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:alt: Solidity logo
:align: center
Solidity is a contract-oriented, high-level language for implementing smart contracts.
It was influenced by C++, Python and JavaScript
and is designed to target the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
Solidity is an object-oriented, high-level language for implementing smart
contracts. Smart contracts are programs which govern the behaviour of accounts
within the Ethereum state.
Solidity was influenced by C++, Python and JavaScript and is designed to target
the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
Solidity is statically typed, supports inheritance, libraries and complex
user-defined types among other features.
As you will see, it is possible to create contracts for voting,
crowdfunding, blind auctions, multi-signature wallets and more.
With Solidity you can create contracts for uses such as voting, crowdfunding, blind auctions,
and multi-signature wallets.
.. note::
The best way to try out Solidity right now is using

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A Simple Smart Contract
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Let us begin with the most basic example. It is fine if you do not understand everything
right now, we will go into more detail later.
Let us begin with a basic example that sets the value of a variable and exposes
it for other contracts to access. It is fine if you do not understand
everything right now, we will go into more detail later.
Storage
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Solidity version 0.4.0 or anything newer that does not break functionality
(up to, but not including, version 0.5.0). This is to ensure that the
contract is not compilable with a new (breaking) compiler version, where it could behave differently.
So-called pragmas are common instrutions for compilers about how to treat the
So-called pragmas are common instructions for compilers about how to treat the
source code (e.g. `pragma once <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragma_once>`_).
A contract in the sense of Solidity is a collection of code (its *functions*) and