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:
- Testing
- Pull Requests
- Code Style
- Documentation
You can set up your dev environment with:
git clone [email protected]:ethereum/eth-account.git
cd eth-account
virtualenv -p python3 venv
. venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"
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/ethers-cli/setup_node_v18.sh # As sudo
cd tests/integration/ethers-cli
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
master branch, except when releasing a beta (in which case the beta is released from master,
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"