Ethereum & Smart Contracts

Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)

Also: EVM

The software environment that executes smart contracts on Ethereum. Many other chains and Layer 2s are "EVM-compatible," meaning apps built for Ethereum can run on them with little change.

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