EIP-1193: Ethereum Provider JavaScript API

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• when it can service RPC requests to at least one chain

• A common convention in the Ethereum web application (“dapp”) ecosystem is for key management software (“wallets”) to expose their API via a JavaScript object in the web page

• exhibited conflicting interfaces and behaviors between wallets

• formalizes an Ethereum Provider API to promote wallet interoperability

• is easily extended by defining new RPC methods and message event types.

• but this convention is not part of the specification.

• A JavaScript object made available to a consumer, that provides access to Ethereum by means of a Client.

• endpoint that receives Remote Procedure Call (RPC) requests from the Provider, and returns their results.

• An end-user application that manages private keys, performs signing operations, and acts as a middleware between the Provider and the Client.

• A Remote Procedure Call (RPC), is any request submitted to a Provider for some procedure that is to be processed by a Provider, its Wallet, or its Client.

• o service an RPC request, the Provider must successfully submit the request to the remote location, and receive a response.

• with its Client, for example due to network issues, the Provider is disconnected