Developing contracts

This section contains a wealth of information specifically about building smart contracts on the Filecoin network.

This section covers how to build dApps by writing smart contracts in the Filecoin Virtual Machine. The docs in this section explain:

• How to get test tokens, called tFIL, from a faucet.

• How to set up Remix, to make use of Ethereum tooling while building Filecoin dApps.

• How to set up Hardhat, to build FVM dApps in an environment familiar to Ethereum developers.

• How to make use of Foundry, expanding the utilities available for interacting with FVM contracts.

• Where to find contract templates from a range of third party Solidity libraries.

• How to Call built-in actors using the Protocol API or the Solidity Library.

• How to make use of the Filecoin Solidity Libraries to build FVM dApps using a language familiar to Ethereum developers.

• How to perform a storage deal using the direct dealmaking client contract.

• How to replicate, renew, or repair (RaaS) storage deals on Filecoin.

• How to verify a contract using one of Filecoin's many block explorers.

• The best practices for building FVM dApps.

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