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Julian Martinez for Stellar Development Foundation

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Intro to Stellar: Get Started in Rust, Set Up Your Development Environment, and Write Your First Smart Contract

Hello! This is the first in a series of five livestreams designed to help the community participate in the Build Better on Stellar: Smart Contract Challenge:

In this video, we cover the basics of Rust smart contract development, which includes:

  • Setting up Okashi, a smart contract playground for Soroban
  • Key concepts such as data types, storage management, functions, and the Stellar CLI
  • Deploying on Stellar testnet and more!

Additional Resources:

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everything you need to know about the consensus hackathon

Consensus Hackathon Cash to DeFi

Welcome to the Consensus Hackathon Cash to DeFi track! This README serves as your comprehensive guide to everything you need to know about the hackathon, from the workshop overview to important resources and judging criteria.

Workshop Overview

This hackathon track is based on the Consensus Workshop: Cash to DeFi Track. The workshop aims to onboard developers to the Stellar ecosystem and provide guidance on building decentralized finance (DeFi) applications using Rust and smart contracts.

Workshop

  • Introduction to Rust and the Development Environment
  • Building Defi Smart Contracts
  • Building Defi Dapp Frontend
  • Conclusion

Workshop Resources

The concepts behind the Staking Workshop are designed to help you understand the basics of Rust and smart contract development on the Stellar network.

The following resources cover the concepts behind the staking example and provide a foundation for building more complex applications.

Introduction to Rust and the Development Environment

Upcoming Streams

Looking for some live support? Join our next stream. All sessions start at 12pm EDT.

  • 7/30: Build a dApp
  • 8/1: Intro to Passkeys
  • 8/6: Migrating from Web2 to Web3
  • 8/8: Stellar Community Fund

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