Today we’re tracing the two distinct journeys your contract takes: one when you deploy it, and another each time it’s called.1. Writing and CompilingYou start with a .sol or .vy file in Solidity or Vyper, defining functions, state variables and control flow in human-readable form. When...

This week, we're going a level deeper: Opcodes.What is an Opcode?An opcode (short for operation code) is a single instruction that tells the EVM what to do. Think of it like a Lego block: each opcode does one very specific thing...