TypeScript Interface for Ethereum

## Features - Abstractions over the [JSON-RPC API](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/) to make your life easier - First-class APIs for interacting with [Smart Contracts](https://ethereum.org/en/glossary/#smart-contract) - Language closely aligned to official [Ethereum terminology](https://ethereum.org/en/glossary/) - Import your Browser Extension, WalletConnect or Private Key Wallet - Browser native [BigInt](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt), instead of large BigNumber libraries - Utilities for working with [ABIs](https://ethereum.org/en/glossary/#abi) (encoding/decoding/inspection) - TypeScript ready ([infer types](https://viem.sh/docs/typescript) from ABIs and EIP-712 Typed Data) - First-class support for [Anvil](https://book.getfoundry.sh/), [Hardhat](https://hardhat.org/) & [Ganache](https://trufflesuite.com/ganache/) - Test suite running against [forked](https://ethereum.org/en/glossary/#fork) Ethereum network ... and a lot more. ## Overview ```ts // 1. Import modules. import { createPublicClient, http } from 'viem'; import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'; // 2. Set up your client with desired chain & transport. const client = createPublicClient({ chain: mainnet, transport: http(), }); // 3. Consume an action! const blockNumber = await client.getBlockNumber(); ``` ## Documentation [Head to the documentation](https://viem.sh/docs/getting-started) to read and learn more about viem. ## Community Check out the following places for more viem-related content: - Follow [@wevm_dev](https://twitter.com/wevm_dev), [@jakemoxey](https://twitter.com/jakemoxey), and [@awkweb](https://twitter.com/awkweb) on Twitter for project updates - Join the [discussions on GitHub](https://github.com/wevm/viem/discussions) - [Share your project/organization](https://github.com/wevm/viem/discussions/104) that uses viem ## Support - [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/wevm?metadata_campaign=docs_support) - [Gitcoin Grant](https://wagmi.sh/gitcoin) - [wevm.eth](https://etherscan.io/enslookup-search?search=wevm.eth) ## Sponsors

## Contributing If you're interested in contributing, please read the [contributing docs](/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) **before submitting a pull request**. ## Authors - [@jxom](https://github.com/jxom) (jxom.eth, [Twitter](https://twitter.com/_jxom)) - [@tmm](https://github.com/tmm) (awkweb.eth, [Twitter](https://twitter.com/awkweb)) ## License [MIT](/LICENSE) License

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