A .NET Dinosaur in Web3. Day 11–12. Two projects, One Stack and What’s Next

While building WishList Chain, I decided to dive deeper into transaction flows within decentralised trading systems and build something completely different. Initially, I wasn’t sure about making this second project public, as building a commercial product wasn’t my goal. However, I eventually decided to share it because it turned out to be a very good example of how vastly different development paths can be hidden behind the magical umbrella term “Web3.”

Another direction

While WishList Chain is a fun, game-like project focused heavily on on-chain interactions (contracts, goals, and donations), the second project approaches the space from a completely different angle. It is far more practical, real-time, and closely tied to trading and finance — the “serious stuff.”

The core idea is straightforward: you follow a specific wallet, and the moment it makes a move, you get notified. Right now, it can track any wallet, but the long-term vision is to track “smart money” wallets and understand patterns behind their moves, get real-time alerts on potential issues, or gain insights into why someone made a specific move.

Smart Money Tracker AI

The MVP is intentionally simple. Since this is uncharted territory for me, I focused purely on the foundational flow:

1. A Telegram bot monitors Ethereum wallets and fires alerts on new transactions.
2. Instead of serving raw, cryptic data, every transaction passes through an AI layer that interprets what actually happened and why it matters.

Example:

🐋 Smart wallet activity
Wallet: 0xd8da...6045 (Ethereum)
Type: Swap · Value: ~$45,200
🤖 AI Insight: This wallet rotated a large ETH position into stablecoins. 
Combined with three similar moves this week, this looks like 
a risk-off signal—possibly bracing for macro uncertainty.
⚠️ Risk: Medium
💡 Actionable info: If you're holding a sizable long ETH position, this is worth watching closely.

The bot is live and completely free to play. To try it out:

• Web: smart-money-tracker-ai-web.vercel.app
• Flow: Sign up → Connect Telegram → Run /follow [wallet_address] → Done.

Same Stack — Different System

Interestingly, both projects leverage almost identical tech stacks: Next.js, Supabase, Alchemy, Telegram, and the Claude API. However, their architectural blueprints are very different:

Same stack — different system

Shifting Perspectives

My biggest takeaway was realising that Web3 is a whole different beast — it is far from a single, standardised tech stack. It’s an expansive, often chaotic ecosystem where you can design fully on-chain systems, launch hybrid architectures, or treat the blockchain merely as an immutable data feed. Navigating these fluid standards felt like entering uncharted territory.

Yet, to my surprise, my solid .NET background proved highly transferable. The interesting part is — the same engineering principles still apply. Event-driven design. Separation of concerns. Modularity. As it turns out, the syntax required an evolution, but the core architectural patterns did not.

Current State

Both projects are functional MVPs, but they are still quite raw.

• WishList Chain (On-chain goals, donations, DreamPower mechanics). What’s next: Donation history, analytical dashboards, and refined DreamPower logic.
• Smart Money Tracker (Real-time wallet tracking, AI commentary, Telegram alerts). What’s next: Multi-chain support (Base + Arbitrum + Solana), smart wallet discovery, and weekly digest summaries.

I won’t stop working on these two systems; they both deserve to grow. My plan is to ship new features for each project roughly twice a week.

Next Step — Back to Contracts

After building infrastructure around contracts, I want to sink my teeth deeper into the smart contracts themselves. Therefore, the next chapter of my journey will be a marathon: 7 days — 7 contracts — 7 articles.

• Day 1: Access Control (Ownable, Modifiers)
• Day 2: Escrow & Pull-over-Push Pattern
• Day 3: DAO Voting Systems
• Day 4: ERC-20 Token Implementation
• Day 5: Staking Mechanisms
• Day 6: ERC-721 NFT Basics
• Day 7: Reentrancy Protection & Security

All repositories are open-source and available here: github.com/alena-dev-soft

Follow the journey in real-time on Telegram: t.me/dotnetToWeb3

Current Stage: Dinosaur 🦕 — Two systems live. Now, going deeper into the bedrock.