Fungible Tokens Zero to Hero

Master NEAR fungible tokens from pre-deployed contracts to building fully-featured FT smart contracts.

In this Zero to Hero series, you’ll find a set of tutorials covering every aspect of a fungible token (FT) smart contract. You’ll start by interacting with a pre-deployed contract and by the end you’ll have built a fully-fledged FT smart contract that supports every extension of the standards.

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Prerequisites

To complete these tutorials successfully, you’ll need:

• Rust
• A NEAR wallet
• NEAR-CLI
• cargo-near

New to Rust? If you are new to Rust and want to dive into smart contract development, our Quick-start guide is a great place to start.

We strongly recommend using Rust for production contracts. FT contracts manage real economic value — Rust’s safety guarantees and mature tooling make it the right choice when it matters.

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Overview

These are the steps that will bring you from Zero to Hero in no time! 💪

Step	Name	Description	Try in NearPlay
1	Pre-deployed contract	Receive FTs without the need to code, create, or deploy a smart contract.	-
2	Contract architecture	Learn the basic architecture of the FT smart contract and compile the code.
3	Defining a Token	Flesh out what it means to have a FT and how you can customize your own.
4	Circulating Supply	Learn how to create an initial supply and have the token show up in your wallet.
5	Registering Accounts	Explore how you can implement and understand the storage management standard to avoid malicious users from draining your funds.
6	Transferring FTs	Learn how to transfer FTs and discover some of the true powers that the core standard brings
7	Marketplace	Learn about how common marketplaces operate on NEAR and dive into some of the code that allows buying and selling NFTs by using Fungible Tokens.

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Next steps

Ready to start? Jump to the Pre-deployed Contract tutorial and begin your learning journey!

If you already know about fungible tokens and smart contracts, feel free to skip and jump directly to the tutorial of your interest. The tutorials have been designed so you can start at any given point!