Solidity 101: Learn to read a Mint Contract (2024 re-share)

We cover common keywords and use the Azuki contract to learn to read other NFT contracts on your own.

TLDR:

• Solidity is the most popular language for Smart Contract development, it compiles down to machine readable code known as EVM bytecode.

• Basic keywords include bool, uint, string, address, mapping, msg, require, function. A definition of all of these can be found below.

• Smart Contracts usually follow the format of: imports, name and implements, state variables, constructor function, remaining functions.

Ethereum ETFs will be released as early as next week! Bitcoin’s ETFs opened the floodgates and now the second biggest player in the space appears to be getting it’s own ETFs.

Ethereum has become a juggernaut in crypto and Web3, and its ecosystem keeps growing and scaling.

So this week I decided to re-share another post from the past that highlights one of the key features of the Ethereum ecosystem - the Solidity coding language.

Solidity smart contracts are the back bone of Ethereum’s success, allowing builders to develop all sorts of new and innovative technology from tokens and NFTs, to complex DeFi protocols.

Have a read of this post to learn some of the basics of Solidity by following through with an NFT contract so you can start to navigate Solidity smart contracts for yourself.