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                                                                                                           Awesome Ethereum Virtual Machine

A curated list of resources on the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), which is the virtual machine executed on the Ethereum (https://ethereum.org/) network.

Not listed there yet, but in the spirit of !Awesome (https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg) (https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)

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Table of Contents  generated with DocToc (https://github.com/thlorenz/doctoc)

- Specification (#specification)
- Illustration (#illustration)
- Tutorials (#tutorials)
- Tests (#tests)
- EVM Implementations (#evm-implementations)
- Programming Languages that Compile into EVM (#programming-languages-that-compile-into-evm)
- Debuggers (#debuggers)
- Code Analyzers (#code-analyzers)
- Improvement Proposals (#improvement-proposals)
- Related Resources (#related-resources)
- License of This List (#license-of-this-list)




Specification

⟡ Yellow Paper (https://github.com/ethereum/yellowpaper)
- A terse specification of EVM and Ethereum blocks

Illustration

⟡ A detailed illustration of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/a/6413/280)
- The illustration shows the contents of blocks and block headers faithfully

Tutorials

⟡ CoinCulture's Guide to the EVM (https://github.com/CoinCulture/evm-tools/blob/master/analysis/guide.md)
- A hands on guide to understanding how the EVM works, with examples written in raw byte-code and solidity
⟡ Diving Into The Ethereum Virtual Machine (https://medium.com/@hayeah/diving-into-the-ethereum-vm-6e8d5d2f3c30)
- An article series examining different aspects of the EVM by walking you through Solidity's assembly output

Tests

⟡ Consensus test suite (https://github.com/ethereum/tests)
- EVM implementations can be tested against this test suite

EVM Implementations

Live on Main Network

⟡ go-ethereum (https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum)
- A popular Ethereum client with its own EVM implementation (**core/vm** (https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/master/core/vm) directory)
⟡ Parity (https://github.com/paritytech/parity) in Rust
- Another popular Ethereum client with its own EVM implementation (**ethcore** (https://github.com/paritytech/parity/tree/master/ethcore) directory)
⟡ cpp-ethereum (https://github.com/ethereum/cpp-ethereum)
- An Ethereum client that generates the consensus test suite (**libevm/VM.cpp** (https://github.com/ethereum/cpp-ethereum/blob/develop/libevm/VM.cpp))
⟡ Pyethereum (https://github.com/ethereum/pyethereum) in Python
- A mostly deprecated client (**ethereum/vm.py** (https://github.com/ethereum/pyethereum/blob/develop/ethereum/vm.py))
⟡ Py-EVM (https://github.com/pipermerriam/py-evm) in Python
- A Python implementation designed to be highly configurable and modular and compliant with the Ethereum test suite, work is in progress on it to run a full node and develop sharding.
⟡ EthereumJ (https://github.com/ethereum/ethereumj) in Java
- A client with its own EVM implementation
⟡ For more, see here (https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Clients).

Other Implementations

⟡ SputnikVM (https://github.com/ethereumproject/sputnikvm) in Rust for Ethereum Classic
- A standalone EVM featuring **a developer                           
  environment** (https://github.com/ethereumproject/sputnikvm-dev),  
  a **browser through wasm32-unknown-emscripten                      
  target** (https://github.com/sorpaas/sputnikvm-in-browser), and for
  **embedded devices** (https://github.com/sorpaas/sputnikvm-on-rux) 
⟡ Modeling EVM in the K framework (https://github.com/kframework/evm-semantics) (whitepaper (https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/97207))
- An EVM implementation for **K framework** (http://www.kframework.org/index.php/Main_Page)
⟡ hevm (https://github.com/dapphub/hevm)
- An EVM implementation written in Haskell with debugging in mind
⟡ eth-isabelle (https://github.com/pirapira/eth-isabelle)
- An EVM implementation for theorem provers
⟡ Burrow (https://github.com/hyperledger/burrow)
- An EVM implementation in Go extended with a native name registry and permissioning layer
⟡ Ethereumjs-VM (https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-vm)
- Implements Ethereum's VM in JS
⟡ ruby-ethereum (https://github.com/cryptape/ruby-ethereum)
- An EVM implementation in Ruby (passed all tests in **ethereum tests** (https://github.com/ethereum/tests/tree/55a18b3ded93bf6083f23ea1f4bf7be4ba973016))
⟡ sputter (https://github.com/nervous-systems/sputter)
- An EVM implementation in Clojure (so far passes VM tests)
⟡ solevm (https://github.com/Ohalo-Ltd/solevm)
- An EVM implementation in Solidity
⟡ eth-acl2 (https://github.com/zchn/eth-acl2)
- An EVM implementation in ACL2 (work in progress)
⟡ mana (https://github.com/poanetwork/mana/)
- An EVM implementation in Elixir (work in progress)

Programming Languages that Compile into EVM

⟡ Solidity (https://github.com/ethereum/solidity)
- The most popular programming language for Ethereum contracts    
- **Awesome Solidity** (https://github.com/bkrem/awesome-solidity)
- The LLL compiler is also in the same repository                 
⟡ Vyper (https://github.com/ethereum/vyper)
- A language with overflow-checking, numeric units but without unlimited loops
⟡ Pyramid Scheme (https://github.com/MichaelBurge/pyramid-scheme) (experimental)
- A Scheme compiler into EVM that follows the **SICP compilation approach** (https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-35.html#%_sec_5.5)
- **ceagle** (https://github.com/MichaelBurge/ceagle) compiles C into Pyramid Scheme                                                                 
⟡ Flint (https://github.com/franklinsch/flint)
- A language with several security features: e.g. asset types with a restricted set of atomic operations
⟡ LLLL (https://github.com/mmalvarez/eth-isabelle/blob/master/example/LLLL.thy)
- An LLL-like compiler being implemented in Isabelle/HOL
⟡ HAseembly-evm (https://github.com/takenobu-hs/haskell-ethereum-assembly)
- An EVM assembly implemented as a Haskell DSL
⟡ Bamboo (https://github.com/pirapira/bamboo) (experimental)
    - A language without loops but with explicit constructor invocation at the end of every call

Programming Languages that Compile zk-SNARK Circuits and Proofs

⟡ Zokrates (https://github.com/JacobEberhardt/ZoKrates)
- A toolbox for zkSNARKs on Ethereum                                         
- **a third-party tutorial** (https://github.com/jstoxrocky/zksnarks_example)
⟡ snarky (https://github.com/o1-labs/snarky)
- An OCaml front-end for writing R1CS SNARKs (parametrized over the backend SNARK libraries)   
- Shallowly embedded DSL that can be compiled into SNARK circuits                              
- The verifier is an OCaml function, so some more work is necessary before using it on Ethereum
⟡ jsnark (https://github.com/akosba/jsnark)
- A Java front-end for writing R1CS SNARKs 

Debuggers

⟡ REMIX (https://github.com/ethereum/remix)
- An IDE containing an EVM code debugger
⟡ debug\_traceTransaction method (https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Management-APIs#debug_tracetransaction)
- An instruction-wise trace information provided by go-ethereum
⟡ Ethereum Function Signature Database (https://www.4byte.directory/)
- A database for deciphering `0x165ffd10` into `restart(bytes32,bytes32)`.

Code Analyzers

⟡ Echidna (https://github.com/trailofbits/echidna)
- A fuzzer on EVM that also takes Solidity input                
- Able to fuzz a program with sequences of multiple transactions
⟡ MAIAN (https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.06038)
- An automatic tool that detects trace vulnerabilities (Greedy, Prodigal and Suicidal) with depth-first search of symbolic execution of multiple invocations
⟡ Mythril (https://github.com/b-mueller/mythril)
- A blockchain exploration tool that indexes all contracts on the network, containing a disassembler, an ABI function detector and a control flow analyzer
- Comes with a **--fire-laser option** (https://hackernoon.com/crafting-ethereum-exploits-by-laser-fire-1c9acf25af4f)                                     
- Powered by **laser-ethereum** (https://github.com/b-mueller/laser-ethereum)                                                                             
⟡ porosity (https://github.com/comaeio/porosity)
- A reverse enginering tool, a disassembler, an ABI function detector and a decompiler that also highlights vulnerabilities
⟡ Manticore (https://github.com/trailofbits/manticore)
- A symtolic execution engine that can generate inputs to cover codepaths (**asciicast** (https://asciinema.org/a/154012)), which also comes with a Python API
⟡ evmdis (https://github.com/arachnid/evmdis)
- A disassembler for EVM code
⟡ ethersplay (https://github.com/trailofbits/ethersplay)
- An EVM plugin for **Binary Ninja** (https://binary.ninja/)
⟡ Securify (http://securify.ch/)
- A tool that strives to achieve no false-negatives
- The implementation seems not public as of now    
⟡ Oyente (https://github.com/melonproject/oyente)
- An automatic EVM code analyzer based on symbolic execution and **Z3** (https://github.com/Z3Prover/z3) SMT solver
⟡ Dr. Y's Ethereum Contract Analyzer (http://dry.yoichihirai.com/)
- A symbolic executor for EVM code

Improvement Proposals

⟡ Ethereum Improvement Proposals (https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs)
- A portal for EVM & Ethereum improvements    
- The soonest changes are listed in the README
⟡ EVM 1.5 (https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-615.md)
- A proposal to tame jumps so that a linear-time scan can determine stack layouts
⟡ eWASM (https://github.com/ewasm)
- A proposal to use a **WebAssembly** (http://webassembly.org/) for Ethereum contract execution

Related Resources

⟡ Awesome Ethereum (http://awesome-ethereum.com/)

License of This List

Awesome Ethereum Virtual Machine

Written in 2017 by Yoichi Hirai 

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