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Ethereum Provider JavaScript API

EIP 1193, Ethereum Provider JavaScript API. A common convention in the Ethereum web application ("dapp") ecosystem is for key management software ("wallets") to expose their API via a JavaScript object in the web page.

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Authors: Fabian Vogelsteller , Ryan Ghods , Victor Maia , Marc Garreau , Erik Marks
Date: 2018
Publisher: Fabian Vogelsteller , Ryan Ghods , Victor Maia , Marc Garreau , Erik Marks
Version: Source cited by the 2018 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0308
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Vogelsteller, F., Ghods, R., Maia, V., Garreau, M., & Marks, E. (2018). Ethereum Provider JavaScript API. Fabian Vogelsteller , Ryan Ghods , Victor Maia , Marc Garreau , Erik Marks. https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1193

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@techreport{eip11932018,
  title = {Ethereum Provider JavaScript API},
  author = {Fabian Vogelsteller , Ryan Ghods , Victor Maia , Marc Garreau , Erik Marks},
  year = {2018},
  institution = {Fabian Vogelsteller , Ryan Ghods , Victor Maia , Marc Garreau , Erik Marks},
  url = {https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1193},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/eip-1193}
}

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AU  - Ryan Ghods
AU  - Victor Maia
AU  - Marc Garreau
AU  - Erik Marks
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UR  - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1193
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
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