# CW20 Basic
This version of the cw20 base contract is compatible with legacy contract running on Terra chain Columbus-4.
This is a basic implementation of a cw20 contract. It implements
the [CW20 spec](../../packages/cw20/README.md) and is designed to
be deployed as is, or imported into other contracts to easily build
cw20-compatible tokens with custom logic.
Implements:
- [x] CW20 Base
- [x] Mintable extension
- [x] Allowances extension
## Running this contract
You will need Rust 1.44.1+ with `wasm32-unknown-unknown` target installed.
You can run unit tests on this via:
`cargo test`
Once you are happy with the content, you can compile it to wasm via:
```
RUSTFLAGS='-C link-arg=-s' cargo wasm
cp ../../target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/cw20_base.wasm .
ls -l cw20_base.wasm
sha256sum cw20_base.wasm
```
Or for a production-ready (optimized) build, run a build command in the
the repository root: https://github.com/CosmWasm/cosmwasm-plus#compiling.
## Importing this contract
You can also import much of the logic of this contract to build another
ERC20-contract, such as a bonding curve, overiding or extending what you
need.
Basically, you just need to write your handle function and import
`cw20_base::contract::handle_transfer`, etc and dispatch to them.
This allows you to use custom `ExecuteMsg` and `QueryMsg` with your additional
calls, but then use the underlying implementation for the standard cw20
messages you want to support. The same with `QueryMsg`. You *could* reuse `instantiate`
as it, but it is likely you will want to change it. And it is rather simple.
Look at [`cw20-staking`](../cw20-staking/README.md) for an example of how to "inherit"
all this token functionality and combine it with custom logic.