Awesome Ethereum

An opinionated curated list of awesome Ethereum resources, libraries, tools and more.

Contents

• Essentials
• Libraries
• Templates
• Security
• Privacy
• Tools
• Infrastructure
• Indexers
• Analytics & Monitoring
• Community & Education
• Funding & Grants
• Foundational Texts
• Devs to Follow
• Contribute
• Contact

Essentials

• Solidity docs - Official Solidity language documentation.
• Hardhat - Development environment for Ethereum software.
• Foundry - Blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development.
• Ethers.js - Complete Ethereum library and wallet implementation in JavaScript.
• EVM Codes - An interactive reference to Ethereum Virtual Machine opcodes.
• Open Zeppelin Wizard - Interactive smart contract generator.
• Ethereum.org dev resources - Official Ethereum developer resources and documentation.

Libraries

• OpenZeppelin Contracts - Library for secure smart contract development.

Templates

• W3hC Hardhat Template - A Hardhat template for Ethereum development.
• Paul's Foundry Template - A Foundry-based template for Solidity smart contract development.
• Genji - A Next.js Web3 starter with passkey auth and WCAG 2.1 AA compliant accessibility.
• Rukh - Nest.js-based AI agent starter kit for Blockchain projects.

Security

• Ethernaut - Web3/Solidity based wargame to learn security through challenges.
• Speedrun Ethereum - Learn Ethereum development by completing hands-on challenges.
• Superchain Audit Service Providers - Directory of audit service providers for the Superchain ecosystem.
• Rekt - DeFi security and incident reporting.

Privacy

• Privacy & Scaling Explorations - Research and development lab delivering privacy to the Ethereum ecosystem.
• Kohaku - Ethereum privacy and development tooling.
• Web3Privacy Now - Community initiative advocating for privacy in Web3.
• w3pk - Passwordless Web3 authentication SDK with encrypted wallets and privacy features.

Tools

• Chainlist - List of EVM networks with RPC endpoints and chain IDs.
• txha.sh - Paste your transaction hash for quick analysis.
• ABI Ninja - Ethereum ABI tool for interacting with smart contracts.
• BIP39 Tool - Mnemonic code converter for generating deterministic keys.
• Ethereum Digital Oil - ETH as digital commodity resource.
• WalletBeat - Wallet evaluation and comparison tool.
• 7702Beat - Tools for EIP-7702 account abstraction.

Infrastructure

• ENS - Ethereum Name Service for human-readable addresses.
• IPFS - InterPlanetary File System for decentralized storage.
• EAS - Ethereum Attestation Service for on-chain attestations.
• DappNode - Decentralized infrastructure platform for running nodes.

Indexers

• Ethereum Indexer - Ronan's open source indexer for Ethereum data.

Analytics & Monitoring

• L2BEAT - Analytics and research platform for Ethereum layer 2 scaling solutions.
• Ultrasound Money - Real-time Ethereum issuance and burn tracker.
• clientdiversity.org - Monitor and improve Ethereum client diversity.
• Stable Yields - APY comparison between stablecoins.
• ETH Val - Ethereum validation and staking information.
• Forkcast - Ethereum network fork monitoring and predictions.
• Strawmap - Ethereum ecosystem mapping and visualization.

Community & Education

• Etherealize - Connecting institutions to the Ethereum ecosystem.
• ETH Cat Herders - Community coordination and knowledge sharing.
• Vitalik's Blog - Thoughts and research from Ethereum's co-founder.
• Ethereum Localism - Local Ethereum communities worldwide.
• Built on Ethereum - Showcase of projects built on Ethereum.
• ETH Skills - Skills and education platform for Ethereum developers.

Funding & Grants

• ESP Grants - Ethereum Foundation's Ecosystem Support Program.
• Optimism RetroPGF - Retroactive public goods funding.
• Gitcoin - Platform for funding public goods and open source projects.
• Protocol Guild - Collective funding mechanism for Ethereum L1 R&D maintainers.
• Hypercerts - Impact certificates for public goods funding.
• The Open Intents Framework - Intents as a public good.

Foundational Texts

• A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace - John Perry Barlow, February 8, 1996.
• A Cypherpunk's Manifesto - Eric Hughes, March 9, 1993.
• Bitcoin Whitepaper - Satoshi Nakamoto, October 31, 2008.
• Ethereum Whitepaper - Vitalik Buterin, November 2013.
• The Ethereum Cypherpunk Manifesto - March 16, 2024.
• The Trustless Manifesto - Yoav Weiss, Vitalik Buterin, Marissa Posner - November 11, 2025.

Devs to Follow

• Nader Dabit - Developer advocate and educator in the Ethereum space.
• Patrick Collins - Smart contract developer and educator.
• Austin Griffith - Creator of Scaffold-ETH and Ethereum educator.
• Paul Razvan Berg - Solidity and DeFi developer.

Contribute

Contributions welcome! Read the contribution guidelines first.

Contact

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