Summary
In this chapter, you have learned how to create tokens on top of Ethereum. First, you created a very simple token smart contract and learned why the token smart contract offers something valuable that is missing from traditional applications. Then, you created an ERC-20 standard token smart contract by implementing the methods required by the ERC-20 standard. You learned what the ERC-20 standard is and why it’s needed. Then, you customized an ERC-20 smart contract by adding a method to sell tokens for ETH. Finally, you studied how to secure an ERC-20 smart contract. In the next chapter, you’ll learn how to create an NFT smart contract.
