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@@ -120,3 +120,29 @@ format:
 
 benchmark:
 	@go test -mod=readonly -bench=. ./...
+
+###############################################################################
+###                        Compile Solidity Contracts                       ###
+###############################################################################
+
+CONTRACTS_DIR := contracts
+COMPILED_DIR := $(CONTRACTS_DIR)/compiled_contracts
+
+# Compile and format solidity contracts for the erc20 module. Also install
+# openzeppeling as the contracts are build on top of openzeppelin templates.
+contracts-compile: contracts-clean dep-install create-contracts-abi
+
+# Install openzeppelin solidity contracts
+dep-install:
+	@echo "Importing openzeppelin contracts..."
+	@cd $(CONTRACTS_DIR) && \
+	 npm install
+
+# Clean tmp files
+contracts-clean:
+	@rm -rf $(CONTRACTS_DIR)/node_modules
+
+# Compile, filter out and format contracts into the following format.
+create-contracts-abi:
+	solc --combined-json abi,bin --evm-version paris --include-path $(CONTRACTS_DIR)/node_modules --base-path ./contracts  ./contracts/Token.sol | jq '.contracts["Token.sol:Token"]' > $(COMPILED_DIR)/Token.json
+