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Building on Chain

Web3 & Solidity

A guide to vibecoding decentralized apps (dApps). From prompting Smart Contracts to wiring up Wagmi hooks.

01

The High Stakes Game

Vibecoding for Blockchain is dangerous. Unlike a website where a bug means a 404, a bug in a Smart Contract means lost money forever. You must operate in 'High Assurance' mode.

“Code is Law. Bugs are expensive. Verify twice, deploy once.”

— Web3 Philosophy

02

The Stack

Don't reinvent the wheel. Use the standard, modern stack.

01

Wagmi

React Hooks for Ethereum. The standard for frontend integration.

02

Hardhat

Development environment for compiling and testing Solidity.

03

RainbowKit

The best 'Connect Wallet' button UI component.

03

Prompting Solidity

When asking AI to write contracts, enforce security patterns immediately.

Prompt
Role: Senior Solidity Engineer & Auditor.

Task: Write an ERC-721 NFT Contract.

Constraints:
1. Use OpenZeppelin libraries (import @openzeppelin/contracts).
2. Implement 'Ownable' for access control.
3. Use 'ReentrancyGuard' on all withdrawal functions.
4. Gas Optimization: Use 'unchecked' blocks where safe.

04

Frontend Integration

Connecting the UI to the Blockchain is just reading/writing state.

Prompt
// Reading Data
const { data: balance } = useReadContract({
  abi: contractAbi,
  address: '0x...',
  functionName: 'balanceOf',
  args: [address],
});

// Writing Data
const { writeContract } = useWriteContract();
<button onClick={() => writeContract({ 
  abi,
  address,
  functionName: 'mint',
  args: [1]
})}>Mint NFT</button>