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Creating Your First Token
The ERC-20 token specification is the widely accepted standard for Ethereum tokens, making it the go-to choice for most Ethereum contracts in use today. In this chapter, you’ll learn how to create your own Ethereum token by following this established ERC-20 standard. This is a short chapter but an exciting one.
In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:
- Writing your first ERC-20 token smart contract
- Deploying and testing the ERC-20 token smart contract
Technical requirements
Before you dive into creating your ERC-20 token, you’ll need to ensure that you have the following technical requirements set up and ready:
- Operating system (OS): You can choose any OS that you are comfortable with. The ...
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