# Quickstart

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Essential is the first declarative blockchain protocol. The protocol implements the declarative principles described in the above sections in a decentralized, permissionless system, architected around the idea of blocks as pure state mutations.

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Get Started by deploying your first pint smart contract using the ts-sdk
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### Install Pint&#x20;

This command will install all the necessary files needed such as nix, essential-integration, pint-cli etc.

```
npx scaffold-essential-cli
```

### Compile your pint contracts

```
npm run compile
```

### Download any new updates from essential-integration package ( if any )

```
npm run shell
```

### Deploy your contract locally on the respective ports ( for eg :- builder port 3554 )

```
npm run chain
```


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