Smart Contract Deployment
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You need to deploy your smart contract for it to be available to users of an U2U network.
To deploy a smart contract, you merely send a transaction containing the compiled code of the smart contract without specifying any recipient.
your contract's bytecode – this is generated through compilation
U2U for gas – you'll set your gas limit like other transactions so be aware that contract deployment needs a lot more gas than a simple U2U transfer
a deployment script or plugin
access to an U2U node, either by running your own, connecting to a public node.
The specific steps involved will depend on the tooling you use. For an example, Remix and . They are the most popular tools for smart contract deployment, which involve writing a script to handle the deployment steps.
Once deployed, your contract will have an address like other accounts.
Remix - Remix IDE allows developing, deploying and administering smart contracts for Ethereum like blockchains
Hardhat - A development environment to compile, deploy, test, and debug your Ethereum software