Dexterity

Decentralized Cryptocurrency Exchange with MetaMask Authentication ⛓️🌎🦊

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Building towards a Decentralized Exchange (DEX) Web 3.0 dApp:

• Solidity, Next.js, and Sanity.io.
• Deployed to Ethereum mainnet via Alchemy endpoint
• Integrated a full MetaMask wallet authentication, providing secure access to the platform 🔥

Useful tool to view live crypto prices as well as trade/swap between currencies without going through a centralized platform (like Coinbase, Robinhood, or everyone's favorite-- FTX).

This was a learning project so it's broken in some areas. It's also not meant to be a revolutionary work of art, go to Uniswap for that. It was merely practice for me as a developer to get my hands dirty with Web3 Javascript packages when I first began learning Solidity from YouTube. It was also a big learning gap initially for me as I was not familiar with authentication from the server-side on the browser, which was made even more complicated due to the nature of cryptographic hashes and private/public keys.

1. Smart Contract Development via Solidity, Hardhat:

   • Developed Solidity smart contracts in smart_contract/ to power the DEX
   • Main contract, Transactions.sol, handles transaction execution.
   • Used Solidity v0.8.4 for up-to-date standards.
   • Hardhat- used to streamline contract deployment and testing.
   • Automated contract deployment via deploy.js.

2. Ethereum Interaction via Web3.js, Ether.js:

   • Web3.js and Ether.js in client/ for Ethereum interaction.
   • Web3.js connects app to Ethereum node for data reading and transactions.
   • Ether.js simplifies contract interaction and data querying.
   • lib/Transactions.json communicates with deployed contract.

3. 🔥 Wallet Authentication 🔥 via MetaMask:

   • Integrated MetaMask in client/ for secure user authentication.
   • Users access the platform with an Ethereum wallet
   • MetaMask does its magic to enables smooth and secure transactions.
   • Hardest part of project, very satisfying

4. Content Management System (CMS) via Sanity.io:

   • studio/- CMS via Sanity.io

5. ETH Mainnet Interaction via Alchemy:

   • Deployed "to the blockchain" i.e. the Ethereum mainnet (via Alchemy).
   • Ethereum-Mainnet badge in README signifies the connection.

6. Styling and UI:

   • Next.js frontend + Tailwind CSS for rapid UI development.

• Open-source project for learning and exploration.
• Encouraging community contributions! Considering social tokens backed by proof-of-work mechanism

• Cash App integration to speed up fiat to crypto onboarding
• Cash App already boasts large userbase of fiat defectors as many of those users lost trust / never gained the trust of the Big Banks, whch also repeteadly fail to adapt to mobile and web technologies
• CEO Jack Dorsey has been pushing the boundaries of the fiat regulation box for years now, mainly through its grey status as a bank / fintech app / securities territory via its Bitcoin wallet integration and cashback-automatic-invest feature which allows cashback users receive to automically route to their BTC wallet.

• Adding social tokens to user wallets as work is done on the Dexterity network, allowing open source work to be incentivized and leads to a better platform for everyone
• Somewhere along these winding routes a DAO will spawn, still learning about that