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Revised Ethereum Smart Contract Packaging Standard (EthPM v3)

ERC 2678, Revised Ethereum Smart Contract Packaging Standard (EthPM v3). A data format describing a smart contract software package.

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Authors: g. nicholas d’andrea , Piper Merriam , Nick Gheorghita , Christian Reitwiessner , Ben Hauser , Bryant Eisenbach
Date: 2020
Publisher: g. nicholas d’andrea , Piper Merriam , Nick Gheorghita , Christian Reitwiessner , Ben Hauser , Bryant Eisenbach
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Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0405
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
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ERC 2678, Revised Ethereum Smart Contract Packaging Standard (EthPM v3). A data format describing a smart contract software package.

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d’andrea, G. N., Merriam, P., Gheorghita, N., Reitwiessner, C., Hauser, B., & Eisenbach, B. (2020). Revised Ethereum Smart Contract Packaging Standard (EthPM v3). g. nicholas d’andrea , Piper Merriam , Nick Gheorghita , Christian Reitwiessner , Ben Hauser , Bryant Eisenbach. https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-2678

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@techreport{erc26782020,
  title = {Revised Ethereum Smart Contract Packaging Standard (EthPM v3)},
  author = {g. nicholas d’andrea , Piper Merriam , Nick Gheorghita , Christian Reitwiessner , Ben Hauser , Bryant Eisenbach},
  year = {2020},
  institution = {g. nicholas d’andrea , Piper Merriam , Nick Gheorghita , Christian Reitwiessner , Ben Hauser , Bryant Eisenbach},
  url = {https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-2678},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/erc-2678}
}

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TI  - Revised Ethereum Smart Contract Packaging Standard (EthPM v3)
AU  - g. nicholas d’andrea
AU  - Piper Merriam
AU  - Nick Gheorghita
AU  - Christian Reitwiessner
AU  - Ben Hauser
AU  - Bryant Eisenbach
PY  - 2020
PB  - g. nicholas d’andrea , Piper Merriam , Nick Gheorghita , Christian Reitwiessner , Ben Hauser , Bryant Eisenbach
UR  - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-2678
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

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