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1Deploy Your First Smart Contract
2Create an ERC-20 Token
3Build a Staking Contract
4Integrate Chainlink Oracles

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1Deploy Your First Smart Contract
2Build an NFT Collection
3Testing with Foundry

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1Testing with Foundry
2Upgradeable Smart Contracts
3Build a Multisig Wallet

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Featured: Build an ERC-20 Token

Beginner45 minutes

What You'll Build

A fully functional ERC-20 token with minting, burning, and pausable functionality using OpenZeppelin contracts.

Steps

1
Set up development environment
2
Create token contract with OpenZeppelin
3
Add minting and burning functions
4
Implement access control
5
Write unit tests
6
Deploy to testnet

Code Preview

// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.20;

import "@openzeppelin/contracts/token/ERC20/ERC20.sol";
import "@openzeppelin/contracts/access/Ownable.sol";

contract MyToken is ERC20, Ownable {
    constructor() ERC20("MyToken", "MTK")
        Ownable(msg.sender) {
        _mint(msg.sender, 1000000 * 10**18);
    }

    function mint(address to, uint256 amount)
        public onlyOwner {
        _mint(to, amount);
    }
}

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