Solidity dev building ERC-20 token infrastructure: launch, vesting, airdrop, staking, crowdsale & governance. youtube.com/@kyletredwaydev | t.me/kyletredwaydev
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Jun 12
I remember when I started being confused by the two-step ERC20 transfer. Here's the simple version:
A smart contract can't just take tokens from your wallet, major security risk.
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Jun 12
So:
1) approve = you say "this contract can move up to X of my tokens"
2) transferFrom = the contract actually moves them, up to what you approved.
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Jun 11
One of the first React concepts that actually clicked for me. useState.
Without it your component forgets everything on every re-render. Values reset to zero every time.
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Jun 11
useState lets your component remember a value and automatically updates the UI when it changes.
const [count, setCount] = useState(0)
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Jun 11
One line. That's it. Once this clicked I started seeing it everywhere; forms, loading states, progress tracking.
If you're learning React, start here.
#react #javascript #frontend
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Nobody explains gas fees simply. Here's what they actually are....
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Think of it like postage. You want to send a package. Someone has to pick it up, move it, deliver it. Gas is the cost of that work.
The sucky part, fees fluctuate. When the network is busy, fees spike. When it's quiet, they drop. You're bidding to get your transaction processed.
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This is one of the biggest friction points keeping mainstream users out of Web3. Unpredictable costs on top of an already confusing experience. Account Abstraction is working to fix it, but thats another conversation.
#web3 #ethereum #gas #buildinpublic
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I've been building in Web3 for a while and never really stopped to explain what ethers.js actually is. Simple version:
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It lets you read from smart contracts, listen for on-chain events, connect wallets, send transactions. All from your JavaScript frontend.
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If you're a full stack dev trying to break into Web3, start here. The blockchain is just another backend. ethers.js is how you talk to it.
#web3 #ethersjs #javascript #buildinpublic
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Web3 mass adoption isn't a marketing problem. It's an infrastructure problem. Two things fix it.
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I've built in the AA space. The UX difference is real. ZK is where I'm paying attention next. When both are consumer-ready the adoption conversation changes completely.
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The tech is catching up. The question is who builds the bridge first.
#web3 #accountabstraction #zkproofs
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20 years as a sommelier/server in fine dining taught me something that made me a better engineer. Didn't see that coming.
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The restaurants taught me to be comfortable when everything is on fire and none of it is going your way.
Turns out that's one of the most useful things you can have as an engineer
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Fine dining wasn't supposed to be part of my technical foundation,
But here we are
#web3 #buildinpublic
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