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Ask HN: Is it worth learning Solidity in 2021?

22 points| nicdc | 4 years ago

I guess the answer will inevitably depend on how much potential for growth you see in ETH and/or smart contracts.

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dhruvkar|4 years ago

I think smart contracts are here to stay.

However, I'd instead check out Cardano's (ADA) Plutus platform [0]. It's a subset of Haskell as I understand it. They have a online playground to simulate contracts [1].

Cardano also has a ERC-20 converter [2], so expect a lot of projects to also move to Cardano (given the much lower fees and higher throughput) when smart contracts are released in August/September.

0. https://docs.cardano.org/projects/plutus/en/latest/plutus/ex...

1. https://playground.plutus.iohkdev.io/

2. https://cointelegraph.com/news/cardano-erc-20-converter-near...

fsociety|4 years ago

Cardano contracts won’t be released until August.. optimistically.

RhodoGSA|4 years ago

Smart contract Audits and creation is pretty lucrative, with payment for work generally in a currency that's not in a period of 'Transitory Inflation'. I've been learning rust/ substrate tho, ETH is a bit dated by now.

rebelos|4 years ago

> payment for work generally in a currency that's not in a period of 'Transitory Inflation'

And instead in a currency that's in a period of 'Transitory Panic Selloff'.

quickthrower2|4 years ago

You can do any kind of work and once paid convert it to ETH so getting paid in it is no difference (I’d say it is more inconvenient as you need to convert some to fiat and then deal with taxes)

raizinho|4 years ago

Any advice for someone looking to get into the field?

max_|4 years ago

Obviously not. A single contract call on Ethereum may cost you up to $120.

Ethereum is no longer practical.

Even so there are better smart contract languages like Vyper[0] & Scilla[1].

[0]:https://vyper.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

[1]:http://scilla-lang.org

noofen|4 years ago

> Ethereum is no longer practical.

Oh please, L2 solutions already exist, EIP-1559 in the upcoming months, and Proof of Stake is 1-2 years out.