before verify at etherscan

contracts/SimpleStorage.sol

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-pragma solidity 0.8.24;
+pragma solidity ^0.8.8;
 
 contract SimpleStorage {
     // boolean, uint, int, address, bytes

hardhat.config.js

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox");
+//// Deprecated, below import combined in toolbox import already
 require("@nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers");
+//require("@nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan");
+//require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify");
 require("dotenv").config();
 
 const RPC_URL_SEPOLIA = process.env.SEPOLIA_RPC_URL;
@@ -8,25 +11,29 @@ const PRIVATE_KEY_SEPOLIA = process.env.SEPOLIA_PRIVATE_KEY;
 const RPC_URL_GANACHE = process.env.LOCAL_RPC_URL;
 const PRIVATE_KEY_GANACHE = process.env.LOCAL_PRIVATE_KEY;
 
+const ETHERSCAN_API_KEY = process.env.ETHERSCAN_API_KEY;
+
 /** @type import('hardhat/config').HardhatUserConfig */
 module.exports = {
-  defaultNetwork: "hardhat",
-  networks: {
-      sepolia: {
-          url: RPC_URL_SEPOLIA,
-          accounts: [PRIVATE_KEY_SEPOLIA],
-          chainID: 11155111,
-      },
-      ganache: {
-          url: RPC_URL_GANACHE,
-          accounts: [PRIVATE_KEY_GANACHE],
-          chainID: 5777,
-      },
-  },
-  solidity: "0.8.24",
+    defaultNetwork: "hardhat",
+    networks: {
+        sepolia: {
+            url: RPC_URL_SEPOLIA,
+            accounts: [PRIVATE_KEY_SEPOLIA],
+            chainID: 11155111,
+        },
+        ganache: {
+            url: RPC_URL_GANACHE,
+            accounts: [PRIVATE_KEY_GANACHE],
+            chainID: 5777,
+        },
+    },
+    solidity: "0.8.24",
+    etherscan: {
+        apiKey: ETHERSCAN_API_KEY,
+    },
 };
 
-
 task("accounts", "Prints the list of accounts", async (taskArgs, hre) => {
     const accounts = await hre.ethers.getSigners();
 

package.json

@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@
     "solidity-coverage": "^0.8.0",
     "typechain": "^8.3.0"
   }
-}
+}

scripts/deploy.js

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ async function main() {
     console.log("Deployed contract to: " + simpleStorage.address);
 }
 
+// Auto verify contract in etherscan
+//async function verify(contractAddress, args) {}
+
 // main
 main()
     .then(() => process.getMaxListeners(0))