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# EVM tool
The EVM tool provides a few useful subcommands to facilitate testing at the EVM
layer.
* transition tool (`t8n`) : a stateless state transition utility
* transaction tool (`t9n`) : a transaction validation utility
* block builder tool (`b11r`): a block assembler utility
## State transition tool (`t8n`)
The `evm t8n` tool is a stateless state transition utility. It is a utility
which can
1. Take a prestate, including
- Accounts,
- Block context information,
- Previous blockshashes (*optional)
2. Apply a set of transactions,
3. Apply a mining-reward (*optional),
4. And generate a post-state, including
- State root, transaction root, receipt root,
- Information about rejected transactions,
- Optionally: a full or partial post-state dump
### Specification
The idea is to specify the behaviour of this binary very _strict_, so that other
node implementors can build replicas based on their own state-machines, and the
state generators can swap between a \`geth\`-based implementation and a \`parityvm\`-based
implementation.
#### Command line params
Command line params that need to be supported are
```
--input.alloc value (default: "alloc.json")
--input.env value (default: "env.json")
--input.txs value (default: "txs.json")
--output.alloc value (default: "alloc.json")
--output.basedir value
--output.body value
--output.result value (default: "result.json")
--state.chainid value (default: 1)
--state.fork value (default: "GrayGlacier")
--state.reward value (default: 0)
--trace.memory (default: false)
--trace.nomemory (default: true)
--trace.noreturndata (default: true)
--trace.nostack (default: false)
--trace.returndata (default: false)
```
#### Objects
The transition tool uses JSON objects to read and write data related to the transition operation. The
following object definitions are required.
##### `alloc`
The `alloc` object defines the prestate that transition will begin with.
```go
// Map of address to account definition.
type Alloc map[common.Address]Account
// Genesis account. Each field is optional.
type Account struct {
Code []byte `json:"code"`
Storage map[common.Hash]common.Hash `json:"storage"`
Balance *big.Int `json:"balance"`
Nonce uint64 `json:"nonce"`
SecretKey []byte `json:"secretKey"`
}
```
##### `env`
The `env` object defines the environmental context in which the transition will
take place.
```go
type Env struct {
// required
CurrentCoinbase common.Address `json:"currentCoinbase"`
CurrentGasLimit uint64 `json:"currentGasLimit"`
CurrentNumber uint64 `json:"currentNumber"`
CurrentTimestamp uint64 `json:"currentTimestamp"`
Withdrawals []*Withdrawal `json:"withdrawals"`
// optional
CurrentDifficulty *big.Int `json:"currentDifficuly"`
CurrentRandom *big.Int `json:"currentRandom"`
CurrentBaseFee *big.Int `json:"currentBaseFee"`
ParentDifficulty *big.Int `json:"parentDifficulty"`
ParentGasUsed uint64 `json:"parentGasUsed"`
ParentGasLimit uint64 `json:"parentGasLimit"`
ParentTimestamp uint64 `json:"parentTimestamp"`
BlockHashes map[uint64]common.Hash `json:"blockHashes"`
ParentUncleHash common.Hash `json:"parentUncleHash"`
Ommers []Ommer `json:"ommers"`
}
type Ommer struct {
Delta uint64 `json:"delta"`
Address common.Address `json:"address"`
}
type Withdrawal struct {
Index uint64 `json:"index"`
ValidatorIndex uint64 `json:"validatorIndex"`
Recipient common.Address `json:"recipient"`
Amount *big.Int `json:"amount"`
}
```
##### `txs`
The `txs` object is an array of any of the transaction types: `LegacyTx`,
`AccessListTx`, or `DynamicFeeTx`.
```go
type LegacyTx struct {
Nonce uint64 `json:"nonce"`
GasPrice *big.Int `json:"gasPrice"`
Gas uint64 `json:"gas"`
To *common.Address `json:"to"`
Value *big.Int `json:"value"`
Data []byte `json:"data"`
V *big.Int `json:"v"`
R *big.Int `json:"r"`
S *big.Int `json:"s"`
SecretKey *common.Hash `json:"secretKey"`
}
type AccessList []AccessTuple
type AccessTuple struct {
Address common.Address `json:"address" gencodec:"required"`
StorageKeys []common.Hash `json:"storageKeys" gencodec:"required"`
}
type AccessListTx struct {
ChainID *big.Int `json:"chainId"`
Nonce uint64 `json:"nonce"`
GasPrice *big.Int `json:"gasPrice"`
Gas uint64 `json:"gas"`
To *common.Address `json:"to"`
Value *big.Int `json:"value"`
Data []byte `json:"data"`
AccessList AccessList `json:"accessList"`
V *big.Int `json:"v"`
R *big.Int `json:"r"`
S *big.Int `json:"s"`
SecretKey *common.Hash `json:"secretKey"`
}
type DynamicFeeTx struct {
ChainID *big.Int `json:"chainId"`
Nonce uint64 `json:"nonce"`
GasTipCap *big.Int `json:"maxPriorityFeePerGas"`
GasFeeCap *big.Int `json:"maxFeePerGas"`
Gas uint64 `json:"gas"`
To *common.Address `json:"to"`
Value *big.Int `json:"value"`
Data []byte `json:"data"`
AccessList AccessList `json:"accessList"`
V *big.Int `json:"v"`
R *big.Int `json:"r"`
S *big.Int `json:"s"`
SecretKey *common.Hash `json:"secretKey"`
}
```
##### `result`
The `result` object is output after a transition is executed. It includes
information about the post-transition environment.
```go
type ExecutionResult struct {
StateRoot common.Hash `json:"stateRoot"`
TxRoot common.Hash `json:"txRoot"`
ReceiptRoot common.Hash `json:"receiptsRoot"`
LogsHash common.Hash `json:"logsHash"`
Bloom types.Bloom `json:"logsBloom"`
Receipts types.Receipts `json:"receipts"`
Rejected []*rejectedTx `json:"rejected,omitempty"`
Difficulty *big.Int `json:"currentDifficulty"`
GasUsed uint64 `json:"gasUsed"`
BaseFee *big.Int `json:"currentBaseFee,omitempty"`
}
```
#### Error codes and output
All logging should happen against the `stderr`.
There are a few (not many) errors that can occur, those are defined below.
##### EVM-based errors (`2` to `9`)
- Other EVM error. Exit code `2`
- Failed configuration: when a non-supported or invalid fork was specified. Exit code `3`.
- Block history is not supplied, but needed for a `BLOCKHASH` operation. If `BLOCKHASH`
is invoked targeting a block which history has not been provided for, the program will
exit with code `4`.
##### IO errors (`10`-`20`)
- Invalid input json: the supplied data could not be marshalled.
The program will exit with code `10`
- IO problems: failure to load or save files, the program will exit with code `11`
```
# This should exit with 3
./evm t8n --input.alloc=./testdata/1/alloc.json --input.txs=./testdata/1/txs.json --input.env=./testdata/1/env.json --state.fork=Frontier+1346 2>/dev/null
exitcode:3 OK
```
#### Forks
### Basic usage
The chain configuration to be used for a transition is specified via the
`--state.fork` CLI flag. A list of possible values and configurations can be
found in [`tests/init.go`](tests/init.go).
#### Examples
##### Basic usage
Invoking it with the provided example files
```
./evm t8n --input.alloc=./testdata/1/alloc.json --input.txs=./testdata/1/txs.json --input.env=./testdata/1/env.json --state.fork=Berlin
```
Two resulting files:
`alloc.json`:
```json
{
"0x8a8eafb1cf62bfbeb1741769dae1a9dd47996192": {
"balance": "0xfeed1a9d",
"nonce": "0x1"
},
"0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b": {
"balance": "0x5ffd4878be161d74",
"nonce": "0xac"
},
"0xc94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b": {
"balance": "0xa410"
}
}
```
`result.json`:
```json
{
"stateRoot": "0x84208a19bc2b46ada7445180c1db162be5b39b9abc8c0a54b05d32943eae4e13",
"txRoot": "0xc4761fd7b87ff2364c7c60b6c5c8d02e522e815328aaea3f20e3b7b7ef52c42d",
"receiptsRoot": "0x056b23fbba480696b65fe5a59b8f2148a1299103c4f57df839233af2cf4ca2d2",
"logsHash": "0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347",
"logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"receipts": [
{
"root": "0x",
"status": "0x1",
"cumulativeGasUsed": "0x5208",
"logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"logs": null,
"transactionHash": "0x0557bacce3375c98d806609b8d5043072f0b6a8bae45ae5a67a00d3a1a18d673",
"contractAddress": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"gasUsed": "0x5208",
"blockHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"transactionIndex": "0x0"
}
],
"rejected": [
{
"index": 1,
"error": "nonce too low: address 0x8A8eAFb1cf62BfBeb1741769DAE1a9dd47996192, tx: 0 state: 1"
}
],
"currentDifficulty": "0x20000",
"gasUsed": "0x5208"
}
```
We can make them spit out the data to e.g. `stdout` like this:
```
./evm t8n --input.alloc=./testdata/1/alloc.json --input.txs=./testdata/1/txs.json --input.env=./testdata/1/env.json --output.result=stdout --output.alloc=stdout --state.fork=Berlin
```
Output:
```json
{
"alloc": {
"0x8a8eafb1cf62bfbeb1741769dae1a9dd47996192": {
"balance": "0xfeed1a9d",
"nonce": "0x1"
},
"0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b": {
"balance": "0x5ffd4878be161d74",
"nonce": "0xac"
},
"0xc94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b": {
"balance": "0xa410"
}
},
"result": {
"stateRoot": "0x84208a19bc2b46ada7445180c1db162be5b39b9abc8c0a54b05d32943eae4e13",
"txRoot": "0xc4761fd7b87ff2364c7c60b6c5c8d02e522e815328aaea3f20e3b7b7ef52c42d",
"receiptsRoot": "0x056b23fbba480696b65fe5a59b8f2148a1299103c4f57df839233af2cf4ca2d2",
"logsHash": "0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347",
"logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"receipts": [
{
"root": "0x",
"status": "0x1",
"cumulativeGasUsed": "0x5208",
"logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"logs": null,
"transactionHash": "0x0557bacce3375c98d806609b8d5043072f0b6a8bae45ae5a67a00d3a1a18d673",
"contractAddress": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"gasUsed": "0x5208",
"blockHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"transactionIndex": "0x0"
}
],
"rejected": [
{
"index": 1,
"error": "nonce too low: address 0x8A8eAFb1cf62BfBeb1741769DAE1a9dd47996192, tx: 0 state: 1"
}
],
"currentDifficulty": "0x20000",
"gasUsed": "0x5208"
}
}
```
#### About Ommers
Mining rewards and ommer rewards might need to be added. This is how those are applied:
- `block_reward` is the block mining reward for the miner (`0xaa`), of a block at height `N`.
- For each ommer (mined by `0xbb`), with blocknumber `N-delta`
- (where `delta` is the difference between the current block and the ommer)
- The account `0xbb` (ommer miner) is awarded `(8-delta)/ 8 * block_reward`
- The account `0xaa` (block miner) is awarded `block_reward / 32`
To make `t8n` apply these, the following inputs are required:
- `--state.reward`
- For ethash, it is `5000000000000000000` `wei`,
- If this is not defined, mining rewards are not applied,
- A value of `0` is valid, and causes accounts to be 'touched'.
- For each ommer, the tool needs to be given an `addres\` and a `delta`. This
is done via the `ommers` field in `env`.
Note: the tool does not verify that e.g. the normal uncle rules apply,
and allows e.g two uncles at the same height, or the uncle-distance. This means that
the tool allows for negative uncle reward (distance > 8)
Example:
`./testdata/5/env.json`:
```json
{
"currentCoinbase": "0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
"currentDifficulty": "0x20000",
"currentGasLimit": "0x750a163df65e8a",
"currentNumber": "1",
"currentTimestamp": "1000",
"ommers": [
{"delta": 1, "address": "0xbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb" },
{"delta": 2, "address": "0xcccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc" }
]
}
```
When applying this, using a reward of `0x08`
Output:
```json
{
"alloc": {
"0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa": {
"balance": "0x88"
},
"0xbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb": {
"balance": "0x70"
},
"0xcccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc": {
"balance": "0x60"
}
}
}
```
#### Future EIPS
It is also possible to experiment with future eips that are not yet defined in a hard fork.
Example, putting EIP-1344 into Frontier:
```
./evm t8n --state.fork=Frontier+1344 --input.pre=./testdata/1/pre.json --input.txs=./testdata/1/txs.json --input.env=/testdata/1/env.json
```
#### Block history
The `BLOCKHASH` opcode requires blockhashes to be provided by the caller, inside the `env`.
If a required blockhash is not provided, the exit code should be `4`:
Example where blockhashes are provided:
```
./evm t8n --input.alloc=./testdata/3/alloc.json --input.txs=./testdata/3/txs.json --input.env=./testdata/3/env.json --trace --state.fork=Berlin
```
```
cat trace-0-0x72fadbef39cd251a437eea619cfeda752271a5faaaa2147df012e112159ffb81.jsonl | grep BLOCKHASH -C2
```
```
{"pc":0,"op":96,"gas":"0x5f58ef8","gasCost":"0x3","memSize":0,"stack":[],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"PUSH1"}
{"pc":2,"op":64,"gas":"0x5f58ef5","gasCost":"0x14","memSize":0,"stack":["0x1"],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"BLOCKHASH"}
{"pc":3,"op":0,"gas":"0x5f58ee1","gasCost":"0x0","memSize":0,"stack":["0xdac58aa524e50956d0c0bae7f3f8bb9d35381365d07804dd5b48a5a297c06af4"],"depth":1,"refund":0,"opName":"STOP"}
{"output":"","gasUsed":"0x17"}
```
In this example, the caller has not provided the required blockhash:
```
./evm t8n --input.alloc=./testdata/4/alloc.json --input.txs=./testdata/4/txs.json --input.env=./testdata/4/env.json --trace --state.fork=Berlin
ERROR(4): getHash(3) invoked, blockhash for that block not provided
```
Error code: 4
#### Chaining
Another thing that can be done, is to chain invocations:
```
./evm t8n --input.alloc=./testdata/1/alloc.json --input.txs=./testdata/1/txs.json --input.env=./testdata/1/env.json --state.fork=Berlin --output.alloc=stdout | ./evm t8n --input.alloc=stdin --input.env=./testdata/1/env.json --input.txs=./testdata/1/txs.json --state.fork=Berlin
```
What happened here, is that we first applied two identical transactions, so the second one was rejected.
Then, taking the poststate alloc as the input for the next state, we tried again to include
the same two transactions: this time, both failed due to too low nonce.
In order to meaningfully chain invocations, one would need to provide meaningful new `env`, otherwise the
actual blocknumber (exposed to the EVM) would not increase.
#### Transactions in RLP form
It is possible to provide already-signed transactions as input to, using an `input.txs` which ends with the `rlp` suffix.
The input format for RLP-form transactions is _identical_ to the _output_ format for block bodies. Therefore, it's fully possible
to use the evm to go from `json` input to `rlp` input.
The following command takes **json** the transactions in `./testdata/13/txs.json` and signs them. After execution, they are output to `signed_txs.rlp`.:
```
./evm t8n --state.fork=London --input.alloc=./testdata/13/alloc.json --input.txs=./testdata/13/txs.json --input.env=./testdata/13/env.json --output.result=alloc_jsontx.json --output.body=signed_txs.rlp
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INFO [12-27|09:25:11.102] Trie dumping started root=e4b924..6aef61
INFO [12-27|09:25:11.102] Trie dumping complete accounts=3 elapsed="275.66µs"
INFO [12-27|09:25:11.102] Wrote file file=alloc.json
INFO [12-27|09:25:11.103] Wrote file file=alloc_jsontx.json
INFO [12-27|09:25:11.103] Wrote file file=signed_txs.rlp
```
The `output.body` is the rlp-list of transactions, encoded in hex and placed in a string a'la `json` encoding rules:
```
cat signed_txs.rlp
"0xf8d2b86702f864010180820fa08284d09411111111111111111111111111111111111111118080c001a0b7dfab36232379bb3d1497a4f91c1966b1f932eae3ade107bf5d723b9cb474e0a06261c359a10f2132f126d250485b90cf20f30340801244a08ef6142ab33d1904b86702f864010280820fa08284d09411111111111111111111111111111111111111118080c080a0d4ec563b6568cd42d998fc4134b36933c6568d01533b5adf08769270243c6c7fa072bf7c21eac6bbeae5143371eef26d5e279637f3bd73482b55979d76d935b1e9"
```
We can use `rlpdump` to check what the contents are:
```
rlpdump -hex $(cat signed_txs.rlp | jq -r )
[
02f864010180820fa08284d09411111111111111111111111111111111111111118080c001a0b7dfab36232379bb3d1497a4f91c1966b1f932eae3ade107bf5d723b9cb474e0a06261c359a10f2132f126d250485b90cf20f30340801244a08ef6142ab33d1904,
02f864010280820fa08284d09411111111111111111111111111111111111111118080c080a0d4ec563b6568cd42d998fc4134b36933c6568d01533b5adf08769270243c6c7fa072bf7c21eac6bbeae5143371eef26d5e279637f3bd73482b55979d76d935b1e9,
]
```
Now, we can now use those (or any other already signed transactions), as input, like so:
```
./evm t8n --state.fork=London --input.alloc=./testdata/13/alloc.json --input.txs=./signed_txs.rlp --input.env=./testdata/13/env.json --output.result=alloc_rlptx.json
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INFO [12-27|09:25:11.187] Trie dumping started root=e4b924..6aef61
INFO [12-27|09:25:11.187] Trie dumping complete accounts=3 elapsed="123.676µs"
INFO [12-27|09:25:11.187] Wrote file file=alloc.json
INFO [12-27|09:25:11.187] Wrote file file=alloc_rlptx.json
```
You might have noticed that the results from these two invocations were stored in two separate files.
And we can now finally check that they match.
```
cat alloc_jsontx.json | jq .stateRoot && cat alloc_rlptx.json | jq .stateRoot
"0xe4b924a6adb5959fccf769d5b7bb2f6359e26d1e76a2443c5a91a36d826aef61"
"0xe4b924a6adb5959fccf769d5b7bb2f6359e26d1e76a2443c5a91a36d826aef61"
```
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## Transaction tool
The transaction tool is used to perform static validity checks on transactions such as:
* intrinsic gas calculation
* max values on integers
* fee semantics, such as `maxFeePerGas < maxPriorityFeePerGas`
* newer tx types on old forks
### Examples
```
./evm t9n --state.fork Homestead --input.txs testdata/15/signed_txs.rlp
[
{
"error": "transaction type not supported",
"hash": "0xa98a24882ea90916c6a86da650fbc6b14238e46f0af04a131ce92be897507476"
},
{
"error": "transaction type not supported",
"hash": "0x36bad80acce7040c45fd32764b5c2b2d2e6f778669fb41791f73f546d56e739a"
}
]
```
```
./evm t9n --state.fork London --input.txs testdata/15/signed_txs.rlp
[
{
"address": "0xd02d72e067e77158444ef2020ff2d325f929b363",
"hash": "0xa98a24882ea90916c6a86da650fbc6b14238e46f0af04a131ce92be897507476",
"intrinsicGas": "0x5208"
},
{
"address": "0xd02d72e067e77158444ef2020ff2d325f929b363",
"hash": "0x36bad80acce7040c45fd32764b5c2b2d2e6f778669fb41791f73f546d56e739a",
"intrinsicGas": "0x5208"
}
]
```
## Block builder tool (b11r)
The `evm b11r` tool is used to assemble and seal full block rlps.
### Specification
#### Command line params
Command line params that need to be supported are:
```
--input.header value `stdin` or file name of where to find the block header to use. (default: "header.json")
--input.ommers value `stdin` or file name of where to find the list of ommer header RLPs to use.
--input.txs value `stdin` or file name of where to find the transactions list in RLP form. (default: "txs.rlp")
--output.basedir value Specifies where output files are placed. Will be created if it does not exist.
--output.block value Determines where to put the alloc of the post-state. (default: "block.json")
<file> - into the file <file>
`stdout` - into the stdout output
`stderr` - into the stderr output
--seal.clique value Seal block with Clique. `stdin` or file name of where to find the Clique sealing data.
--seal.ethash Seal block with ethash. (default: false)
--seal.ethash.dir value Path to ethash DAG. If none exists, a new DAG will be generated.
--seal.ethash.mode value Defines the type and amount of PoW verification an ethash engine makes. (default: "normal")
--verbosity value Sets the verbosity level. (default: 3)
```
#### Objects
##### `header`
The `header` object is a consensus header.
```go=
type Header struct {
ParentHash common.Hash `json:"parentHash"`
OmmerHash *common.Hash `json:"sha3Uncles"`
Coinbase *common.Address `json:"miner"`
Root common.Hash `json:"stateRoot" gencodec:"required"`
TxHash *common.Hash `json:"transactionsRoot"`
ReceiptHash *common.Hash `json:"receiptsRoot"`
Bloom types.Bloom `json:"logsBloom"`
Difficulty *big.Int `json:"difficulty"`
Number *big.Int `json:"number" gencodec:"required"`
GasLimit uint64 `json:"gasLimit" gencodec:"required"`
GasUsed uint64 `json:"gasUsed"`
Time uint64 `json:"timestamp" gencodec:"required"`
Extra []byte `json:"extraData"`
MixDigest common.Hash `json:"mixHash"`
Nonce *types.BlockNonce `json:"nonce"`
BaseFee *big.Int `json:"baseFeePerGas"`
}
```
#### `ommers`
The `ommers` object is a list of RLP-encoded ommer blocks in hex
representation.
```go=
type Ommers []string
```
#### `txs`
The `txs` object is a list of RLP-encoded transactions in hex representation.
```go=
type Txs []string
```
#### `clique`
The `clique` object provides the neccesary information to complete a clique
seal of the block.
```go=
var CliqueInfo struct {
Key *common.Hash `json:"secretKey"`
Voted *common.Address `json:"voted"`
Authorize *bool `json:"authorize"`
Vanity common.Hash `json:"vanity"`
}
```
#### `output`
The `output` object contains two values, the block RLP and the block hash.
```go=
type BlockInfo struct {
Rlp []byte `json:"rlp"`
Hash common.Hash `json:"hash"`
}
```
## A Note on Encoding
The encoding of values for `evm` utility attempts to be relatively flexible. It
generally supports hex-encoded or decimal-encoded numeric values, and
hex-encoded byte values (like `common.Address`, `common.Hash`, etc). When in
doubt, the [`execution-apis`](https://github.com/ethereum/execution-apis) way
of encoding should always be accepted.
## Testing
There are many test cases in the [`cmd/evm/testdata`](./testdata) directory.
These fixtures are used to power the `t8n` tests in
[`t8n_test.go`](./t8n_test.go). The best way to verify correctness of new `evm`
implementations is to execute these and verify the output and error codes match
the expected values.