# Lesson 5.3: A Simple Minting Policy

Welcome to Lesson 5.3! In this lesson, you'll learn how minting policies work in Cardano and you'll create a simple minting policy.

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After completing this lesson, you'll be able to:

* Recall how transactions validation works.
* Describe how minting works in Cardano.
* Create a simple minting policy using Plutus.
* Mint and burn toy tokens.
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Internet resources mentioned in the lesson's video:

* [ScriptContext Docs](https://input-output-hk.github.io/plutus-apps/main/plutus-script-utils/html/Plutus-Script-Utils-V2-Contexts.html#t:ScriptContext)
* [ScriptPurpose Docs](https://input-output-hk.github.io/plutus-apps/main/plutus-script-utils/html/Plutus-Script-Utils-V2-Contexts.html#t:ScriptPurpose)
* [TxInfo Docs](https://input-output-hk.github.io/plutus-apps/main/plutus-script-utils/html/Plutus-Script-Utils-V2-Contexts.html#t:TxInfo)
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## Collaborate with the Pioneers Community

Remember that you can interact with the participants of the PPP through the [IOG's technical community on Discord](https://discord.gg/inputoutput) by joining the channels under the Plutus Pioneers category.

If during the program you have questions about Plutus, we invite you to share them at [Cardano Stack Exchange (CSE)](https://cardano.stackexchange.com/) by adding the `plutus-pioneer-program` tag to your question. The IOG's Education Team members will monitor these questions to support your learning journey. Whenever you share a question at CSE, you're helping to build up the Cardano and Plutus development knowledge base.

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