# ethereum/research

Repository: https://github.com/ethereum/research
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ethereum-research
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-10-18T04:01:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 53/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 47, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4000, "days_push": 319, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1930, forks 405 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:56.089704+00:00)

## What it is
A repository of Python code and LaTeX papers addressing specific Ethereum research questions, mostly written by Vitalik Buterin. It is not a general research hub or a supported library, and maintenance is explicitly not an active priority.

## Use cases
- study prototype implementations of Ethereum protocol research ideas
- read LaTeX sources of Vitalik Buterin's academic papers
- explore experimental code for consensus and cryptography questions
- reference exploratory scripts when researching blockchain protocol design

## When to choose
- you want to inspect the original experimental code behind Ethereum research proposals
- you need LaTeX sources for associated academic papers
- you are doing protocol research and want reference implementations to study

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready Ethereum library with support and stable APIs
- you expect maintained, tested, or documented software
- you want a broad collection of community academic papers

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, simulation, cryptography
- domain: blockchain
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: ethereum, vitalik-buterin, research-code, consensus-protocols, academic-papers, latex, cryptocurrency, algorithms, research

## Member repositories
- ethereum/research (main) score 53

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:56.089704+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:08:47.134349+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ethereum/research (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:56.089704+00:00, sha 48a80cc10d72)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.