ethereum / py-evm

A Python implementation of the Ethereum Virtual Machine

Caution

This repository has been archived, and is now read-only. For a Python implementation of the EVM, check out the execution-specs repo.

Python Implementation of the Ethereum protocol

Py-EVM

Py-EVM is an implementation of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) in Python.

Goals

Py-EVM aims to be a readable yet generally performant version of the EVM in Python.

In particular Py-EVM aims to:

• be easy to understand and modifiable
• be highly flexible to support research and experimentation
• be performant enough to be used in testing for Python projects
• be a reference implementation of the Ethereum execution layer specifications

Ethereum consensus today is achieved via Proof of Stake, involving a consensus layer that is beyond the scope of this repository.

Installation

python -m pip install py-evm

Documentation

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Check out the documentation on our official website

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