# Guides

## Overview

Task-oriented guides for building with Ox. Each guide combines related modules into a
complete workflow and links to the [API reference](/api) for deeper detail.

New to Ox? Start with [Installation](/installation), then choose a guide below.

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  <Card icon="lucide:file-code-2" title="ABIs & Contracts" description="Parse ABIs, encode calls, and decode events, results, and reverts." to="/guides/abi" />

  <Card icon="lucide:layers" title="Account Abstraction" description="Build ERC-4337 user operations, ERC-7821 batches, and ERC-8021 attributions." to="/guides/account-abstraction" />

  <Card icon="lucide:wallet" title="Accounts & Keys" description="Derive addresses, manage mnemonics and HD wallets, and encrypt keystores." to="/guides/accounts" />

  <Card icon="lucide:database" title="Chain Data & State" description="Decode blocks, logs, proofs, and ENS names, and override state for simulation." to="/guides/chain-data" />

  <Card icon="lucide:key-round" title="Cryptography" description="Sign, hash, encrypt, and verify with Ethereum's cryptographic primitives." to="/guides/crypto" />

  <Card icon="lucide:binary" title="Data & Encoding" description="Work with Bytes and Hex, RLP, base encodings, JSON, and ether values." to="/guides/data" />

  <Card icon="lucide:circle-alert" title="Error Handling" description="Type, match, and walk the errors Ox functions throw." to="/error-handling" />

  <Card icon="lucide:network" title="JSON-RPC & Providers" description="Send type-safe JSON-RPC requests and work with EIP-1193 providers." to="/guides/rpc" />

  <Card icon="lucide:signature" title="Messages & Authentication" description="Sign personal messages and typed data, authenticate with SIWE, and verify smart account signatures." to="/guides/messages" />

  <Card icon="lucide:gauge" title="Runtime & Performance" description="Swap crypto engines, tune WASM KZG, and manage caches and bundle size." to="/guides/runtime" />

  <Card icon="lucide:badge-check" title="Schemas & Validation" description="Validate and transform Ethereum data with Zod schemas." to="/guides/schemas" />

  <Card icon="lucide:zap" title="Tempo" description="Construct, sign, and inspect Tempo protocol data." to="/tempo/guides" />

  <Card icon="lucide:send" title="Transactions" description="Build, sign, serialize, and inspect every Ethereum transaction type." to="/guides/transactions" />

  <Card icon="lucide:fingerprint" title="WebAuthn & Passkeys" description="Register credentials, sign with passkeys, and derive secrets with PRF." to="/guides/webauthn" />
</Cards>