Get started

Use this beginner-friendly guide to start building on Sei.

1. Install local dependencies
To get started running Sei, follow the local dependency installation tutorial
2. Set up Seid
The seid command is a command-line tool to interact with the Sei blockchain. 
Follow the Seid setup tutorial to get started using seid
3. Run a chain locally
Follow the initialization script to to run a cluster locally with a single validator node and 50 preconfigured wallet accounts.
4. Create and deploy a simple counter app
Follow the counter app tutorial to write and deploy a simple Rust smart contract to your local version of Sei
Sei supports CosmWasm 1.0.0+ smart contracts. Older versions of CosmWasm will have errors getting deployed
5. Create a decentralized app frontend
Follow the frontend tutorial to create a simple frontend for the counter app tutorial above
6. Create and deploy a simple exchange
Follow the spot exchange tutorial to write a simple Rust based spot exchange on Sei
7. Deploy to testnet
Follow the testnet deployment tutorial to deploy the counter app to the atlantic-2 testnet, and update the frontend to interact with that

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