This repository contains Substrate's node-template configured to include Substrate's pallet-contracts ‒ a smart contract module.

This repository is tracking Substrate's master.

Follow the official installation steps to set up all Substrate prerequisites.

Afterwards you can install this node via

cargo install contracts-node --git https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-contracts-node.git --force --locked

The --locked flag makes the installation use the same versions as the Cargo.lock in those repositories ‒ ensuring that the last known-to-work version of the dependencies are used.

The latest confirmed working Substrate commit which will then be used is 249dbbba6a1a277a3098c2a5b302645da16451ad.

To run a local dev node execute

substrate-contracts-node --dev --tmp

The --tmp implies that a new chain will be created each time the command is executed. If you want to persist chain state across runs leave it out.

To have only errors and contract debug output show up on the console you can supply -lerror,runtime::contracts=debug when starting the node.

Important: Debug output is only printed for RPC calls or off-chain tests ‒ not for transactions!

See our FAQ for more details: How do I print something to the console from the runtime?.

Once the node template is running locally, you can connect to it with the Polkadot-JS Apps frontend to interact with your chain. Click here to connect the frontend to your local node.