Introduction

Py-EVM is a new implementation of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) written in Python.

If none of this makes sense to you yet we recommend to checkout the Ethereum website as well as a higher level description of the Ethereum project.

Goals

The main focus is to enrich the Ethereum ecosystem with a Python implementation that:

Supports Ethereum 1.0 as well as 2.0 / Serenity
Is well documented
Is easy to understand
Has clear APIs
Runs fast and resource friendly
Is highly flexible to support:
- Public chains
- Private chains
- Consortium chains
- Advanced research

Usage

Check out our guides to get started using the py-evm library.

Further reading

Here are a couple more useful links to check out.