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

Further reading

Here are a couple more useful links to check out.

• Source Code on GitHub
• Public Gitter Chat
• Get involved