How to create an ERC20 token
1 min readFeb 4, 2020
Requirements:
- Text editor (i.e. Sublime Text)
- Solidity sample ERC20 token smart contract
- Ethereum address (i.e. MyEtherWallet)
- Solidity compiler (i.e. Remix)
- Around 0.01 ETH to pay for the contract deployment network fee
- MyEtherWallet to deploy the contract
Summary:
- Create an Ethereum wallet address
- Send 0.01 ETH to that address
- Copy the sample ERC20 smart contract code and paste it in your text editor
- Modify the name, symbol, decimals, supply and owner address on your contract
- Paste your contract code to Remix and compile
- Access your wallet via MyEtherWallet
- Go to Contract > Deploy Contract
- Copy the ByteCode “object” from Remix and add a 0x in the beginning (i.e. 0xBYTECODE) and paste it on MyEtherWallet
- Copy the ABI output from Remix and paste it on MyEtherWallet
- Click Sign Transaction