Provider model should be usable both for tests and for normal actions Features - [ ] Keep your private keys in your client, safe and sound - [ ] Import and export JSON wallets (Geth, Parity and crowdsale) - [ ] Import and export BIP 39 mnemonic phrases (12 word backup phrases) and HD Wallets (English, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese; more coming soon) - [ ] Meta-classes create JavaScript objects from any contract ABI, including ABIv2 and Human-Readable ABI - [ ] Connect to Ethereum nodes over JSON-RPC, INFURA, Etherscan, Alchemy, Cloudflare or MetaMask. - [ ] ENS names are first-class citizens; they can be used anywhere an Ethereum addresses can be used - [ ] Tiny (~88kb compressed; 284kb uncompressed) - [ ] Complete functionality for all your Ethereum needs - [ ] Extensive documentation - [ ] Large collection of test cases which are maintained and added to - [ ] Fully TypeScript ready, with definition files and full TypeScript source - [ ] MIT License (including ALL dependencies); completely open source to do with as you please - [ ] Compatible with ethers.js and Metamask web3 providers via WASM - Calls by default are made async -> provide a synchronous API - Provider - Signer - Contract - Choice of BigNumber library? Probably the ones in ethabi - Human readable ABI very important - https://docs-beta.ethers.io/getting-started/ - Supports IN-EVM Testing -> SUPER fast tests which are ALSO typesafe - build.rs type safe methods This library is inspired by the APIs of Riemann Ether and Ethers https://github.com/summa-tx/riemann-ether#development - Listening to events via HTTP polls, while WS push/pulls -> look at rust-web3 - Async std futures 1.0 RPC calls for everything `rpc_impl!` using reqwest and mockito https://github.com/ethers-io/ethers.js/blob/ethers-v5-beta/packages/contracts/src.ts/index.ts#L721 - Wallet ethers::wallet::new().connect(provider) ::get_default_provider()