# Deploying Smart Contracts

After preparing your development environment and testing your smart contracts, the subsequent step is deploying them on the Cosmos blockchain. This section will provide you with a guided walkthrough of the deployment process. For testing purposes, consider deploying on a dedicated testnet like Gaia Testnet.

## Prerequisites

Before deploying your smart contracts, ensure you have completed these steps:

* [Setting Up Your Environment](/nomos-1/readme/getting-started/setting-up-your-environment.md)
* Possessing a Cosmos wallet with an adequate balance on the chain intended for deployment

## Deployment Steps

Execute these steps to deploy your smart contracts:

1. **Compile Contracts (if not done already)**:

   If you haven't compiled your contracts yet, you can do so using the following command:

   ```sh
   cd contracts/factory && archway build --optimize
   ```
2. **Store the contracts bytecode on archway**:

   The blockchain doesn't creates instances at once. First, you need to store the contract byte code to do so.

   ```sh
   archway store
   ```
3. **Instantiate the factory contract:**

   You will need to instantiate the factory contract before starting working with our systems.

   ```sh
   archway instantiate --args '{"code_id": 123}'
   ```
4. **Deploy a multisig:**

   Once you've created a factory instance, you are ready to create multisig instances. Go to the multisig folder and deploy its byte code:

   ```
   cd contracts/factory && archway build --optimize
   ```

   Then store the byte code:

   ```
   archway store
   ```

   You should get a **code id** from the console, you will use this to deploy a multisig from the factory.


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