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ORBS
Blockparty's brokered NFT trading platform — built through public beta with Next.js, TypeScript, Apollo GraphQL, Chakra UI, and Ethers.js. Drove UI iteration from direct user feedback across listing, bidding, and trading flows until the company pivoted to a Web3 data service.
Next.js
TypeScript
Apollo GraphQL
Chakra UI
Ethers.js
Overview
ORBS was Blockparty's brokered NFT trading platform, built from the ground up with Next.js, TypeScript, Apollo GraphQL, Chakra UI, and Ethers.js. I helped take it through a public beta, iterating directly from user feedback across listing, bidding, and trading flows. The company later pivoted to a Web3 data service, but the platform served as a proving ground for the patterns and infrastructure that followed.
Screenshots
Landing Page
Trade Cards
NFT Assets Grid
Trade Detail
Architecture
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ FRONTEND (NEXT.JS) │
│ React · TypeScript · Chakra UI │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ APOLLO GRAPHQL LAYER │
│ Queries · Mutations · Cache │
└──────────────────────┬───┬─────────────────────┘
│ │
┌──────────────────────┴─ ┌─┴─────────────────────┐
│ BLOCKPARTY API │ │ BLOCKCHAIN │
│ REST · GraphQL │ │ Ethers.js · ERC │
└──────────────────────┘ └──────────────────────┘
Next.js frontend communicating through Apollo GraphQL to both the Blockparty API and on-chain data via Ethers.js.
Key Features
Brokered Trading
Custodial trading model where Blockparty facilitated NFT transactions between buyers and sellers with escrow-style settlement.
Real-time Listings
Live marketplace feed powered by Apollo subscriptions and optimistic cache updates for instant UI responsiveness.
User Feedback Loop
Public beta with direct user feedback channels that drove iterative improvements to listing, bidding, and trading flows.
NFT Discovery
Collection browsing, trait filtering, and search across multiple ERC standards with rich metadata display.
Outcome
When Blockparty pivoted from an NFT marketplace to a Web3 data service, the ORBS platform wound down. The architecture patterns, GraphQL layer design, and component library built for the trading platform carried directly into the data products that followed, including the OneSource API and its MCP tooling.