# ERC20Pausable

*ERC20 token with pausable token transfers, minting and burning. Useful for scenarios such as preventing trades until the end of an evaluation period, or having an emergency switch for freezing all token transfers in the event of a large bug.*

## Methods

### allowance

```solidity
function allowance(address owner, address spender) external view returns (uint256)
```

*See {IERC20-allowance}.*

#### Parameters

| Name    | Type    | Description |
| ------- | ------- | ----------- |
| owner   | address | undefined   |
| spender | address | undefined   |

#### Returns

| Name | Type    | Description |
| ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| \_0  | uint256 | undefined   |

### approve

```solidity
function approve(address spender, uint256 amount) external nonpayable returns (bool)
```

*See {IERC20-approve}. NOTE: If `amount` is the maximum `uint256`, the allowance is not updated on `transferFrom`. This is semantically equivalent to an infinite approval. Requirements: - `spender` cannot be the zero address.*

#### Parameters

| Name    | Type    | Description |
| ------- | ------- | ----------- |
| spender | address | undefined   |
| amount  | uint256 | undefined   |

#### Returns

| Name | Type | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- |
| \_0  | bool | undefined   |

### balanceOf

```solidity
function balanceOf(address account) external view returns (uint256)
```

*See {IERC20-balanceOf}.*

#### Parameters

| Name    | Type    | Description |
| ------- | ------- | ----------- |
| account | address | undefined   |

#### Returns

| Name | Type    | Description |
| ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| \_0  | uint256 | undefined   |

### decimals

```solidity
function decimals() external view returns (uint8)
```

*Returns the number of decimals used to get its user representation. For example, if `decimals` equals `2`, a balance of `505` tokens should be displayed to a user as `5.05` (`505 / 10 ** 2`). Tokens usually opt for a value of 18, imitating the relationship between Ether and Wei. This is the value {ERC20} uses, unless this function is overridden; NOTE: This information is only used for display purposes: it in no way affects any of the arithmetic of the contract, including {IERC20-balanceOf} and {IERC20-transfer}.*

#### Returns

| Name | Type  | Description |
| ---- | ----- | ----------- |
| \_0  | uint8 | undefined   |

### decreaseAllowance

```solidity
function decreaseAllowance(address spender, uint256 subtractedValue) external nonpayable returns (bool)
```

*Atomically decreases the allowance granted to `spender` by the caller. This is an alternative to {approve} that can be used as a mitigation for problems described in {IERC20-approve}. Emits an {Approval} event indicating the updated allowance. Requirements: - `spender` cannot be the zero address. - `spender` must have allowance for the caller of at least `subtractedValue`.*

#### Parameters

| Name            | Type    | Description |
| --------------- | ------- | ----------- |
| spender         | address | undefined   |
| subtractedValue | uint256 | undefined   |

#### Returns

| Name | Type | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- |
| \_0  | bool | undefined   |

### increaseAllowance

```solidity
function increaseAllowance(address spender, uint256 addedValue) external nonpayable returns (bool)
```

*Atomically increases the allowance granted to `spender` by the caller. This is an alternative to {approve} that can be used as a mitigation for problems described in {IERC20-approve}. Emits an {Approval} event indicating the updated allowance. Requirements: - `spender` cannot be the zero address.*

#### Parameters

| Name       | Type    | Description |
| ---------- | ------- | ----------- |
| spender    | address | undefined   |
| addedValue | uint256 | undefined   |

#### Returns

| Name | Type | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- |
| \_0  | bool | undefined   |

### name

```solidity
function name() external view returns (string)
```

*Returns the name of the token.*

#### Returns

| Name | Type   | Description |
| ---- | ------ | ----------- |
| \_0  | string | undefined   |

### paused

```solidity
function paused() external view returns (bool)
```

*Returns true if the contract is paused, and false otherwise.*

#### Returns

| Name | Type | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- |
| \_0  | bool | undefined   |

### symbol

```solidity
function symbol() external view returns (string)
```

*Returns the symbol of the token, usually a shorter version of the name.*

#### Returns

| Name | Type   | Description |
| ---- | ------ | ----------- |
| \_0  | string | undefined   |

### totalSupply

```solidity
function totalSupply() external view returns (uint256)
```

*See {IERC20-totalSupply}.*

#### Returns

| Name | Type    | Description |
| ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| \_0  | uint256 | undefined   |

### transfer

```solidity
function transfer(address to, uint256 amount) external nonpayable returns (bool)
```

*See {IERC20-transfer}. Requirements: - `to` cannot be the zero address. - the caller must have a balance of at least `amount`.*

#### Parameters

| Name   | Type    | Description |
| ------ | ------- | ----------- |
| to     | address | undefined   |
| amount | uint256 | undefined   |

#### Returns

| Name | Type | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- |
| \_0  | bool | undefined   |

### transferFrom

```solidity
function transferFrom(address from, address to, uint256 amount) external nonpayable returns (bool)
```

*See {IERC20-transferFrom}. Emits an {Approval} event indicating the updated allowance. This is not required by the EIP. See the note at the beginning of {ERC20}. NOTE: Does not update the allowance if the current allowance is the maximum `uint256`. Requirements: - `from` and `to` cannot be the zero address. - `from` must have a balance of at least `amount`. - the caller must have allowance for `from`'s tokens of at least `amount`.*

#### Parameters

| Name   | Type    | Description |
| ------ | ------- | ----------- |
| from   | address | undefined   |
| to     | address | undefined   |
| amount | uint256 | undefined   |

#### Returns

| Name | Type | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- |
| \_0  | bool | undefined   |

## Events

### Approval

```solidity
event Approval(address indexed owner, address indexed spender, uint256 value)
```

#### Parameters

| Name              | Type    | Description |
| ----------------- | ------- | ----------- |
| owner `indexed`   | address | undefined   |
| spender `indexed` | address | undefined   |
| value             | uint256 | undefined   |

### Paused

```solidity
event Paused(address account)
```

#### Parameters

| Name    | Type    | Description |
| ------- | ------- | ----------- |
| account | address | undefined   |

### Transfer

```solidity
event Transfer(address indexed from, address indexed to, uint256 value)
```

#### Parameters

| Name           | Type    | Description |
| -------------- | ------- | ----------- |
| from `indexed` | address | undefined   |
| to `indexed`   | address | undefined   |
| value          | uint256 | undefined   |

### Unpaused

```solidity
event Unpaused(address account)
```

#### Parameters

| Name    | Type    | Description |
| ------- | ------- | ----------- |
| account | address | undefined   |


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