- Go to the dashboard. Connect to your wallet.
2. Choose a testnet. Testnets are ways to test out your smart contracts without incurring any cost. You need eth on the testnet that you chose, you can get some for free here.
3. Create a project by clicking on the button on the right sidebar. Enter a name and description. You will be prompted to approve a transaction, open up your wallet and approve it.
4. Choose the token module. This will let you easily define a token in the ERC20 standard. The ERC20 standard is how tokens on Ethereum are defined
5. Customize the name and symbol of your token. The Symbol is what will almost everywhere(such as BTC for Bitcoin). You will have to confirm 2 transactions.
5. Right now your wallet can do basically anything to the token- you can mint unlimited tokens, transfer them to whomever you want, etc. Typically this control id given to a governance contract or a group of individuals. For now you can leave the permissions as it is.
6. Just like that you have created a token. Feel free to mint some of your new tokens and transfer them over to your wallet.
To see the tokens in your wallet you will need to import it. Find where “Import tokens” is in Metamask it is at the end of your token list. Paste your contract address and Metamask will automatically pull the rest of the info
You can even use this contract address to see your token in DEXs like Uniswap! (Although actually giving liquidity is a bit more complex).