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# High-level Overview
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## What is Ethermint
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Ethermint is a scalable, high-throughput Proof-of-Stake blockchain that is fully compatible and
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interoperable with Ethereum. It s build using the the [Cosmos SDK](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/) which runs on top of [Tendermint Core](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint) consensus engine.
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Ethermint allows for running vanilla Ethereum as a [Cosmos](https://cosmos.network/) application-specific blockchain. This allows developers
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to have all the desired features of Ethereum, while at the same time, benefit
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from Tendermint’s PoS implementation. Also, because it is built on top of the
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Cosmos SDK, it will be able to exchange value with the rest of the Cosmos Ecosystem through the Inter Blockchain Communication Protocol (IBC).
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### Features
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Here’s a glance at some of the key features of Ethermint:
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* Web3 compatibility
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* High throughput via [Tendermint Core](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint)
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* Horizontal scalability via [IBC](https://github.com/cosmos/ics)
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* Fast transaction finality
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* [Hard Spoon](https://blog.cosmos.network/introducing-the-hard-spoon-4a9288d3f0df)
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Ethermint enables these key features through:
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* Implementing Tendermint Core's ABCI application interface to manage the blockchain
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* Leveraging [modules](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/tree/master/x/) and other mechanisms implemented by the Cosmos SDK
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* Utilizing [`geth`](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum) as a library to avoid code reuse and improve maintainability.
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* Exposing a fully compatible Web3 RPC layer for interacting with existing Ethereum clients and tooling (Metamask, Remix, Truffle, etc).
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The sum of these features allows developers to leverage existing Ethereum ecosystem tooling and
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software to seamlessly deploy smart contracts which interact with the rest of the Cosmos ecosystem!
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## Next {hide}
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Learn about Ethermint's [architecture](./architectures.md) {hide}
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