Token Series: Build and Deploy ERC20 Token in 3 Steps

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This post will teach us how to build and deploy the ERC20 token in 3 steps.

What is ERC20 Token?

The ERC-20 token is one of the essential Ethereum tokens. ERC-20 has emerged as the technical standard for token implementation on the Ethereum blockchain; it contains a set of rules that all Ethereum-based tokens must follow.

The ERC-20 introduces a standard for Fungible Tokens, which means they have a characteristic that makes each token identical to another in terms of type and value.

An ERC-20 token, for example, functions similarly to ETH, meaning that one token is and will always be equal to all other Tokens... Eth Org

Step 1: Build an ERC20 Token Smart Contract with Solidity using the remix IDE

We'll learn how to utilize https://remix.ethereum.org/, a free, easy-to-use IDE with a solidity-compatible IntelliJ feature and decent compile-time errors, to build and deploy an ERC20 Token Smart Contract.

Next, we will navigate to the Remix site and create a new file called MyToken.sol as shown below.

Build and Deploy ERC20 Token in 5 Steps

Let's update the MyToken.sol file with the following code snippet.

// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.4;

// Using the openzepplin contract standard
import "@openzeppelin/contracts/token/ERC20/ERC20.sol";
import "@openzeppelin/contracts/access/Ownable.sol";

// Token contract
contract OlanetsoftToken is ERC20, Ownable {
    constructor() ERC20("OlanetsoftToken", "OLT") {
        _mint(msg.sender, 500 * 10 ** decimals());
    }

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

In the code snippet above, we:

Import the OpenZeppelin ERC20 contract
Initialize the Token, inheriting from the ERC20.sol contract
Declare a new contract called OlanetsoftToken, using the Solidity keyword contract, while inheriting the ERC20 OpenZeppelin's contract using the is keyword.
Create an initial amount of tokens 500 for the deployer.
Give access to Privileged accounts to create more supply using the mint function.

Next, we will compile our contract and get it ready for deployment.

Build and Deploy ERC20 Token

Step 2: Deploy ERC20 Token Smart Contract

In this step, we will deploy our smart contract to the Polygon Mumbai testnet. Deployment is not restricted to only Mumbai testnet, as we can deploy to any of our preferred chains.

Build and Deploy ERC20 Token