jameswenzel / ethier

Golang and Solidity SDK to make Ethereum development ethier

Motivation

ethier (pronounced "easier" with a lisp) intends to:

1. Gradually replace the reliance on JavaScript in Ethereum development with Go as it is (a) faster due to in-process backends for testing, and (b) more robust due to type safety. Although unlikely, ethier's "North Star" is a replacement for Truffle/Hardhat.
2. Provide reusable Solidity functionality not covered by OpenZeppelin and, where appropriate, provide respective Go bindings with round-trip testing.

Versioning, stability, and production readiness

ethier uses Semantic Versioning 2.0.0. As the major version is currently zero, the API is open to change without warning.

Contracts are very thoroughly tested but have not been subject to audit nor widespread use. Early adopters are not only welcome, but will be greatly appreciated.

Why NPM if we're moving away from JavaScript?

Although ethier intends to use Go as much as possible, users may not, and NPM is the de facto standard in Ethereum development. While this gives us a weird mashup of go.mod and package.json, it's fit for purpose.