Sign Ethereum transactions and messages with local private keys
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python -m pip install eth-account
If you would like to hack on eth-account, please check out the Snake Charmers Tactical Manual for information on how we do:
We use pre-commit to maintain consistent code style. Once
installed, it will run automatically with every commit. You can also run it manually
with make lint. If you need to make a commit that skips the pre-commit checks, you
can do so with git commit --no-verify.
You can set up your dev environment with:
git clone git@github.com:ethereum/eth-account.git
cd eth-account
virtualenv -p python3 venv
. venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"
pre-commit install
To run the integration test cases, you need to install node and the custom cli tool as follows:
apt-get install -y nodejs # As sudo
./tests/integration/js-scripts/setup_node_v20.sh # As sudo
cd tests/integration/js-scripts
npm install -g . # As sudo
To release a new version:
make release bump=$$VERSION_PART_TO_BUMP$$
The version format for this repo is {major}.{minor}.{patch} for stable, and
{major}.{minor}.{patch}-{stage}.{devnum} for unstable (stage can be alpha or beta).
To issue the next version in line, specify which part to bump,
like make release bump=minor or make release bump=devnum. This is typically done from the
main branch, except when releasing a beta (in which case the beta is released from main,
and the previous stable branch is released from said branch).
If you are in a beta version, make release bump=stage will switch to a stable.
To issue an unstable version when the current version is stable, specify the
new version explicitly, like make release bump="--new-version 4.0.0-alpha.1 devnum"
FAQs
eth-account: Sign Ethereum transactions and messages with local private keys
We found that eth-account demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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