Digital Vikings launches what it calls Delaware’s first blockchain product

By now, we’ve all heard rumblings of blockchain. The proud and few early adopters, namely Coakt, Dean Masley and now, Digital Vikings, have blazed a trail for the rest of Delaware. Digital Vikings just launched its new smart contract platform. It aims to speed up the product development process by standardizing certain common features.
“We call it SmartContract MVP platform, we don’t have a name for it because every customer will want their own requirements,” said founder Kjell Hegstad.
What does this mean? Well, the product that launched and demoed last week at WeWork in the Northern Liberties neighborhood in Philadelphia, where Digital Vikings’ client, Parcl, is located. The client brought in a buyer and seller and executed the demo live, while reporting it on the blockchain.
Here’s the thinking behind the product: Digital Vikings believes that building a minimum viable product (MVP), which is used by startups and other companies to validate an assumption, should not take more than 60 days. If it takes more days, then it turns into an IT project.
“The primary purpose for launching this MVP platform is to expedite the time it takes to build POCs (proof of concept) and MVPs. There are common elements such as: digital signatures, wallets, oracles, transaction hash verification and any IFTT (“If this, then that”) functionality. By standardizing these elements, we can deliver POCs and MVPs faster for the client,” said Hegstad.
The Digital Vikings team is no stranger to trailblazing. Last year, the firm partnered with 1313 Innovation and Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children to help nurses bring livestreaming videos (HIPPA compliant, of course) back to doctors in the hospital via Google Glass.