CS2 Skin Tokenization & Marketplace

We partnered with a gaming-focused Web3 startup to design and stabilize a full tokenization and redemption pipeline for Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) skins using Solana. The goal was to allow users to mint NFTs representing in-game items and later burn those assets to securely redeem the underlying skins through Steam trade offers. The project required tight coordination between on-chain programs, backend services, and third-party APIs, all while maintaining strong guarantees around idempotency and fraud prevention.

Early in the engagement, we identified critical issues in the existing burn-to-redeem implementation that caused broken redemption paths and inconsistent state between Solana and Steam. I led a refactor of this flow, redesigning the on-chain and backend interactions to ensure deterministic execution and safe recovery from partial failures. This work established a reliable foundation for asset burning, redemption validation, and trade fulfillment.

To support production scale, I implemented backend services and automation that coordinated Solana NFT minting, NFT burning, and Steam trade execution. Cron-driven jobs were introduced to process queued actions safely and asynchronously, allowing the system to handle delayed confirmations and external API latency without user-facing instability. Anti-fraud checks and idempotent job handling were added to prevent duplicate mints, repeated burns, or exploitative trade attempts.

In parallel, I introduced a CI/CD pipeline for the project’s Steam Bot and Node.js backend, deploying Dockerized services to ensure secure, repeatable releases. This significantly improved operational reliability and reduced deployment risk across environments. I also cleaned up and restructured portions of the application hub, improving code maintainability and delivering a more responsive, intuitive redemption experience for end users.

The result was a stable, production-ready tokenization and burn-to-redeem system that safely bridged blockchain assets with real in-game items. The project demonstrated how careful system design, automation, and infrastructure discipline are essential when integrating on-chain logic with external platforms in a high-risk gaming economy.