Quick Start

Welcome to Miden! This guide gets you up and running with the Miden blockchain by walking through the essential setup and core operations.

What is Miden?

Miden is a privacy-focused, ZK-based blockchain that uses an actor model where each account is a smart contract. Unlike traditional blockchains where accounts simply hold balances, Miden accounts are programmable entities that can execute custom logic, store data, and manage assets autonomously.

Key concepts you'll encounter:

• Accounts: smart contracts that hold assets and execute code
• Notes: messages that exchange data and assets between accounts — also programmable
• Assets: tokens that can be fungible or non-fungible
• Privacy: every transaction, note, and account in Miden is private by default — only the involved parties can view asset amounts or transfer details

Getting started

Follow these guides in order:

1. Set up

Installation

Install the Miden toolchain with midenup.

→2. CLI

CLI basics

Essential Miden CLI commands — create a wallet and mint your first tokens.

→3. Programmatic

Accounts

Create and manage Miden accounts programmatically in Rust and TypeScript.

→4. Transfers

Notes & transactions

Miden's note-based transaction model for private asset transfers.

→5. Query

Read storage

Query account storage data and interact with deployed smart contracts.

→6. Build

Your first smart contract

Build, test, and deploy a smart contract on Miden using Rust.

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