One of the biggest technical challenges we encountered was writing a smart contract in Solidity that could support the unique mechanics of Not Your Type including dynamic poll creation, real-time vote handling, and reward distribution for least popular choices. Achieving this while maintaining scalability, modularity, and security proved to be a complex task. We had to carefully structure the contract logic to minimize gas costs and avoid vulnerabilities that could be exploited in a game-theoretic environment. Ensuring fairness in reward logic without revealing too much on-chain was particularly tricky, and required multiple iterations and audits of our contract design.
During deployment, we faced several roadblocks. Initial attempts to deploy manually led to contract size errors and configuration mismatches across different EVM-compatible networks. These issues disrupted our development flow and made it harder to test end-to-end functionality. To streamline this process, we adopted thirdweb’s contract deployment tooling, which significantly reduced friction and gave us more control and visibility into deployments. It allowed us to version, manage, and redeploy contracts efficiently across testnets and mainnet environments without diving deep into manual deployment scripts.
Even after successful deployment, integrating the contract into the frontend presented another set of challenges. Syncing on-chain data with the client in real-time, handling wallet interactions, and managing transaction states made the frontend logic more complex than expected. We resolved this by using thirdweb’s React SDK, which abstracted much of the contract interaction layer and provided hooks and utilities for clean integration. This not only sped up development but also ensured a seamless experience for users—from connecting their wallet to casting votes and claiming rewards—all powered by a solid, scalable contract infrastructure.