Building Hornet's Self-Hosted Blockchain Server
I vividly remember dreaming as a child about building a computer from scratch.
I wanted to feel every moving part inside a machine, understand each component deeply, and then carefully assemble everything into one working whole. That dream finally came true through Hornet, and I will cherish this moment for the rest of my life.
Hornet works with blockchain data, so the platform is computationally heavy. At the time, we had limited financial resources to buy top-end servers. I decided to build one from scratch myself. The bonus was practical: if any part failed under heavy computation, I would understand the machine well enough to repair it.
The cost was also lower because I purchased each part locally from Chandni in Kolkata and assembled the server myself. The downside was obvious too. If I failed, we did not have enough money to simply buy another server with the same configuration.
It became an intense four-day hustle, but finally the server booted.
That moment was pure ecstasy.
This would not have been possible without the relentless support of Muralidhar S, who helped throughout the assembly. As an electronics engineer, his presence gave me both technical support and mental peace.
Hornet runs on carefully crafted self-hosted blockchain nodes. Behind that infrastructure sits a lot of blood, sweat, experimentation, and conviction.
From raising a pre-seed round from the Government of India to reaching product-market fit within a year, and then achieving steady revenue generation within one and a half years, the journey has been a dream come true.
I am fortunate to have a team that has been pivotal in building state-of-the-art software for the massive challenges emerging in the crypto industry. This is a market shaping global finance, influencing geopolitical narratives, and challenging the status quo.
Keep blessing us as we make a dent in the universe and help make the world a safer place to live.
We are just getting started.