Evmos is the first decentralized EVM chain on the Cosmos Network.  It's implementing the first EVM stack focused on native, cross-chain applications. Evmos is the flagship implementation of Ethermint, an EVM library built for the Cosmos Network by the Evmos Core Developement Team.
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Evmos is a scalable, high-throughput Proof-of-Stake blockchain
that is fully compatible and interoperable with Ethereum.
It's built using the [Cosmos SDK](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/)
which runs on top of the [Tendermint Core](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint) consensus engine.

**Note**: Requires [Go 1.19+](https://golang.org/dl/)

## Installation

For prerequisites and detailed build instructions
please read the [Installation](https://docs.evmos.org/validators/quickstart/installation.html) instructions.
Once the dependencies are installed, run:

```bash
make install
```

Or check out the latest [release](https://github.com/evmos/evmos/releases).

## Quick Start

To learn how the Evmos works from a high-level perspective,
go to the [Introduction](https://docs.evmos.org/about/intro/overview.html) section from the documentation.
You can also check the instructions to [Run a Node](https://docs.evmos.org/validators/quickstart/run_node.html).

## Community

The following chat channels and forums are a great spot to ask questions about Evmos:

- [Evmos Twitter](https://twitter.com/EvmosOrg)
- [Evmos Discord](https://discord.gg/evmos)
- [Evmos Forum](https://commonwealth.im/evmos)
- [Tharsis Twitter](https://twitter.com/TharsisHQ)

## Contributing

Looking for a good place to start contributing?
Check out some
[`good first issues`](https://github.com/evmos/evmos/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22).

For additional instructions, standards and style guides, please refer to the [Contributing](./CONTRIBUTING.md) document.

## Careers

See our open positions on [Greenhouse](https://boards.eu.greenhouse.io/evmos).
