Smart contracts 2.0 now on the Hedera testnet

Smart contracts play a critical role in building the trust layer of the internet. Used to manage autonomous logic that doesn’t rely on a centralized intermediary, server, or custom governance model, smart contracts can power core infrastructure like decentralized finance. While the Hedera Smart Contract Service is EVM compatible and runs Solidity, with the availability of Smart Contracts 2.0 on the Hedera testnet it now does so with a few added bonuses as only Hedera and the soon to be open-sourced hashgraph can.
How to Look Up Transaction History on Hedera Using Mirror Nodes – Back to the Basics
With the high number of transactions that the Hedera Network is able to process every second, keeping this transaction history in all the network nodes for all time would eventually turn those nodes into massive data centers. Mirror nodes help address that issue by separating the consensus operations and the record keeping. In this article you will learn about mirror nodes and how to use them for your applications.
How to Start Developing on Hedera: Back to the Basics
In this blog post, you will learn how you can start developing on the Hedera network today. After reading this article you will have everything you need to start developing, understand the essentials to begin, and know where to get help.
Hashgraph Chess

In this article, we hear from community member John Conway on his experience building a Chess Application on the Hedera Consensus service. John goes into the tech stack he used, the development process, and what he learned.
Get started with the Hedera Token Service – Part 3: How to Pause, Freeze, Wipe, and Delete NFTs
Learn how to use HTS capabilities that help you manage your tokens. More specifically, you will see how to pause a token, freeze an account, wipe a token, and delete a token.
Get Started with the Hedera Token Service – Part 2: KYC, Update, and Scheduled Transactions
Learn how to take advantage of the flexibility you get when you create and configure your tokens with HTS. More specifically, you will enable and disable a KYC flag for a token, update token properties, and schedule transactions (like a token transfer).
Get Started with the Hedera Token Service – Part 1: How to Mint NFTs
Hedera Token Service (HTS) enables you to configure, mint, and manage tokens on the Hedera network without the need to set up and deploy a smart contract. Tokens are as fast, fair, and secure as hbar and cost a fraction of 1¢ USD to transfer. Let’s look at some of the functionality available to you with HTS.
Mapping Hedera Token Service Standards to ERC20, ERC721, & ERC1155

At Hedera, we’re often asked how Hedera Token Service (HTS) tokens map to the most ubiquitous fungible and non-fungible token models: ERC20, ERC721, and ERC1155. Let’s dive deeper into the Hedera Token Service and highlight how Hedera token models and ERC token models overlap.
Developer Quick-Start: NFTs and Metadata

Developers looking to utilize NFTs on Hedera can reference this developer quick-start tutorial to start building NFTs right into their application. We’ll dive into a few real-world use cases and learn how to mint an NFT for them using code examples.
Developer Quick-Start: Custom Token Fees

In this blog posting, we’re going to outline specific application use cases for custom token fees and code examples to help you get started. The official Hedera SDKs in Java, Javascript, and Go all support custom token fees.