Quickstart Spotlight: Deploy an ERC-20 on Arc using Circle Contracts

# Circle Contracts

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# developer quickstarts

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Circle Contracts empowers developers to utilize smart contracts within their applications.

Tim Baker

If you are evaluating Arc, you should be able to answer one question quickly: “Can I deploy something real and see it working end-to-end?”

This Quickstart is the shortest path from first touch to first successful build: deploy an ERC-20 contract on Arc Testnet and mint tokens using Circle’s developer tooling.

What you will do in the guide:

Create a Circle Dev-Controlled Wallet (so your backend can programmatically deploy and transact).

Fund it with testnet USDC (Arc testnet uses USDC for gas, so you need a balance to execute transactions).

Deploy an ERC-20 using Circle Contracts templates (pre-built templates designed to reduce setup and avoid boilerplate).

Mint tokens and verify the deployment and transaction status.

Why this quickstart is useful:

You get an end-to-end “contract lifecycle” flow: wallet -> deploy -> confirm -> mint -> verify.

It is reusable and practical: you can copy the structure into your own repo and swap in your business logic later.

It is a clean baseline for teams building token issuance, internal test assets, or payment-adjacent token workflows on Arc.

Start here: docs.arc.network/arc/tutorials/deploy-an-erc-20-contract

Related Circle docs for deeper context:

Circle Contracts templates overview: https://developers.circle.com/contracts/scp-templates-overview

ERC-20 Token template reference: https://developers.circle.com/contracts/erc-20-token

Dev-Controlled Wallets overview: https://developers.circle.com/wallets/dev-controlled

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