EVM Client

Source files: internal/evm/client.go, internal/evm/evm.go

The EVM client wraps go-ethereum RPC operations for chain interaction: tx building, gas estimation, signing, raw broadcast, receipt polling, and debug tracing. It is a thin, stateless wrapper around ethclient.Client with per-call connection management.

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Design decisions

Per-call connection management

The client stores only the RPC URL and optional chain ID. Each method dials a fresh ethclient.Client and defers Close. This avoids connection pool complexity and stale connection issues. The tradeoff is connection overhead per call; for high-throughput scenarios, a persistent connection pool could be added.

type Client struct {
    rpcURL  string
    chainID *big.Int // cached from first call
}

EIP-1559 with legacy fallback

BuildTx attempts EIP-1559 first:

1. Fetches latest header; if BaseFee is present, uses dynamic fee tx
2. GasTipCap = suggested tip (fallback to 1 gwei)
3. GasFeeCap = 2*BaseFee + tip (standard headroom for one base-fee bump)
4. If header lacks BaseFee, falls back to legacy tx with GasPrice

This handles both modern chains (Paxeer, Ethereum mainnet) and legacy chains without EIP-1559.

Gas estimation with fallback

If TxParams.Gas is 0, the client estimates gas via eth_estimateGas. If estimation fails or returns 0, it falls back to 3,000,000 gas. This is a safety net for contracts with complex constructor logic or chains with unreliable estimators.

Raw tx broadcast

SendRawTransaction unmarshals the RLP-encoded tx, validates it, and broadcasts via SendTransaction. This ensures the tx is well-formed before broadcast and returns the computed hash.

Receipt polling

WaitReceipt polls every 2 seconds until the receipt is found or context is cancelled. This is a simple blocking wait suitable for daemon use. For production, a subscription-based approach (eth_newFilter) could reduce latency.

Debug tracing

TraceCall uses the raw rpc.Client (not ethclient) to call debug_traceCall with disableStorage: true. This reduces trace size and is sufficient for most agent debugging needs. Returns raw JSON (any) — the caller handles formatting.

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Key methods

func Dial(rpcURL string, chainID uint64) (*Client, error)
func (c *Client) ChainID(ctx context.Context) (*big.Int, error)
func (c *Client) BuildTx(ctx context.Context, p TxParams) (*types.Transaction, error)
func (c *Client) CallMessage(ctx context.Context, from, to, data, value, block string) ([]byte, error)
func (c *Client) EstimateGas(ctx context.Context, from, to, data, value string) (uint64, error)
func (c *Client) CodeAt(ctx context.Context, address string) ([]byte, error)
func (c *Client) TraceCall(ctx context.Context, from, to, data, value string) (any, error)
func (c *Client) SendRawTransaction(ctx context.Context, rawTx []byte) (string, error)
func (c *Client) WaitReceipt(ctx context.Context, txHash string) (*types.Receipt, error)
func (c *Client) GetNonce(ctx context.Context, from string) (uint64, error)

Tx signing helpers

func SignTx(tx *types.Transaction, chainID *big.Int, privateKeyHex string) ([]byte, common.Address, error)
func SignTxKey(tx *types.Transaction, chainID *big.Int, key *ecdsa.PrivateKey) ([]byte, common.Address, error)

SignTxKey uses types.LatestSignerForChainID to select the correct signer (EIP-155, EIP-2930, EIP-1559) and returns the RLP-encoded raw tx.

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Modifying the EVM client