Backends

Ethergo supports a wide variety of backends for testing contract and chain interactions. Which one you use depends on your needs. There is usually a trade-off between speed, requirements and visibility.

Backend	Description	Supports RPC Address	Supports Forking	Embedded (does not require Docker)	Speed
Anvil	Anvil is a dockerized-backend that supports a wide variety of options including forking, custom gas pricing, etc all configurable at boot time	✅	✅	❌	Slow boot, fast run
Geth	Geth is an embedded go-ethereum node. This is the equivelant of the geth --dev command.	✅	❌	✅	Fastish boot, fast run
Simulated	Geth simulated backend	✅	❌	✅	Practically instant