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  1. FUNDAMENTALS

Contract Address

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Contract address is an address in the blockchain database where a particular is stored. Just like with the regular database, you will need to know a contract address to quickly locate it, update its state, or request a particular data.

Knowing the address of the may help:

  • see all the transactions associated with it and their statuses,

  • prevent unnecessary confusion between the parties,

  • verify if the contract has received/released the .

Important!

Note that this blockchain address is given to a contract when it has been deployed (published) to the blockchain. Learn more details on how the contract is .

While keeping the identities and agreement details anonymous, the blockchain allows the users to see the general information of the document. Such information includes the sender's and receiver's wallet addresses*, or the number of tokens kept by the contract, along with its transaction history and gas fees**.

Though to receive such data a blockchain search engine, a.i. a blockchain explorer is used. It finds the contract from the blockchain records by the contract address.

Learn more how it is done in "".

Good to know

*Cryptocurrency wallet is an app (web, desktop, mobile) or a physical device that stores your public and private keys. Metamask, Coinbase Wallet, and Trustwallet are among the most used crypto wallets. Each wallet has its unique ID known as a wallet address.

**Gas fee is a blockchain fee paid to the nodes (individual computers) processing the blockchain transaction. More on gas fees and why they exist can be found in "".

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