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# High-level Overview
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## What is Ethermint
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Ethermint is a high throughput PoS blockchain that is fully compatible and
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interoperable with Ethereum. In other words, it allows for running vanilla Ethereum
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on top of [Tendermint](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint) consensus via
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the [Cosmos SDK](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/). 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.
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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
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* Horizontal scalability
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* Transaction finality
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Ethermint enables these key features through:
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* Implementing Tendermint's ABCI application interface to manage the base 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 the system
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The sum of these features allows developers to leverage existing Ethereum ecosystem
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tooling and software to seamlessly deploy smart contracts which interact with the rest of the Cosmos
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ecosystem!
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## Next {hide}
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Learn about Ethermint's [architecture](./architectures.md) {hide}
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