Metlabs joins Alastria to contribute its blockchain development expertise

Metlabs joined Alastria as a member in December 2024. The blockchain development company becomes part of an association that brings together businesses, universities and public administrations to work on applications of the technology. Membership builds on contact between the two teams and Metlabs’ interest in developing projects on networks within the ecosystem.

The decision addresses a practical need: connecting engineering work with organisations that want to use blockchain in their operations. For Metlabs, participating in Alastria provides a way to understand those organisations’ requirements, share technical knowledge and explore collaboration with other members on business projects that require several participants to work together.

A setting for collaboration between businesses and technical teams

Alastria supports blockchain development through networks, working groups and knowledge-sharing activities. Its cross-sector membership brings together organisations that define a business need and those that can contribute to implementation. This relationship is relevant to projects in which several entities need to coordinate their activities using a shared record.

The association offers its members technical and sector-specific forums, alongside support for taking their first steps on networks promoted by its members. Participation in this environment makes it easier to compare development approaches and identify potential collaborators before defining the scope of a solution and the responsibilities of each participant.

Metlabs’ contribution to the ecosystem

Metlabs contributes its work in blockchain software design and development. This involves defining application architecture, implementing the smart contracts that execute its rules and integrating the tools used by businesses and their users. That technical perspective translates a business requirement into specific decisions about how a system should work in practice.

In discussions before joining, the Metlabs team had explored technical requirements with Alastria and the steps needed to bring business projects onto its networks. Membership provides a framework for continuing that relationship and assessing how each initiative fits the available infrastructure, taking account of the requirements identified during the design process.

Choosing a network is part of designing each project. Transaction volumes, access permissions and integration with a company’s existing systems shape the implementation. Metlabs uses that analysis as the starting point for proposing an architecture and defining the work needed to put it into operation for the organisations involved.

By joining Alastria, the company expands its connections within Spain’s blockchain ecosystem. Its objective is to participate through engineering: sharing knowledge about application development and collaborating with organisations that need to turn a use case into a working system. Further information about the association and its participation forums is available on the Alastria website.