🥌Getting Started

Getting Started

This document serve as a starting point for new users to the OR Smart Chain ecosystem. General knowledge of cryptocurrency is assumed, and in particular familiarity with the Ethereum ecosystem. If you don't understand something right away, that's OK. Search for an answer online, and if you don't find it, ask on our Discord.

What can users do with Origins(OR)?

Origins(OR) is the blockchain component of the OR Smart Chain ecosystem that is equipped with the smart contract functionality and compatibility with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) and is used for developing various kinds of decentralized applications. The design goal of OR was to leave the high throughput of OR Beacon Chain intact while introducing smart contracts into the OR Chain ecosystem. Being EVM-compatible, other than easy portability, OR enjoys support of the rich universe of Ethereum tools and DApps

Tokenization

On the Origins, users can:

Send and receive OR, ORC20 tokens and other supported token standards cross-chain.

Stake your OR to earn some block rewards.

Issue Fungible tokens like ORC20 Tokens to digitalize assets.

Issue Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs).

Extensive support of Cross-Chain Bridges for cross-chain transfers of tokens.

OR Token and Fees

OR is the cryptocurrency coin that powers the OR Smart Chain ecosystem. As one of the world's most popular utility tokens, not only can you trade OR like any other cryptocurrency, you can also use OR in a wide range of applications and use cases.

In 2024, the Origins(OR) was launched. OR is a blockchain network that runs in parallel with the OR Beacon Chain. This means that OR can be found in three different forms:

OR ORC-2 on the OR Smart Chain.

OR ORC-20 on the Origins.

OR ERC-20 on the Ethereum network.

How to Buy OR Tokens

As all fees on OR Chain are paid in OR, therefore, in order to interact with the Origins network you will need to have some OR tokens.

OR tokens can also be received for usage on testnet through the Testnet Faucet.

Refer here for tutorials on different wallets for use with OR Chain to send/receive/purchase OR Tokens.

Extensive Support of Wallets

For a list of tutorials on how to use other supported wallets with Origins, refer here.

Using Blockchain Explorers

Explore the transaction history, blocks on the chain check different asset types, the distribution of their ownerships, and owners' transactions, etc. via the use of explorers. Refer here for a complete list.

Building dApps

OR empowers developers to build DApps of different kinds. Below is a list of tutorials on how to develop smart contracts using IDEs

Using ChainIDE.

Using RemixIDE.

Using Truffle.

Using HardHat.

Using Replit.

Develop wallets and tools to help users use DApps.

Node RPC

There are data seed nodes in the network which allow users to perform low-level operations like executing ABCI queries, viewing network/consensus state or broadcasting a transaction. If you run a full node by yourself, you can also use RPC functions. For a list of all the Node RPC services for OR Beacon Chain refer here and for Originsrefer here.