Creating an ERC20 token

In this section, you will learn how to create an ERC20 token. We will start by setting up a new project—we are going to use the OpenZeppelin Solidity framework to create our project.

Installing OpenZepplin Solidity

OpenZeppelin is basically just a collection of smart contracts that you can import into your own smart contracts in order to speed up your development. They can also make your smart contracts much more secure from the get-go.

You can visit the OpenZeppelin GitHub page at OpenZeppelin Github:

If you have been browsing through the Truffle website—truffleframework.com—then you have probably come across Ganache. We will be using it throughout this section...