Are there any third-party services that offer support for developing applications on top of or utilizing features from the platform (ethereum smart contracts etc.) ?
Yes, there are a number of third-party services that offer support for developing applications on top of or utilizing features from the VeChain platform.
These include services such as VeForge, which provides developers with a suite of tools to build and deploy applications on the VeChainThor blockchain. Additionally, there are several development platforms that offer support for building applications on top of the VeChainThor blockchain, such as VeChainThor Studio and VeForge Studio. These platforms provide developers with an easy-to-use interface to create and deploy smart contracts and other applications on the blockchain.
Additionally, there are a number of companies that offer services specifically tailored to developing applications on top of the VeChainThor blockchain, such as DappRadar and DappReview. Finally, there are also several open source projects that provide developers with libraries and tools to help them build applications on top of the VeChainThor blockchain, such as OpenZeppelin and Vechain Thor SDK.