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Common tests for all Ethereum implementations

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  • Update LegacyTests submodule (fix for pre-Spurious Dragon state roots)
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

    ethereum/tests#1498 · 1 comment ·

  • Question on BlockchainTests/GeneralStateTests folder reorg
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    ethereum/tests#1496 · 1 comment ·

  • Tests for very large shifts seem to be missing.
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    ethereum/tests#1495 ·

  • docs missing
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    ethereum/tests#1462 ·

  • `expectException`: Blob count vs blob gas allowance
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

    ethereum/tests#1456 · 1 comment ·

  • Update EIP-2537 tests for prague
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    ethereum/tests#1423 · 3 comments · 1 reaction ·

  • Invalid `to` in returndatacopy_after_failing_delegatecallFiller
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    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 35/100

    ethereum/tests#1417 ·

  • Update all tests to Prague revision
    May be free again Open
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    ethereum/tests#1415 · 1 assignee ·

  • Remove random state test with `BLOCKHASH`
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    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 48/100

    ethereum/tests#1406 ·

  • Incorrect stack in arithFiller.yml
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    ethereum/tests#1405 · 1 comment ·

  • Discrepancy in chainId for BlockchainTests in EIP-6780 Selfdestruct Tests
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    ethereum/tests#1394 · 1 comment ·

  • Integrate Kakarot zkEVM as a client that runs the Ethereum Tests
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    ethereum/tests#1327 ·

  • `GasLimitHigherThan2p63m1` test under `bcInvalidHeaderTest` throws no exception
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    ethereum/tests#1218 · 1 comment ·

  • EOF CREATE3 test vectors
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

    ethereum/tests#1205 ·

  • Better t8n versioning documentation
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    ethereum/tests#1165 · 1 comment ·

  • re-entrancy oog tests
    May be free again Open
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    ethereum/tests#1113 · 1 assignee ·

  • invalid blocks with messed up parameters
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    ethereum/tests#900 ·

  • invalid structure RLPs test
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    ethereum/tests#899 ·

  • Common tests for ABI encoding
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    up-for-grabs

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    ethereum/tests#691 · 16 comments · 6 reactions ·

  • Thunder ideas for testing the EVM
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    enhancement up-for-grabs

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    ethereum/tests#487 · 1 reaction ·

  • General Improvements To Ethereum Reference Test Suite
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    enhancement up-for-grabs

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    ethereum/tests#474 · 6 comments ·

  • make more comments in the test filler
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    enhancement up-for-grabs

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    ethereum/tests#332 · 1 comment ·

  • some test case names not unique
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    enhancement up-for-grabs

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    ethereum/tests#186 · 5 comments ·

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