> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.bwarelabs.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.bwarelabs.com/api-docs/ethereum-api.md). # Ethereum API ### Overview Launched in 2015, Ethereum is an open-source, blockchain-based, decentralized software platform. In the Ethereum universe, there is a single, canonical computer (called the Ethereum Virtual Machine, or EVM) whose state everyone on the Ethereum network agrees on. Everyone who participates in the Ethereum network (every Ethereum node) keeps a copy of the state of this computer. Additionally, any participant can broadcast a request for this computer to perform arbitrary computation. Whenever such a request is broadcast, other participants on the network verify, validate, and carry out (“execute”) the computation. This causes a state change in the EVM, which is committed and propagated throughout the entire network. Requests for computation are called transaction requests; the record of all transactions as well as the EVM’s present state is stored in the blockchain, which in turn is stored and agreed upon by all nodes. ### BwareLabs currently supported network types * Mainnet ### **Available endpoint types on BwareLabs** * JSON RPC; * WebSockets; ### Explorer Link -