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Can a Contract ABI change?
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I am developing an app that is using the etherscan-api package.
I use it to get the contract ABI.
The problem is that I retrieve it via the API every time the function is called.
My question is: Can a Contracts ABI change at any point and can I just store the ABI json in a database field to reduce processing time?
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I am developing an app that is using the etherscan-api package.
I use it to get the contract ABI.
The problem is that I retrieve it via the API every time the function is called.
My question is: Can a Contracts ABI change at any point and can I just store the ABI json in a database field to reduce processing time?
web3js contract-design etherscan abi
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I am developing an app that is using the etherscan-api package.
I use it to get the contract ABI.
The problem is that I retrieve it via the API every time the function is called.
My question is: Can a Contracts ABI change at any point and can I just store the ABI json in a database field to reduce processing time?
web3js contract-design etherscan abi
asked 4 hours ago
Michael Smith
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I am developing an app that is using the etherscan-api package.
I use it to get the contract ABI.
The problem is that I retrieve it via the API every time the function is called.
My question is: Can a Contracts ABI change at any point and can I just store the ABI json in a database field to reduce processing time?
web3js contract-design etherscan abi
web3js contract-design etherscan abi
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Michael Smith
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While there is a concept of 'contract upgradeability' that developers can build into their smart contract logic, smart contracts cannot update their contract ABI as a part of that process.
The exposed functions of a smart contract are immutable once the contract is created, and thus the contract ABI is also immutable.
answered 3 hours ago
Shawn Tabrizi
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Contract ABI should never change. You can safely use the ABI extracted from the deployment of your contract.
Also, to expand on what @shawn-tabrizi is talking about "contract upgradeability", if you plan to use. With "contract upgradeability", you separate logic and data into separate smart contracts. It essentially means, we use one contract to implement the logic and another contract to store the data.
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Khaja Mohammed
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2 Answers
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While there is a concept of 'contract upgradeability' that developers can build into their smart contract logic, smart contracts cannot update their contract ABI as a part of that process.
The exposed functions of a smart contract are immutable once the contract is created, and thus the contract ABI is also immutable.
answered 3 hours ago
Shawn Tabrizi
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While there is a concept of 'contract upgradeability' that developers can build into their smart contract logic, smart contracts cannot update their contract ABI as a part of that process.
The exposed functions of a smart contract are immutable once the contract is created, and thus the contract ABI is also immutable.
answered 3 hours ago
Shawn Tabrizi
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up vote
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While there is a concept of 'contract upgradeability' that developers can build into their smart contract logic, smart contracts cannot update their contract ABI as a part of that process.
The exposed functions of a smart contract are immutable once the contract is created, and thus the contract ABI is also immutable.
answered 3 hours ago
Shawn Tabrizi
3,1202421
While there is a concept of 'contract upgradeability' that developers can build into their smart contract logic, smart contracts cannot update their contract ABI as a part of that process.
The exposed functions of a smart contract are immutable once the contract is created, and thus the contract ABI is also immutable.
answered 3 hours ago
Shawn Tabrizi
3,1202421
answered 3 hours ago
Shawn Tabrizi
3,1202421
answered 3 hours ago
Shawn Tabrizi
3,1202421
answered 3 hours ago
Shawn Tabrizi
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3,1202421
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Contract ABI should never change. You can safely use the ABI extracted from the deployment of your contract.
Also, to expand on what @shawn-tabrizi is talking about "contract upgradeability", if you plan to use. With "contract upgradeability", you separate logic and data into separate smart contracts. It essentially means, we use one contract to implement the logic and another contract to store the data.
answered 3 hours ago
Khaja Mohammed
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Contract ABI should never change. You can safely use the ABI extracted from the deployment of your contract.
Also, to expand on what @shawn-tabrizi is talking about "contract upgradeability", if you plan to use. With "contract upgradeability", you separate logic and data into separate smart contracts. It essentially means, we use one contract to implement the logic and another contract to store the data.
answered 3 hours ago
Khaja Mohammed
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up vote
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Contract ABI should never change. You can safely use the ABI extracted from the deployment of your contract.
Also, to expand on what @shawn-tabrizi is talking about "contract upgradeability", if you plan to use. With "contract upgradeability", you separate logic and data into separate smart contracts. It essentially means, we use one contract to implement the logic and another contract to store the data.
answered 3 hours ago
Khaja Mohammed
1013
Contract ABI should never change. You can safely use the ABI extracted from the deployment of your contract.
Also, to expand on what @shawn-tabrizi is talking about "contract upgradeability", if you plan to use. With "contract upgradeability", you separate logic and data into separate smart contracts. It essentially means, we use one contract to implement the logic and another contract to store the data.
answered 3 hours ago
Khaja Mohammed
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answered 3 hours ago
Khaja Mohammed
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answered 3 hours ago
Khaja Mohammed
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answered 3 hours ago
Khaja Mohammed
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