This repo is for a conceptual idea of building a distributed database with IPFS, smart contracts, and PGlite. After deploying the contract you will want to use it with the IPDB app repo. Read more about it [here]
Clone the repo and install the dependencies
git clone https://github.com/PinataCloud/ipdb-contract && cd ipdb-contract && npm install
Rename the .env.sample file to .env and fill out the variables
WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY=
ETHERSCAN_API_KEY=
The WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY would be the private key to your wallet that is deploying the contract; practice basic precautions and use a fresh wallet and start with a testnet first.
Note
The ETHERSCAN_API_KEY can be used to verify the contract after deployment. If you don’t plan to use it you may want to take out this piece of the hardhat.config.ts
etherscan: {
apiKey: process.env.ETHERSCAN_API_KEY,
},To compile the contracts run the following command
npx hardhat compile
Make sure that your wallet has funds for the EVM chain you plan to deploy to. This repo includes the chains base, base_sepolia, and sepolia, but you can add whichever chain you’d like. To deploy run the following command:
npx hardhat ignition ./ignition/modules/IPDB.ts —-network base_sepolia
If successful you should see a contract addressed printed out. Save this along with the contents of artifacts/contracts/IPDB/IPDB.json