# Ownable

> Ownable

Thirdweb's `Ownable` is a contract extension to be used with any base contract. It exposes functions for setting and reading who the 'owner' of the inheriting smart contract is, and lets the inheriting contract perform conditional logic that uses information about who the contract's owner is.

## Methods

### owner

```solidity
function owner() external view returns (address)
```

Returns the owner of the contract.

#### Returns

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

### setOwner

```solidity
function setOwner(address _newOwner) external nonpayable
```

Lets an authorized wallet set a new owner for the contract.

#### Parameters

| Name       | Type    | Description                                          |
| ---------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| \_newOwner | address | The address to set as the new owner of the contract. |

## Events

### OwnerUpdated

```solidity
event OwnerUpdated(address indexed prevOwner, address indexed newOwner)
```

#### Parameters

| Name                | Type    | Description |
| ------------------- | ------- | ----------- |
| prevOwner `indexed` | address | undefined   |
| newOwner `indexed`  | address | undefined   |