I remember in 2017, I paid $40 for a meetup of live programming, learned how to launch my own ERC20 token. Since its inception in 2015, the ERC20 token standard has evolved.
Today, ERC20 tokens can include a mint function and a burn function, and it could consist of governance and voting functions, too.
We have created an APIS_ERC20 token, that consists of the mint and the burn feature on top of the standard ERC20 functions. It also adds support for GSN (Gas Station Network) and SafeMath.
Instead of writing your own smart contract, you can launch it with just one command.
See the demo here: https://youtu.be/yza4nDBFVCY
Here is the code to launch an ERC20 token on the Ethereum main net with APIS:
curl \
--location \
--request POST 'https://api.theapis.io/api/v1/tokens' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
"chain": "ethereum",
"network": "mainnet",
"token": {
"name": "<TOKEN_NAME>",
"symbol": "<TOKEN_SYMBOL>",
"minter": "<MINTER_ADDRESS>",
"account": "<INITIAL_SUPPLY_RECIPIENT>",
"initialSupply": "10000000000000000000000000"
},
"type": "APIS_ERC20",
"sender": "<MY_ADDRESS>",
"privateKey": "<MY_PRIVATE_KEY>"
}'