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+class NimbusEth2 < Formula
+  desc "Nim implementation of the Ethereum 2.0 blockchain"
+  homepage "https://nimbus.guide/"
+  # pull from git tag to get submodules
+  url "https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2.git",
+      tag:      "v1.5.5",
+      revision: "f0f9735955070d297b33fbec466537cb7029e0cc"
+  license "Apache-2.0"
+
+  depends_on "cmake" => :build
+
+  def install
+    system "make"
+
+    %w[
+      nimbus_beacon_node
+      deposit_contract
+      ncli
+      ncli_db
+      nimbus_validator_client
+      nimbus_signing_node
+    ].each do |program|
+      bin.install "build/#{program}"
+    end
+  end
+
+  test do
+    assert_match "Nimbus beacon node", shell_output("#{bin}/nimbus_beacon_node --version")
+    assert_match "deposit_contract", shell_output("#{bin}/deposit_contract --help")
+    assert_match "ncli", shell_output("#{bin}/ncli --help")
+    assert_match "ncli_db", shell_output("#{bin}/ncli_db --help")
+    assert_match "Nimbus validator client", shell_output("#{bin}/nimbus_validator_client --version")
+    assert_match "Nimbus signing node", shell_output("#{bin}/nimbus_signing_node --version")
+
+    rest_port = free_port
+    fork do
+      exec bin/"nimbus_beacon_node",
+           "--rest",
+           "--rest-port=#{rest_port}",
+           "--non-interactive",
+           "--tcp-port=#{free_port}",
+           "--udp-port=#{free_port}"
+    end
+    sleep 10
+
+    output = shell_output("curl -sS -XGET http://127.0.0.1:#{rest_port}/eth/v1/node/syncing")
+    assert_match "is_syncing", output
+  end
+end