About the talk
Avalanche is an open-source, proof-of-stake blockchain with smart contract functionality that uses the Snow family of consensus protocols. It aims to provide similar functionality to Ethereum while being faster, cheaper, and more energy efficient. This talk is aimed at beginning to intermediate developers who wish to expand their knowledge of emerging Layer 1 blockchains.
This talk will cover
- An introduction to Avalanche, why it was created, and how to set up your MetaMask wallet for AVAX
- How to develop a Solidity smart contract with Hardhat and Ethers.js
- How to deploy the smart contract to Avalanche's test network, Fuji
- How to interact with the deployed contract from a React frontend
Web Development
About the speaker
Anthony Campolo is a Developer Advocate at QuickNode and co-host of the FSJam Podcast. He works extensively on Open Source projects and contributes articles, podcasts, and presentations about open source tools and frameworks.