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Backends

Ethergo supports a wide variety of backends for testing contract and chain interactions. Which one you use depends on your needs. There is usually a trade-off between speed, requirements and visibility.

Backend Description Supports RPC Address Supports Forking Embedded (does not require Docker) Speed
Anvil Anvil is a dockerized-backend that supports a wide variety of options including forking, custom gas pricing, etc all configurable at boot time Slow boot, fast run
Geth Geth is an embedded go-ethereum node. This is the equivelant of the geth --dev command. Fastish boot, fast run
Simulated Geth simulated backend Practically instant