivative of passion and numbers.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

One of my friends recommended them, after reviewing their previous work we have decided to work with them.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

Our aim was to make REPX (Reputation Exchange) as the reputation market lens and measuring the sentiment behind the subject ability to drive the numbers of his success. REPX, with a proprietary and validated methodology, will fix the dollar value of the reputation of a company or individual and will exchange it in a market using standardized financial instruments.

Hashcash team done a wonderful job, they completed the project in 8 weeks.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

I think there were 10-12 members in the team.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

When we saw their presentation we thought it would take much longer, but they completed it with the deadlines. We launched the exchange in our scheduled time.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

They have a very strong project management skills, they communicated us through Skype, webex, emails.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their communication and project management skills.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Nothing so much. They could add more portfolio on their website.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Managing Director of LiraEx, we have 3 locations across the world.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire HashCash Consultants, and what were your goals?

We hired Hashcash Consultants to develop block chain based drug traceability software across the supply chain and also to develop the crypto trading platform.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We contacted 2 others blockchain development firms, but Hashcash team sounds more confident. And I also impressed with their presentation.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

Project includes:

1. Traceability of Drugs across the supply chain.
2. Traceability of drug storage conditions such as temperature and humidity.
3. Crypto currency exchange development.

They first show us the prototype, after few modifications they initiated the development work.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

There were 8 people in the team, including a project manager, 1 designer, and 6 developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

The work is still going on, our technical team communicating them regularly. We got updates on a weekly basis. Hope within one month we can complete the project.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

The project management is good, they regularly meet their deadlines. We communicated through Webex, skype, & email.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their communication skills and technical expertise. We have direct access to all the team members, can discuss individually if it's necessary.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Nothing as of now.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

DBS Bank is a Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3, Marina Bay, Singapore. I am working as a Product Manager (Blockchain).

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire HashCash Consultants?

The project was to develop a cryptocurrency based payment processor.

What were your goals for this project?

The goal of the project was to develop an end-to-end product with bitcoin invoicing, merchant account management interface, payment dispute management, ticketing and everything a payment processor in the PayPal world would offer.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

They were recommended by one of our clients. We discussed with another three vendors, but all of them were disqualified due to inexperience.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They design & developed a blockchain network based cryptocurrency payment processor. 1. The product has pay now buttons as well as APIs to integrate to top shopping carts. 2. This is an end-to-end product with bitcoin invoicing, merchant account management interface, payment dispute management, ticketing and everything a payment processor in the PayPal world would offer. 4. Can accept payments in other popular Cryptocurrencies, ie., Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum and more.

What was the team composition?

The project team had about 10 people. One project manager, 7 developers and one from the testing department.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

Our solution was developed early it took a few weeks for testing purposes. Once the product was launched, we got tremendous responses from clients who use cryptocurrency. We are looking forward to implementing more crypto-based applications in the near future.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

They were very impressive compared to other vendors. Hashcash team regularly compiled with deadlines. We communicated exclusively with skype, Jira & Github.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They are very productive, always delivered before deadlines, and there was no communication gap.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Nothing as of now from my side.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CTO of the company. We have 3 locations across the globe and more than 200 employees currently working with us.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire HashCash Consultants, and what were your goals?

We are a financial service provider and we collaborated with HashCash to design & develop the Crypto payment gateway software.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

One of our clients referred to them, we also talked to them previously but unfortunately, we didn't go ahead, but this time we are more prepared. We interviewed the Hashcash technical team and also talked to their leadership team.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

The project involves the design and development of crypto payment gateway software. Before starting the project, we went through the prototype they designed, and that was really good, but we added a few features. Once the design was finalized, we started the project, right now it is in the final stage, and we are very confident that within a couple of weeks we will make it live.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

The team consists of 10 techies, including the project manager. From our end, our technical team of 3 members are continuously monitoring the project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

The project is still in the development stage and within 3-4 weeks, we are going to make it live. The main features of this payment gateway is to get rid of interchange fees, quick payment, reduce the risk of frauds, and, of course, payment refund where applicable.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

Our in-house team works with them regularly. They communicate via skype, webex meeting, phone calls, and email. It is a complete teamwork where we both are working hard to achieve the goal.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They have world-class developers and we were also impressed by their communication and problem solving skills.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

We actually wanted them to come to our place for work but for the pandemic it didn’t happen. We wish for them to have an office in our state.