# Deploying your first contract to Polkadot in 5 minutes

This tutorial will guide you on deploying a Solidity smart contract to Polkadot on [Asset Hub (Westend)](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fwestmint-rpc-tn.dwellir.com#/explorer).

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## Prerequisites
You will need the MetaMask wallet:
- https://metamask.io/download

## Smart Contracts on Polkadot
We will be deploying to Asset Hub on the Polkadot test network: "Westend".

Asset Hub is a system parachain on Polkadot.

A parachain is an L1 blockchain that has its blocks finalized by the Polkadot Relay chain.

Add Asset Hub parachain to the MetaMask wallet:

> Network name: Asset-Hub Westend Testnet
> RPC URL URL: https://westend-asset-hub-eth-rpc.polkadot.io
> Chain ID: 420420421
> Currency Symbol: WND
> Block Explorer URL: https://assethub-westend.subscan.io

### Get some tokens

Go to the [Westend faucet](https://faucet.polkadot.io/westend?parachain=1000) and request some tokens using your Ethereum account:

On success you will have some WND tokens in your account.

We are now ready to deploy contracts to Asset Hub!

## Deploying to Polkadot
Go to the REMIX IDE:
- https://remix.polkadot.io

> This is a forked version of REMIX IDE compatible with the Polkadot tech stack.


Compile the `_Storage.sol` contract.

Deploy the contract.

Make sure to pin the contract so we can interact with it.

We can now interact with the contract's methods.


Congratulations!

You **successfully** deployed a Solidity smart contract to Polkadot!

## Resources:
**Learn**: contracts.polkadot.io
**Watch**: [Solidity on Polkadot](https://youtu.be/GPuTt10dxKI?si=oxfJ2OQqboj7zpfM)