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<aname="preamble"></a><aname="documentation--preamble"></a><h2class="show-anchors"><div>What is Ethers?<divclass="anchors"><aclass="self"href="/v5/#preamble"></a></div></div></h2><p>The ethers.js library aims to be a complete and compact library for interacting with the Ethereum Blockchain and its ecosystem. It was originally designed for use with <ahref="https://ethers.io/">ethers.io</a> and has since expanded into a much more general-purpose library.</p>
<aname="features"></a><aname="documentation--features"></a><h2class="show-anchors"><div>Features<divclass="anchors"><aclass="self"href="/v5/#features"></a></div></div></h2><p><ul><li>Keep your private keys in your client, <b>safe</b> and sound </li><li>Import and export <b>JSON wallets</b> (Geth, Parity and crowdsale) </li><li>Import and export BIP 39 <b>mnemonic phrases</b> (12 word backup phrases) and HD Wallets (English, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese; more coming soon) </li><li>Meta-classes create JavaScript objects from any contract ABI, including <b>ABIv2</b> and <b>Human-Readable ABI</b></li><li>Connect to Ethereum nodes over <ahref="https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC">JSON-RPC</a>, <ahref="https://infura.io">INFURA</a>, <ahref="https://etherscan.io">Etherscan</a>, <ahref="https://alchemyapi.io">Alchemy</a>, <ahref="https://developers.cloudflare.com/distributed-web/ethereum-gateway/">Cloudflare</a> or <ahref="https://metamask.io/">MetaMask</a>. </li><li><b>ENS names</b> are first-class citizens; they can be used anywhere an Ethereum addresses can be used </li><li><b>Tiny</b> (~88kb compressed; 284kb uncompressed) </li><li><b>Complete</b> functionality for all your Ethereum needs </li><li>Extensive <ahref="https://docs.ethers.io/">documentation</a></li><li>Large collection of <b>test cases</b> which are maintained and added to </li><li>Fully <b>TypeScript</b> ready, with definition files and full TypeScript source </li><li><b>MIT License</b> (including <i>ALL</i> dependencies); completely open source to do with as you please </li></ul></p>
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