You’ve probably seen many articles telling you how you can create an ERC-20 token in under 20 mins and you may have even followed one or two of these to create your own token (I have).

While Ethereum is a great platform for developers, it can sometimes be a bit overwhelming to those who don’t have much of a technical background but would still like to take part in this new, exciting blockchain space.

While tools do exist out there to make the creation of ERC-20 tokens easier, there is no real easy way of doing it while interacting directly with the network itself. Even with wonderful tools such as Truffle available it can still be pretty daunting to non-technical folk. This is where Ardor steps in.

Ardor is touted as the leading contender in the BlockChain as a Service space and with good reason. It is more user friendly for individuals or businesses to get started with, as everything can be done out the box from within the official wallet without stress or worry.

Ardor isn’t just a user friendly blockchain but is probably the most technically advanced live main-net product available today. It currently boasts advanced features such as Child-Chain technology, Proof Of Stake consensus algorithm, built in Decentralised Exchange and with Pruning and Light Contracts coming later this year it has all but eliminated the scaling issues that currently blight other blockchain technologies.

On top of this it is well run by the company Jelurida, who have more than 5 years experience in this space with their market leading NXT software and an incredible team of developers. Marketing and hype has always been an issue but with the money now in from the Ignis ICO and a product to rival any other, this should improve over time.

So, what is this BlockChain as a Service thing anyway? Well, it has often been said that Ardor is like the WordPress of the blockchain world. This is something that I can relate to as a web developer, and especially as one who has worked very closely with WordPress throughout the years (shameless plug for my Responsive Menu plugin).

When I am creating a new website, I essentially have 2 options. I can go down the very fine tuned and laborious route of creating my own stylesheets, HTML, JavaScript, CMS system etc. from scratch or download a piece of software that has essentially solved all the common problems involved in doing this and thus saves me a lot of time and security concerns.

The second method above would be the Ardor version of working with the blockchain. A lot of the security concerns have been solved already, such as issuing assets and currencies on the blockchain so I don’t have to worry about it. Although ERC-20 token contracts follow a set standard, there is still opportunity for developers to make mistakes or introduce bugs into their code and deploy them to the network, in Ardor this is not the case.

With all that in mind, let’s go about issuing an asset on the Ardor blockchain which is akin to creating an ERC-20 token. This asset could then be used to launch your own ICO, run a ticket exchange site or any range of other activities.