Fix Code, Burn GG: The First Hardhat Plugin That Makes Your Solidity Cheaper and GG Scarcer
The GGCHAIN ecosystem has shipped hardhat-gg-optimizer, a free, zero-config Hardhat plugin that scans Solidity source for gas waste and common vulnerabilities after every compile — and pairs it with an unusual economic twist: its automatic code-fixer, gg-fix, burns 1 GG on-chain per run after a free allowance. The pitch fits in one line: fix code, burn GG — make your code cheaper, make GG scarcer.
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What the scanner does
Install it, require it in hardhat.config, and every compile prints a colored report: nine gas rules (string require messages, memory vs calldata, loop increments, cached .length, immutable candidates, storage packing and more) plus nine-plus security rules (tx.origin auth, unchecked low-level calls, weak randomness, selfdestruct, risky delegatecall, missing access control, reentrancy patterns). Comments and string literals are stripped before analysis, so findings point at real code. Everything runs locally — no code leaves the machine, no account, no signup. Scanning is free forever.
The burn mechanic
gg-fix applies only behavior-safe transforms and recompiles to prove nothing broke. The first three runs are free; after that each run costs exactly 1 GG, fixed in code. In on-chain mode the fee is sent to the standard dead address on GGCHAIN — permanently removed from supply. Nothing is ever charged without an explicit --yes, the exact cost and wallet balance are printed first, and a dry-run mode previews every change. For GG holders the story is simple: every developer who pays to auto-fix code shrinks the GG supply a little.
Built for CI and both Hardhat generations
Version 0.6.0 supports Hardhat 2 and Hardhat 3 (ESM entry hardhat-gg-optimizer/hh3), and ships CI report output — gg-scan --json, --markdown for pull-request comments, --fail-on-high to gate merges — plus a README badge generator that shows a live gg-optimizer: clean badge. The optional local wallet stores its key password-encrypted (scrypt + AES-256-GCM), and on-chain mode only talks to the official GGCHAIN RPC endpoint to prevent spoofing.
Getting started
npm install --save-dev hardhat-gg-optimizer — then compile. Full details, a live report demo and the badge generator are on the tool page, source on GitHub (MIT, zero runtime dependencies).
The honest caveats
These are heuristic, source-level hints — not a substitute for a professional audit, and actual gas savings depend on compiler version and settings. The tool's own README repeats this. Auto-fixes should be reviewed with git before committing, like any automated code change.
Disclosure: first-party ecosystem coverage — hardhat-gg-optimizer is built by the same team behind the GGCHAIN ecosystem covered on this site. This article is informational and is not investment advice.
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