Open up your terminal (or command prompt) and navigate to a directory you would like to store this code on. Once there type in the following command:
git clone https://github.com/filecoin-project/FEVM-Hardhat-Kit.git
cd FEVM-hardhat-kit
yarn install
This will clone the hardhat kit onto your computer, switch directories into the newly installed kit, and install the dependencies the kit needs to work.
You can get a private key from a wallet provider such as Metamask.
Add your private key as an environment variable by running this command:
export PRIVATE_KEY='abcdef'
If you use a .env file, don't commit and push any changes to .env files that may contain sensitive information, such as a private key! If this information reaches a public GitHub repository, someone can use it to check if you have any Mainnet funds in that wallet address, and steal them!
Run this command:
yarn hardhat get-address
The will show you the ethereum-style address associated with that private key and the filecoin-style f4 address. The Ethereum address can now be exclusively used for almost all FEVM tools, including the faucet.
Go to the Wallaby faucet, and paste in the Ethereum address from the previous step. This will send some wallaby testnet FIL to the account.
Currently there are 3 main types of contracts:
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Basic Solidity Examples: Simple contracts to show off basic solidity
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Filecoin API Examples: Contracts that demo how to use the Filecoin APIs in Solidity to access storage deals and other Filecoin specific functions.
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Filecoin Mock APIs: Contracts that mock the Filecoin APIs.
Type in the following command in the terminal to deploy all contracts:
yarn hardhat deploy
This will compile all the contracts in the contracts folder and deploy them to the Wallaby test network automatically!
Keep note of the deployed contract addresses for the next step.
You can interact with contracts via hardhat tasks, found in the 'tasks' folder. For example, to interact with the SimpleCoin contract:
Type in the following command in the terminal:
yarn hardhat get-balance --contract 'THE DEPLOYED CONTRACT ADDRESS HERE' --account 'YOUR ETHEREUM ADDRESS HERE'
The console should read that your account has 12000 SimpleCoin!
The primary advantage of the FEVM over other EVM based chains is the ability to access and program around Filecoin storage deals. This can be done in the FEVM via the Filecoin.sol library maintained by Zondax. Note this library is currently in BETA. It is unaudited, and the APIs will likely be changing with time. This repo will be updated as soon as possible when a breaking change occurs.
The library is included in this kit as an NPM package and will automatically be downloaded when you perform the yarn command (don't confuse these with the included mocks)!
Currently you will find a getter contract that calls the getter methods on the MarketAPI to get storage deal data and store that data.