EIP validator

Superseded by eipw

An engine which ensures Ethereum Improvement Proposals meet certain requirements.

Getting Started

To install eipv and validate the EIPs repository:

git clone https://github.com/lightclient/eipv.git
cargo install --path=eipv eipv
eipv /path/to/EIPS

Requirements

This tracks what eipv can validate.

• Preamble starts with ---
• Preamble ends with ---
• Preamble includes all required fields:
  • eip
  • title
  • description
  • author
  • discussions-to
  • created
  • status
  • type
  • category (iff type == "Standards Track")
• Preamble does not include any unknown fields
• Preamble fields are properly formed:
  • Each field is of the shape {field}: {value}\n
  • eip is an unsigned integer
  • title is a string whose length is less than 44 characters
  • author is a comma-separated string of author information which has three possible shapes:
    • Name only: John A. Doe
    • Name and email: John A. Doe <john@doe.com>
    • Name and Github username: John A. Doe (@johndoe)
  • discussions-to is a URL where discussions regarding the EIP should be directed
  • discussions-to does not point to a PR
  • status is one of the following string values:
    • draft
    • last call
    • accepted
    • final
    • abandoned
    • rejected
    • superseded
  • type is one of the following string values:
    • standards track
    • informational
    • meta
  • category is one of the following string values:
    • core
    • networking
    • interface
    • erc
  • last-call-deadline is a date value
  • created is a date value
  • updated is a comma-separated list of date values
  • requires is a comma-separated list of EIP numbers in ascending order
  • withdrawal-reason is a string
• EIP numbers listed as required exist
• The EIP body includes the required sections in the following order:
  • Abstract
  • Motivation
  • Specification
  • Rationale
  • Backwards Compatibility
  • Test Cases
  • Implementations
  • Security Considerations
  • Copyright Waiver
• The Abstract section is no longer than 200 words
• The Copyright Waiver section contains only the following string: Copyright and related rights waived via CC0.
• The EIP body does not include any unclosed brackets or parentheses outside of code snippets
• File name is of form eip-N.md, where N coresponds to the EIP's assigned number
• URLs to other EIPs are relative links
• No trailing whitespace in preamble