# Using TokenTimelock with Remix **URL:** \ **Category:** Contracts\ **Tags:** erc20\ **Created:** [June 21, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/using-tokentimelock-with-remix/918 "2019-06-21T23:32:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![btc58](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.openzeppelin.com/btc58/32/1076_2.png) [@btc58](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/u/btc58)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/using-tokentimelock-with-remix/918/1 "2019-06-21T23:32:18Z")
Hey, I just launched a token on the main net for fun I was wondering how to lock any erc20 token into a contract address I came to this article but still don’t know how to implement it, Do I use mew, or deploy a new contract with remix Ethereum IDE and send it to the contract address. > **[ERC 20 · OpenZeppelin](https://docs.openzeppelin.org/v2.3.0/api/token/erc20#tokentimelock)** > > This set of interfaces, contracts, and utilities are all related to the ERC20 Token Standard. Can someone help me go through it step by step if you would. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![abcoathup](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.openzeppelin.com/abcoathup/32/415_2.png) [@abcoathup](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/u/abcoathup)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/using-tokentimelock-with-remix/918/2 "2019-06-22T00:24:20Z")
Welcome to the community @btc58 Congratulations on deploying an ERC20 token to mainnet. The tests are a good place to start for contracts where there isn’t a guide yet. [https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-solidity/blob/master/test/token/ERC20/TokenTimelock.test.js](https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-solidity/blob/master/test/token/ERC20/TokenTimelock.test.js) Do you use Truffle? Have a look at this similar question in the forum: > [@How to use TokenTimelock.sol to lock up tokens?](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/how-to-use-tokentimelock-sol-to-lock-up-tokens/738): > > Hello wonderful people! I am not a developer but I managed to use openzeppelin to create my first erc20 token for my game project! it’s working wonderfully. This is a wonderful project! Many thanks for all contributors blush I want to use TokenTimelock.sol to create a new contract so that I can send some tokens to it to lock them up for a specific time here’s my tokenlockup.sol file: pragma solidity ^0.5.2; import "openzeppelin-solidity/contracts/token/ERC20/TokenTimelock.sol"; contrac… If you need step by step instructions for Remix I can try to put something together early next week. ---
**Author:** ![btc58](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.openzeppelin.com/btc58/32/1076_2.png) [@btc58](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/u/btc58)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/using-tokentimelock-with-remix/918/3 "2019-06-22T16:52:03Z")
Hey thanks for the reply, very helpful. I use remix not truffle. If you don’t mind doing a step by step instruction for remix, that would great. Thanks for the help! ---
**Author:** ![abcoathup](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.openzeppelin.com/abcoathup/32/415_2.png) [@abcoathup](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/u/abcoathup)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/using-tokentimelock-with-remix/918/4 "2019-06-24T05:54:37Z")
Hi @btc58 You can use the following instructions to deploy OpenZeppelin TokenTimelock with [Remix](https://remix.ethereum.org) I deployed the [example SimpleToken](https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-solidity/blob/master/contracts/examples/SimpleToken.sol) ERC20 to Ropsten testnet and then deployed TokenTimelock. I recommend deploying on a testnet first before deploying to mainnet. ## Setup Remix documentation: [https://remix.readthedocs.io](https://remix.readthedocs.io) For the new version of Remix you will need to activate some plugins (if you haven’t already). Activate “Solidity Compiler” module plugin Activate “Deploy & Run Transactions” module plugin From the home tab, File: “Import From”: GitHub the following files: (TokenTimelock and its dependencies) - [https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-solidity/blob/master/contracts/token/ERC20/TokenTimelock.sol](https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-solidity/blob/master/contracts/token/ERC20/TokenTimelock.sol) - [https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-solidity/blob/master/contracts/token/ERC20/SafeERC20.sol](https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-solidity/blob/master/contracts/token/ERC20/SafeERC20.sol) - [https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-solidity/blob/master/contracts/token/ERC20/IERC20.sol](https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-solidity/blob/master/contracts/token/ERC20/IERC20.sol) - [https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-solidity/blob/master/contracts/math/SafeMath.sol](https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-solidity/blob/master/contracts/math/SafeMath.sol) - [https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-solidity/blob/master/contracts/utils/Address.sol](https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-solidity/blob/master/contracts/utils/Address.sol) ![RemixFileExplorerTokenTimelock](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/zeppelin/original/1X/d35c330303233e289449b9a1ef067e2da3537419.png) ## Compile In the Remix File Explorer select the smart contract, TokenTimelock.sol Select the Solidity Compiler module (Activate the module if you haven’t already) Choose a compiler e.g. 0.5.9+commit.e560f70d Press Compile The compiler will advise if you are missing any imported contracts or libraries ![RemixCompilerTokenTimelock](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/zeppelin/original/1X/ebf69727ea422ac01203281a258da5fc3e501560.png) ## Deploy Select the “Deploy & Run Transactions” module (Activate the module if you haven’t already) If using MetaMask, change the Environment to InjectedWeb3. Recommend always first deploying to a testnet Select the contract and specify any constructor values. For TokenTimelock specify: token address e.g. ERC20 token address beneficiary address e.g. External account to release tokens to releaseTime (seconds since unix epoch) e.g. 1569925800 (you can use an online converter such as [https://www.epochconvert.com/](https://www.epochconvert.com/)) Press Transact to deploy ![RemixDeployTokenTimelock](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/zeppelin/original/1X/05c4c43d5bf0dfeb7b953da45e42e67ffa3b253a.png) ## Transfer Transfer the tokens to lock up for the beneficiary to the deployed TokenTimelock contract. I used Remix to transfer the tokens. ## Release After the releaseTime has passed, anyone can call release on the deployed TokenTimelock contract, which transfers the tokens to the beneficiary. I used Remix to call release. * * * Let me know if you have any problems with the instructions above. ---
**Author:** ![abcoathup](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.openzeppelin.com/abcoathup/32/415_2.png) [@abcoathup](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/u/abcoathup)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/using-tokentimelock-with-remix/918/5 "2019-06-27T08:29:18Z")
Hi @btc58 Just checking that you were able to deploy using the instructions for Remix? Let me know if you have any questions. ---
**Author:** ![abcoathup](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.openzeppelin.com/abcoathup/32/415_2.png) [@abcoathup](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/u/abcoathup)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/using-tokentimelock-with-remix/918/6 "2019-07-01T00:01:21Z")
Housekeeping, marking my reply as the solution. ---
**Author:** ![btc58](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.openzeppelin.com/btc58/32/1076_2.png) [@btc58](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/u/btc58)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/using-tokentimelock-with-remix/918/7 "2019-07-02T01:40:45Z")
Hey again, thanks for the instruction. Sorry for the late reply but I wasn’t able to comment because of a review of my account. But thanks again, will try it out this weekend.