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ERC20 vs ERC777 | Quick Understanding and why ERC777 is not being used

a_mature_dev on February 15, 2020

Why not ERC777? Assumption: This is one of my short and quick articles. There is a assumption over here that you (the reader) is aware ...
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Global Crypto Alliance - CALL

Great article! We would like to invite you to connect with us since we have built an ERC777 already and as well help other projects if they want to upgrade (swap needed ofc) - you can check gcalliance.io for contact details.

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a_mature_dev

Sure thing. Let me check this out.

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Oleg Abrosimov

The "Ether and ERC20 tokens WooCommerce Payment Gateway" (wordpress.org/plugins/ether-and-er...) plugin uses a Gateway smart contract with a direct ERC777 Reciever support: etherscan.io/address/0xd0E4e3A739A...
It reduces two transactions needed to pay with ERC20 tokens to just one for ERC777.

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sigs

That contract seems it's not verified with Etherscan. If you wrote it, why not verify and publish?

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Oleg Abrosimov

Hi! Thank you for your interest! You can find a detailed answer here: wordpress.org/support/topic/unveri...

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MB

CALL token is an ERC777 (and more)
etherscan.io/address/0xbbe761ea144...

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sigs

Provable Things p.network/ PNT token etherscan.io/token/0x89Ab32156e46F... is ERC-777 and has existed since June 2020

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Axhat

amazing article!