Deploying Contracts

Snowside is fully EVM-compatible. Any contract written in Solidity or Vyper can be deployed using standard Ethereum tooling — Foundry, Hardhat, Remix, ethers.js, or viem. The only change required is the RPC endpoint and chain ID.

Network parameters

Parameter	Value
Chain ID	73 (eCash mainnet)
RPC URL (mainnet)	https://rpc.snowside.network/ext/bc/snowside/rpc
RPC URL (testnet)	https://rpc.snowside.network/ext/bc/snowside-test/rpc
Gas token	BTC (18 decimals, same as ETH)
Explorer	https://explorer.snowside.network

Deploying with Foundry

1. Install Foundry: curl -L https://foundry.paradigm.xyz | bash then foundryup
2. Create a new project: forge init my-snowside-contracts then cd my-snowside-contracts
3. Write your contract in src/Contract.sol
4. Deploy to Snowside testnet: forge create src/Contract.sol:MyContract --rpc-url https://rpc.snowside.network/ext/bc/snowside-test/rpc --private-key $YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY

Note: Gas is paid in ECX, but the EVM treats it identically to ETH (18 decimals). Your wallet needs an ECX balance on Snowside, not AVAX or ETH.

Deploying with Hardhat

1. Install Hardhat: npm install --save-dev hardhat then npx hardhat init

2. Add Snowside to your hardhat.config.js:

   module.exports = { networks: { snowside: { url: ‘https://rpc.snowside.network/ext/bc/snowside/rpc’, chainId: 73, accounts: [process.env.PRIVATE_KEY], }, }, };

3. Deploy: npx hardhat run scripts/deploy.js --network snowside

Deploying with Remix

1. Open Remix
2. Go to the Deploy and Run Transactions tab
3. Add a custom network: RPC URL https://rpc.snowside.network/ext/bc/snowside/rpc, Chain ID 73
4. Select your contract and click Deploy

Verifying contracts

Contracts can be verified on the Snowside block explorer using standard verification tools: forge verify-contract <ADDRESS> src/Contract.sol:MyContract --verifier blockscout --verifier-url https://explorer.snowside.network/api