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# High-level Overview
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Learn about Ethermint and its primary features. {synopsis}
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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 built using 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/)
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application-specific blockchain. This allows developers to have all the desired features of
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Ethereum, while at the same time, benefit from Tendermint’s PoS implementation. Also, because it is
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built on top of the Cosmos SDK, it will be able to exchange value with the rest of the Cosmos
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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 and EVM compatibility
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* High throughput via [Tendermint Core](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint)
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* Horizontal scalability via [IBC](https://cosmos.network/ibc)
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* Fast transaction finality
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Ethermint enables these key features by:
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* Implementing Tendermint Core's Application Blockchain Interface ([ABCI](https://docs.tendermint.com/master/spec/abci/)) to manage the blockchain
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* Leveraging [modules](https://docs.cosmos.network/master/building-modules/intro.html) and other mechanisms implemented by the [Cosmos SDK](https://docs.cosmos.network/).
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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 [JSON-RPC](./../basic/json_rpc.md) layer for interacting with existing Ethereum clients and tooling ([Metamask](./../guides/metamask.md), [Remix](./../guides/remix.md), [Truffle](./../guides/truffle.md), 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
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[ecosystem](https://cosmos.network/ecosystem)!
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## Next {hide}
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Learn about Ethermint's [architecture](./architecture.md) {hide}
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