ethereum.forks.bpo4.transactions

Transactions are atomic units of work created externally to Ethereum and submitted to be executed. If Ethereum is viewed as a state machine, transactions are the events that move between states.

IntrinsicGasCost

Intrinsic gas costs for a transaction, split by gas type.

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@final
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@dataclass
class IntrinsicGasCost:

regular

Regular execution gas (calldata, base cost, access list, etc.).

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    regular: Uint

calldata_floor

Minimum gas cost based on calldata size per [EIP-7623].

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    calldata_floor: Uint

LegacyTransaction

Atomic operation performed on the block chain. This represents the original transaction format used before EIP-1559, EIP-2930, EIP-4844, and EIP-7702.

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@final
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@slotted_freezable
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@dataclass
class LegacyTransaction:

nonce

A scalar value equal to the number of transactions sent by the sender.

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    nonce: U256

gas_price

The price of gas for this transaction, in wei.

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    gas_price: Uint

gas

The maximum amount of gas that can be used by this transaction.

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    gas: Uint

to

The address of the recipient. If empty, the transaction is a contract creation.

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    to: Bytes0 | Address

value

The amount of ether (in wei) to send with this transaction.

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    value: U256

data

The data payload of the transaction, which can be used to call functions on contracts or to create new contracts.

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    data: Bytes

v

The recovery id of the signature.

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    v: U256

r

The first part of the signature.

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    r: U256

s

The second part of the signature.

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    s: U256

Access

A mapping from account address to storage slots that are pre-warmed as part of a transaction.

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@final
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@slotted_freezable
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@dataclass
class Access:

account

The address of the account that is accessed.

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    account: Address

slots

A tuple of storage slots that are accessed in the account.

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    slots: Tuple[Bytes32, ...]

AccessListTransaction

The transaction type added in EIP-2930 to support access lists.

This transaction type extends the legacy transaction with an access list and chain ID. The access list specifies which addresses and storage slots the transaction will access.

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@final
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@slotted_freezable
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@dataclass
class AccessListTransaction:

chain_id

The ID of the chain on which this transaction is executed.

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    chain_id: U64

nonce

A scalar value equal to the number of transactions sent by the sender.

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    nonce: U256

gas_price

The price of gas for this transaction.

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    gas_price: Uint

gas

The maximum amount of gas that can be used by this transaction.

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    gas: Uint

to

The address of the recipient. If empty, the transaction is a contract creation.

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    to: Bytes0 | Address

value

The amount of ether (in wei) to send with this transaction.

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    value: U256

data

The data payload of the transaction, which can be used to call functions on contracts or to create new contracts.

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    data: Bytes

access_list

A tuple of Access objects that specify which addresses and storage slots are accessed in the transaction.

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    access_list: Tuple[Access, ...]

y_parity

The recovery id of the signature.

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    y_parity: U256

r

The first part of the signature.

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    r: U256

s

The second part of the signature.

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    s: U256

FeeMarketTransaction

The transaction type added in EIP-1559.

This transaction type introduces a new fee market mechanism with two gas price parameters: max_priority_fee_per_gas and max_fee_per_gas.

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@final
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@slotted_freezable
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@dataclass
class FeeMarketTransaction:

chain_id

The ID of the chain on which this transaction is executed.

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    chain_id: U64

nonce

A scalar value equal to the number of transactions sent by the sender.

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    nonce: U256

max_priority_fee_per_gas

The maximum priority fee per gas that the sender is willing to pay.

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    max_priority_fee_per_gas: Uint

max_fee_per_gas

The maximum fee per gas that the sender is willing to pay, including the base fee and priority fee.

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    max_fee_per_gas: Uint

gas

The maximum amount of gas that can be used by this transaction.

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    gas: Uint

to

The address of the recipient. If empty, the transaction is a contract creation.

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    to: Bytes0 | Address

value

The amount of ether (in wei) to send with this transaction.

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    value: U256

data

The data payload of the transaction, which can be used to call functions on contracts or to create new contracts.

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    data: Bytes

access_list

A tuple of Access objects that specify which addresses and storage slots are accessed in the transaction.

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    access_list: Tuple[Access, ...]

y_parity

The recovery id of the signature.

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    y_parity: U256

r

The first part of the signature.

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    r: U256

s

The second part of the signature.

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    s: U256

BlobTransaction

The transaction type added in EIP-4844.

This transaction type extends the fee market transaction to support blob-carrying transactions.

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@final
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@slotted_freezable
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@dataclass
class BlobTransaction:

chain_id

The ID of the chain on which this transaction is executed.

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    chain_id: U64

nonce

A scalar value equal to the number of transactions sent by the sender.

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    nonce: U256

max_priority_fee_per_gas

The maximum priority fee per gas that the sender is willing to pay.

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    max_priority_fee_per_gas: Uint

max_fee_per_gas

The maximum fee per gas that the sender is willing to pay, including the base fee and priority fee.

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    max_fee_per_gas: Uint

gas

The maximum amount of gas that can be used by this transaction.

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    gas: Uint

to

The address of the recipient. If empty, the transaction is a contract creation.

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    to: Address

value

The amount of ether (in wei) to send with this transaction.

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    value: U256

data

The data payload of the transaction, which can be used to call functions on contracts or to create new contracts.

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    data: Bytes

access_list

A tuple of Access objects that specify which addresses and storage slots are accessed in the transaction.

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    access_list: Tuple[Access, ...]

max_fee_per_blob_gas

The maximum fee per blob gas that the sender is willing to pay.

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    max_fee_per_blob_gas: U256

blob_versioned_hashes

A tuple of objects that represent the versioned hashes of the blobs included in the transaction.

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    blob_versioned_hashes: Tuple[VersionedHash, ...]

y_parity

The recovery id of the signature.

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    y_parity: U256

r

The first part of the signature.

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    r: U256

s

The second part of the signature.

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    s: U256

SetCodeTransaction

The transaction type added in EIP-7702.

This transaction type allows Ethereum Externally Owned Accounts (EOAs) to set code on their account, enabling them to act as smart contracts.

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@final
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@slotted_freezable
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@dataclass
class SetCodeTransaction:

chain_id

The ID of the chain on which this transaction is executed.

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    chain_id: U64

nonce

A scalar value equal to the number of transactions sent by the sender.

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    nonce: U64

max_priority_fee_per_gas

The maximum priority fee per gas that the sender is willing to pay.

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    max_priority_fee_per_gas: Uint

max_fee_per_gas

The maximum fee per gas that the sender is willing to pay, including the base fee and priority fee.

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    max_fee_per_gas: Uint

gas

The maximum amount of gas that can be used by this transaction.

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    gas: Uint

to

The address of the recipient. If empty, the transaction is a contract creation.

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    to: Address

value

The amount of ether (in wei) to send with this transaction.

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    value: U256

data

The data payload of the transaction, which can be used to call functions on contracts or to create new contracts.

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    data: Bytes

access_list

A tuple of Access objects that specify which addresses and storage slots are accessed in the transaction.

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    access_list: Tuple[Access, ...]

authorizations

A tuple of Authorization objects that specify what code the signer desires to execute in the context of their EOA.

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    authorizations: Tuple[Authorization, ...]

y_parity

The recovery id of the signature.

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    y_parity: U256

r

The first part of the signature.

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    r: U256

s

The second part of the signature.

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    s: U256

Transaction

Union type representing any valid transaction type.

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Transaction = (
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    LegacyTransaction
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    | AccessListTransaction
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    | FeeMarketTransaction
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    | BlobTransaction
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    | SetCodeTransaction
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)

AccessListCapableTransaction

Transaction types that include an EIP-2930-style access list.

See has_access_list and Access for more details.

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AccessListCapableTransaction = (
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    AccessListTransaction
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    | FeeMarketTransaction
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    | BlobTransaction
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    | SetCodeTransaction
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)

FeeMarketCapableTransaction

Transaction types that include the EIP-1559-style fee structure.

See FeeMarketTransaction for more details.

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FeeMarketCapableTransaction = (
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    FeeMarketTransaction | BlobTransaction | SetCodeTransaction
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)

encode_transaction

Encode a transaction into its RLP or typed transaction format. Needed because non-legacy transactions aren't RLP.

Legacy transactions are returned as-is, while other transaction types are prefixed with their type identifier and RLP encoded.

def encode_transaction(tx: Transaction) -> LegacyTransaction | Bytes:
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    if isinstance(tx, LegacyTransaction):
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        return tx
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    elif isinstance(tx, AccessListTransaction):
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        return b"\x01" + rlp.encode(tx)
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    elif isinstance(tx, FeeMarketTransaction):
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        return b"\x02" + rlp.encode(tx)
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    elif isinstance(tx, BlobTransaction):
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        return b"\x03" + rlp.encode(tx)
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    elif isinstance(tx, SetCodeTransaction):
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        return b"\x04" + rlp.encode(tx)
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    else:
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        raise Exception(f"Unable to encode transaction of type {type(tx)}")

decode_transaction

Decode a transaction from its RLP or typed transaction format. Needed because non-legacy transactions aren't RLP.

Legacy transactions are returned as-is, while other transaction types are decoded based on their type identifier prefix.

def decode_transaction(tx: LegacyTransaction | Bytes) -> Transaction:
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    if isinstance(tx, Bytes):
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        if tx[0] == 1:
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            return rlp.decode_to(AccessListTransaction, tx[1:])
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        elif tx[0] == 2:
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            return rlp.decode_to(FeeMarketTransaction, tx[1:])
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        elif tx[0] == 3:
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            return rlp.decode_to(BlobTransaction, tx[1:])
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        elif tx[0] == 4:
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            return rlp.decode_to(SetCodeTransaction, tx[1:])
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        else:
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            raise TransactionTypeError(tx[0])
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    else:
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        return tx

validate_transaction

Verifies a transaction.

The gas in a transaction gets used to pay for the intrinsic cost of operations, therefore if there is insufficient gas then it would not be possible to execute a transaction and it will be declared invalid.

Additionally, the nonce of a transaction must not equal or exceed the limit defined in EIP-2681. In practice, defining the limit as 2**64-1 has no impact because sending 2**64-1 transactions is improbable. It's not strictly impossible though, 2**64-1 transactions is the entire capacity of the Ethereum blockchain at 2022 gas limits for a little over 22 years.

Also, the code size of a contract creation transaction must be within limits of the protocol.

This function takes a transaction as a parameter and returns the intrinsic gas cost and the minimum calldata gas cost for the transaction after validation. It throws an InsufficientTransactionGasError exception if the transaction does not provide enough gas to cover the intrinsic cost, and a NonceOverflowError exception if the nonce is greater than 2**64 - 2. It also raises an InitCodeTooLargeError if the code size of a contract creation transaction exceeds the maximum allowed size, and a PriorityFeeGreaterThanMaxFeeError if the maximum priority fee per gas of a fee market transaction exceeds its maximum fee per gas.

def validate_transaction(tx: Transaction) -> IntrinsicGasCost:
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    from .vm.gas import GasCosts
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    from .vm.interpreter import MAX_INIT_CODE_SIZE
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    intrinsic = calculate_intrinsic_cost(tx)
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    if max(intrinsic.regular, intrinsic.calldata_floor) > tx.gas:
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        raise InsufficientTransactionGasError("Insufficient gas")
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    if tx.to == Bytes0(b"") and len(tx.data) > MAX_INIT_CODE_SIZE:
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        raise InitCodeTooLargeError("Code size too large")
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    if tx.gas > GasCosts.TX_MAX_GAS_LIMIT:
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        raise TransactionGasLimitExceededError("Gas limit too high")
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    if U256(tx.nonce) >= U256(U64.MAX_VALUE):
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        raise NonceOverflowError("Nonce too high")
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    if isinstance(tx, FeeMarketCapableTransaction):
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        if tx.max_fee_per_gas < tx.max_priority_fee_per_gas:
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            raise PriorityFeeGreaterThanMaxFeeError(
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                "priority fee greater than max fee"
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            )
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    return intrinsic

calculate_intrinsic_cost

Calculates the gas that is charged before execution is started.

The intrinsic cost of the transaction is charged before execution has begun. Functions/operations in the EVM cost money to execute so this intrinsic cost is for the operations that need to be paid for as part of the transaction. Data transfer, for example, is part of this intrinsic cost. It costs ether to send data over the wire and that ether is accounted for in the intrinsic cost calculated in this function. This intrinsic cost must be calculated and paid for before execution in order for all operations to be implemented.

The intrinsic cost includes:

  1. Base cost (TX_BASE)

  2. Cost for data (zero and non-zero bytes)

  3. Cost for contract creation (if applicable)

  4. Cost for access list entries (if applicable)

  5. Cost for authorizations (if applicable)

This function takes a transaction as a parameter and returns the intrinsic gas cost of the transaction and the minimum gas cost used by the transaction based on the calldata size.

def calculate_intrinsic_cost(tx: Transaction) -> IntrinsicGasCost:
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    from .vm.gas import GasCosts, init_code_cost
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    num_zeros = Uint(tx.data.count(0))
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    num_non_zeros = ulen(tx.data) - num_zeros
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    tokens_in_calldata = num_zeros + num_non_zeros * Uint(4)
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    # EIP-7623 floor price (note: no EVM costs)
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    calldata_floor_gas_cost = (
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        tokens_in_calldata * GasCosts.TX_DATA_TOKEN_FLOOR + GasCosts.TX_BASE
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    )
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    data_cost = tokens_in_calldata * GasCosts.TX_DATA_TOKEN_STANDARD
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    if tx.to == Bytes0(b""):
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        create_cost = GasCosts.TX_CREATE + init_code_cost(ulen(tx.data))
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    else:
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        create_cost = Uint(0)
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    access_list_cost = Uint(0)
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    if has_access_list(tx):
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        for access in tx.access_list:
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            access_list_cost += GasCosts.TX_ACCESS_LIST_ADDRESS
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            access_list_cost += (
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                ulen(access.slots) * GasCosts.TX_ACCESS_LIST_STORAGE_KEY
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            )
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    auth_cost = Uint(0)
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    if isinstance(tx, SetCodeTransaction):
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        auth_cost += Uint(
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            GasCosts.AUTH_PER_EMPTY_ACCOUNT * len(tx.authorizations)
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        )
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    return IntrinsicGasCost(
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        regular=Uint(
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            GasCosts.TX_BASE
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            + data_cost
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            + create_cost
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            + access_list_cost
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            + auth_cost
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        ),
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        calldata_floor=calldata_floor_gas_cost,
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    )

chain_id

Extract the chain identifier from a transaction. See EIP-155.

def chain_id(tx: Transaction) -> None | U64:
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    <snip>
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    if isinstance(tx, LegacyTransaction):
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        if tx.v == 27 or tx.v == 28:
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            return None
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        if tx.v < U256(35):
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            raise InvalidSignatureError("bad v")
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        return U64((tx.v - U256(35)) >> U256(1))
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    else:
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        return tx.chain_id

recover_sender

Extracts the sender address from a transaction.

The v, r, and s values are the three parts that make up the signature of a transaction. In order to recover the sender of a transaction the two components needed are the signature (v, r, and s) and the signing hash of the transaction. The sender's public key can be obtained with these two values and therefore the sender address can be retrieved.

This function takes chain_id and a transaction as parameters and returns the address of the sender of the transaction. It raises an InvalidSignatureError if the signature values (r, s, v) are invalid.

def recover_sender(tx: Transaction) -> Address:
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    <snip>
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    r, s = tx.r, tx.s
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    if U256(0) >= r or r >= SECP256K1N:
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        raise InvalidSignatureError("bad r")
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    if U256(0) >= s or s > SECP256K1N // U256(2):
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        raise InvalidSignatureError("bad s")
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    if isinstance(tx, LegacyTransaction):
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        v = tx.v
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        if v == 27 or v == 28:
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            public_key = secp256k1_recover(
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                r, s, v - U256(27), signing_hash_pre155(tx)
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            )
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        else:
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            assert v >= U256(35), "call chain_id before recover_sender"
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            tx_chain_id = U64((v - U256(35)) >> U256(1))
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            v = (v - U256(35)) & U256(1)
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            public_key = secp256k1_recover(
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                r,
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                s,
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                v,
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                signing_hash_155(tx, tx_chain_id),
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            )
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    elif isinstance(tx, AccessListTransaction):
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        if tx.y_parity not in (U256(0), U256(1)):
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            raise InvalidSignatureError("bad y_parity")
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        public_key = secp256k1_recover(
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            r, s, tx.y_parity, signing_hash_2930(tx)
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        )
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    elif isinstance(tx, FeeMarketTransaction):
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        if tx.y_parity not in (U256(0), U256(1)):
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            raise InvalidSignatureError("bad y_parity")
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        public_key = secp256k1_recover(
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            r, s, tx.y_parity, signing_hash_1559(tx)
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        )
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    elif isinstance(tx, BlobTransaction):
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        if tx.y_parity not in (U256(0), U256(1)):
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            raise InvalidSignatureError("bad y_parity")
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        public_key = secp256k1_recover(
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            r, s, tx.y_parity, signing_hash_4844(tx)
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        )
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    elif isinstance(tx, SetCodeTransaction):
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        if tx.y_parity not in (U256(0), U256(1)):
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            raise InvalidSignatureError("bad y_parity")
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        public_key = secp256k1_recover(
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            r, s, tx.y_parity, signing_hash_7702(tx)
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        )
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    return Address(keccak256(public_key)[12:32])

signing_hash_pre155

Compute the hash of a transaction used in a legacy (pre EIP-155) signature.

This function takes a legacy transaction as a parameter and returns the signing hash of the transaction.

def signing_hash_pre155(tx: LegacyTransaction) -> Hash32:
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    <snip>
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    return keccak256(
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        rlp.encode(
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            (
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                tx.nonce,
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                tx.gas_price,
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                tx.gas,
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                tx.to,
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                tx.value,
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                tx.data,
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            )
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        )
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    )

signing_hash_155

Compute the hash of a transaction used in a EIP-155 signature.

This function takes a legacy transaction and a chain ID as parameters and returns the hash of the transaction used in an EIP-155 signature.

def signing_hash_155(tx: LegacyTransaction, ​​chain_id: U64) -> Hash32:
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    <snip>
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    return keccak256(
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        rlp.encode(
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            (
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                tx.nonce,
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                tx.gas_price,
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                tx.gas,
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                tx.to,
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                tx.value,
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                tx.data,
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                chain_id,
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                Uint(0),
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                Uint(0),
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            )
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        )
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    )

signing_hash_2930

Compute the hash of a transaction used in a EIP-2930 signature.

This function takes an access list transaction as a parameter and returns the hash of the transaction used in an EIP-2930 signature.

def signing_hash_2930(tx: AccessListTransaction) -> Hash32:
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    <snip>
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    return keccak256(
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        b"\x01"
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        + rlp.encode(
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            (
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                tx.chain_id,
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                tx.nonce,
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                tx.gas_price,
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                tx.gas,
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                tx.to,
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                tx.value,
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                tx.data,
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                tx.access_list,
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            )
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        )
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    )

signing_hash_1559

Compute the hash of a transaction used in an EIP-1559 signature.

This function takes a fee market transaction as a parameter and returns the hash of the transaction used in an EIP-1559 signature.

def signing_hash_1559(tx: FeeMarketTransaction) -> Hash32:
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    <snip>
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    return keccak256(
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        b"\x02"
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        + rlp.encode(
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            (
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                tx.chain_id,
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                tx.nonce,
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                tx.max_priority_fee_per_gas,
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                tx.max_fee_per_gas,
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                tx.gas,
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                tx.to,
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                tx.value,
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                tx.data,
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                tx.access_list,
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            )
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        )
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    )

signing_hash_4844

Compute the hash of a transaction used in an EIP-4844 signature.

This function takes a transaction as a parameter and returns the signing hash of the transaction used in an EIP-4844 signature.

def signing_hash_4844(tx: BlobTransaction) -> Hash32:
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    <snip>
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    return keccak256(
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        b"\x03"
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        + rlp.encode(
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            (
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                tx.chain_id,
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                tx.nonce,
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                tx.max_priority_fee_per_gas,
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                tx.max_fee_per_gas,
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                tx.gas,
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                tx.to,
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                tx.value,
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                tx.data,
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                tx.access_list,
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                tx.max_fee_per_blob_gas,
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                tx.blob_versioned_hashes,
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            )
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        )
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    )

signing_hash_7702

Compute the hash of a transaction used in a EIP-7702 signature.

This function takes a transaction as a parameter and returns the signing hash of the transaction used in a EIP-7702 signature.

def signing_hash_7702(tx: SetCodeTransaction) -> Hash32:
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    <snip>
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    return keccak256(
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        b"\x04"
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        + rlp.encode(
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            (
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                tx.chain_id,
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                tx.nonce,
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                tx.max_priority_fee_per_gas,
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                tx.max_fee_per_gas,
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                tx.gas,
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                tx.to,
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                tx.value,
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                tx.data,
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                tx.access_list,
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                tx.authorizations,
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            )
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        )
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    )

get_transaction_hash

Compute the hash of a transaction.

This function takes a transaction as a parameter and returns the keccak256 hash of the transaction. It can handle both legacy transactions and typed transactions (AccessListTransaction, FeeMarketTransaction, etc.).

def get_transaction_hash(tx: Bytes | LegacyTransaction) -> Hash32:
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    <snip>
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    assert isinstance(tx, (LegacyTransaction, Bytes))
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    if isinstance(tx, LegacyTransaction):
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        return keccak256(rlp.encode(tx))
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    else:
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        return keccak256(tx)

has_access_list

Return whether the transaction has an EIP-2930-style access list.

def has_access_list(tx: Transaction) -> TypeGuard[AccessListCapableTransaction]:
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    <snip>
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    return isinstance(
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        tx,
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        AccessListCapableTransaction,
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    )