A .NET Dinosaur in Web3. Day 16 - ERC-20 Token & ICO
The article discusses the author's experience in building an ERC-20 token and conducting an ICO as part of a Web3 development series. It highlights the importance of understanding the ERC-20 standard and the mathematical considerations in Solidity programming. The author emphasizes the significance of the 'approve' function in decentralized finance (DeFi) as a means of granting permission for token spending.
- ▪The author deployed their own cryptocurrency and ran an ICO during the session.
- ▪ERC-20 is an interface standard that allows smart contracts to interact with tokens seamlessly.
- ▪Solidity programming requires careful handling of arithmetic operations, particularly with integer values.
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| Original publisher | DEV.to (Top) |
| Canonical URL | https://dev.to/olenadevsoft/a-net-dinosaur-in-web3-day-16-erc-20-token-ico-1mj |
| Publication time | Fri, 29 May 2026 07:20:56 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-29T07:49:59.659Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-29T07:49:59.659Z |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3908355) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Olena Posted on May 29 • Originally published at Medium A .NET Dinosaur in Web3. Day 16 - ERC-20 Token & ICO #web3 #ethereum #blockchain #solidity A .NET Dinosaur in Web3 (14 Part Series) 1 A .NET Dinosaur in Web3. Day 1 - First Smart Contract 2 A .NET Dinosaur in Web3. Day 2 - Access Control ... 10 more parts... 3 A .NET Dinosaur in Web3. Day 3 - Voting, Sybil Attacks and Identity 4 A .NET Dinosaur in Web3. Day 4 - Writing My First Contract From Scratch 5 A .NET Dinosaur in Web3.
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