// 1. Import modules.
import { createPublicClient, http } from 'viem'
import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'
 
// 2. Set up your client with desired chain & transport.
const client = createPublicClient({
  chain: mainnet,
  transport: http(),
})
 
// 3. Consume an action!
const blockNumber = await client.getBlockNumber()

viem supports all these features out-of-the-box:

• Abstractions over the JSON-RPC API to make your life easier
• First-class APIs for interacting with Smart Contracts
• Language closely aligned to official Ethereum terminology
• Import your Browser Extension, WalletConnect or Private Key Wallet
• Browser native BigInt, instead of large BigNumber libraries
• Utilities for working with ABIs (encoding/decoding/inspection)
• TypeScript ready (infer types from ABIs and EIP-712 Typed Data)
• First-class support for Anvil, Hardhat & Ganache
• Test suite running against forked Ethereum network

Check out the following places for more wagmi-related content:

• Follow @wevm_dev, @jakemoxey, and @awkweb on Twitter for project updates
• Join the discussions on GitHub
• Share your project/organization that uses viem

Help support future development and make wagmi a sustainable open-source project:

• GitHub Sponsors
• Gitcoin Grant
• wevm.eth

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