Quickstart

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.

Get Started by deploying your first pint smart contract using the ts-sdk

Install Pint

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