Ethereum Virtual Machine Opcodes

Updated 2021-07-29 (Added CHAINID, SELFBALANCE and BASEFEE opcodes).

This is intended to be a low level reference for the Ethereum Virtual Machine.
If you're trying to learn how to write smart contracts, check out the official Solidity documentation instead.

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Opcodes

Use this handy table to skip ahead to the opcode reference.
000102030405060708090A0B----
101112131415161718191A1B1C1D--
20---------------
303132333435363738393A3B3C3D3E3F
404142434445464748-------
505152535455565758595A5B----
606162636465666768696A6B6C6D6E6F
707172737475767778797A7B7C7D7E7F
808182838485868788898A8B8C8D8E8F
909192939495969798999A9B9C9D9E9F
A0A1A2A3A4-----------
B0B1B2-------------
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F0F1F2F3F4F5----FA--FD-FF

Overview

The Ethereum VM is a stack-based, big-endian VM with a word size of 256-bits and is used to run the smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain.
Smart contracts are just like regular accounts, except they run EVM bytecode when receiving a transaction, allowing them to perform calculations and further transactions.
Transactions can carry a payload of 0 or more bytes of data, which is used to specify the type of interaction with a contract and any additional information.

Contract execution starts at the beginning of the bytecode.
Each opcode is encoded as one byte, except for the PUSH opcodes, which take a immediate value.
All opcodes pop their operands from the top of the stack and push their result.

Contract Creation

The data payload of a transaction creating a smart contract is itself bytecode that runs the contract constructor, sets up the initial contract state and returns the final contract bytecode.
ie. constructors are not present in the contract once deployed.

Contract Interaction

Typically contracts expose a public ABI, which is a list of supported ways a user can interact with a contract.
To interact with a contract, a user will submit a transaction carrying any amount of wei (including 0) and a data payload formatted according to the ABI, specifying the type of interaction and any additional parameters.
When the contract runs there are 4 main ways it handles data.

Call Data

This is the data associated with a transaction to a smart contract. It usually contains a 4-byte method identifier followed by serialized arguments.

See: CALLDATALOAD, CALLDATASIZE, CALLDATACOPY

Stack

The EVM maintains a stack of uint256s used to hold local variables, function call arguments and return addresses.
Distinguishing between return addresses and other variables is tricky.

On this page, the top of the stack is denoted stack[-1], followed by stack[-2], ...:
stack[-1] stack[-2] ...

See: PUSH1, DUP1, SWAP1, POP

Memory

Memory is an array of uint8s used to hold transient data while a contract is being executed.

It is not persisted across transactions.

See: MLOAD, MSTORE, MSTORE8

Storage

Storage is a persistent associative map, with uint256s as keys and uint256s as values.

All contract fields and mappings are saved in storage.

Storage fields can be inspected using web3.eth.getStorageAt(address, key).

See: SLOAD, SSTORE

Opcodes

uint8 Mnemonic Stack Input Stack Output Expression Notes
00 STOP - - STOP() halts execution of the contract
01 ADD
ab
a + b
a + b (u)int256 addition modulo 2**256
02 MUL
ab
a * b
a * b (u)int256 multiplication modulo 2**256
03 SUB
ab
a - b
a - b (u)int256 subtraction modulo 2**256
04 DIV
ab
a // b
a // b uint256 division
05 SDIV
ab
a // b
a // b int256 division
06 MOD
ab
a % b
a % b uint256 modulus
07 SMOD
ab
a % b
a % b int256 modulus
08 ADDMOD
abN
(a + b) % N
(a + b) % N (u)int256 addition modulo N
09 MULMOD
abN
(a * b) % N
(a * b) % N (u)int256 multiplication modulo N
0A EXP
ab
a ** b
a ** b uint256 exponentiation modulo 2**256
0B SIGNEXTEND
bx
y
y = SIGNEXTEND(x, b) sign extends x from (b + 1) * 8 bits to 256 bits.
0C Invalid - - - -
0D Invalid - - - -
0E Invalid - - - -
0F Invalid - - - -
10 LT
ab
a < b
a < b uint256 comparison
11 GT
ab
a > b
a > b uint256 comparison
12 SLT
ab
a < b
a < b int256 comparison
13 SGT
ab
a > b
a > b int256 comparison
14 EQ
ab
a == b
a == b (u)int256 equality
15 ISZERO
a
a == 0
a == 0 (u)int256 is zero
16 AND
ab
a & b
a & b 256-bit bitwise and
17 OR
ab
a | b
a | b 256-bit bitwise or
18 XOR
ab
a ^ b
a ^ b 256-bit bitwise xor
19 NOT
a
~a
~a 256-bit bitwise not
1A BYTE
ix
y
y = (x >> (248 - i * 8)) & 0xFF ith byte of (u)int256 x, counting from most significant byte
1B SHL
shiftvalue
value << shift
value << shift 256-bit shift left
1C SHR
shiftvalue
value >> shift
value >> shift 256-bit shift right
1D SAR
shiftvalue
value >> shift
value >> shift int256 shift right
1E Invalid - - - -
1F Invalid - - - -
20 SHA3
offsetlength
hash
hash = keccak256(memory[offset:offset+length]) keccak256
21 Invalid - - - -
22 Invalid - - - -
23 Invalid - - - -
24 Invalid - - - -
25 Invalid - - - -
26 Invalid - - - -
27 Invalid - - - -
28 Invalid - - - -
29 Invalid - - - -
2A Invalid - - - -
2B Invalid - - - -
2C Invalid - - - -
2D Invalid - - - -
2E Invalid - - - -
2F Invalid - - - -
30 ADDRESS -
address(this)
address(this) address of the executing contract
31 BALANCE
addr
address(addr).balance
address(addr).balance address balance in wei
32 ORIGIN -
tx.origin
tx.origin transaction origin address
33 CALLER -
msg.caller
msg.caller message caller address
34 CALLVALUE -
msg.value
msg.value message funds in wei
35 CALLDATALOAD
i
msg.data[i:i+32]
msg.data[i:i+32] reads a (u)int256 from message data
36 CALLDATASIZE -
msg.data.size
msg.data.size message data length in bytes
37 CALLDATACOPY
destOffsetoffsetlength
- memory[destOffset:destOffset+length] = msg.data[offset:offset+length] copy message data
38 CODESIZE -
address(this).code.size
address(this).code.size length of the executing contract's code in bytes
39 CODECOPY
destOffsetoffsetlength
- memory[destOffset:destOffset+length] = address(this).code[offset:offset+length] copy executing contract's bytecode
3A GASPRICE -
tx.gasprice
tx.gasprice gas price of the executing transaction, in wei per unit of gas
3B EXTCODESIZE
addr
address(addr).code.size
address(addr).code.size length of the contract bytecode at addr, in bytes
3C EXTCODECOPY
addrdestOffsetoffsetlength
- memory[destOffset:destOffset+length] = address(addr).code[offset:offset+length] copy contract's bytecode
3D RETURNDATASIZE -
size
size = RETURNDATASIZE() Byzantium hardfork, EIP-211: the size of the returned data from the last external call, in bytes
3E RETURNDATACOPY
destOffsetoffsetlength
- memory[destOffset:destOffset+length] = RETURNDATA[offset:offset+length] Byzantium hardfork, EIP-211: copy returned data
3F EXTCODEHASH
addr
hash
hash = address(addr).exists ? keccak256(address(addr).code) : 0 Constantinople hardfork, EIP-1052: hash of the contract bytecode at addr
40 BLOCKHASH
blockNumber
hash
hash = block.blockHash(blockNumber) hash of the specific block, only valid for the 256 most recent blocks, excluding the current one
41 COINBASE -
block.coinbase
block.coinbase address of the current block's miner
42 TIMESTAMP -
block.timestamp
block.timestamp current block's Unix timestamp in seconds
43 NUMBER -
block.number
block.number current block's number
44 DIFFICULTY -
block.difficulty
block.difficulty current block's difficulty
45 GASLIMIT -
block.gaslimit
block.gaslimit current block's gas limit
46 CHAINID -
chain_id
chain_id = { 1 // mainnet { 2 // Morden testnet (disused) { 2 // Expanse mainnet { 3 // Ropsten testnet { 4 // Rinkeby testnet { 5 // Goerli testnet { 42 // Kovan testnet { ... Istanbul hardfork, EIP-1344: current network's chain id
47 SELFBALANCE -
address(this).balance
address(this).balance Istanbul hardfork, EIP-1884: balance of the executing contract in wei
48 BASEFEE -
base_fee
base_fee = BASEFEE() London hardfork, EIP-3198: current block's base fee
49 Invalid - - - -
4A Invalid - - - -
4B Invalid - - - -
4C Invalid - - - -
4D Invalid - - - -
4E Invalid - - - -
4F Invalid - - - -
50 POP
_
- POP() pops a (u)int256 off the stack and discards it
51 MLOAD
offset
value
value = memory[offset:offset+32] reads a (u)int256 from memory
52 MSTORE
offsetvalue
- memory[offset:offset+32] = value writes a (u)int256 to memory
53 MSTORE8
offsetvalue
- memory[offset] = value & 0xFF writes a uint8 to memory
54 SLOAD
key
value
value = storage[key] reads a (u)int256 from storage
55 SSTORE
keyvalue
- storage[key] = value writes a (u)int256 to storage
56 JUMP
destination
- $pc = destination unconditional jump
57 JUMPI
destinationcondition
- $pc = cond ? destination : $pc + 1 conditional jump if condition is truthy
58 PC -
$pc
$pc program counter
59 MSIZE -
size
size = MSIZE() size of memory for this contract execution, in bytes
5A GAS -
gasRemaining
gasRemaining = GAS() remaining gas
5B JUMPDEST - - metadata to annotate possible jump destinations
5C Invalid - - - -
5D Invalid - - - -
5E Invalid - - - -
5F Invalid - - - -
60 PUSH1 -
uint8
PUSH(uint8) pushes a 1-byte value onto the stack
61 PUSH2 -
uint16
PUSH(uint16) pushes a 2-byte value onto the stack
62 PUSH3 -
uint24
PUSH(uint24) pushes a 3-byte value onto the stack
63 PUSH4 -
uint32
PUSH(uint32) pushes a 4-byte value onto the stack
64 PUSH5 -
uint40
PUSH(uint40) pushes a 5-byte value onto the stack
65 PUSH6 -
uint48
PUSH(uint48) pushes a 6-byte value onto the stack
66 PUSH7 -
uint56
PUSH(uint56) pushes a 7-byte value onto the stack
67 PUSH8 -
uint64
PUSH(uint64) pushes a 8-byte value onto the stack
68 PUSH9 -
uint72
PUSH(uint72) pushes a 9-byte value onto the stack
69 PUSH10 -
uint80
PUSH(uint80) pushes a 10-byte value onto the stack
6A PUSH11 -
uint88
PUSH(uint88) pushes a 11-byte value onto the stack
6B PUSH12 -
uint96
PUSH(uint96) pushes a 12-byte value onto the stack
6C PUSH13 -
uint104
PUSH(uint104) pushes a 13-byte value onto the stack
6D PUSH14 -
uint112
PUSH(uint112) pushes a 14-byte value onto the stack
6E PUSH15 -
uint120
PUSH(uint120) pushes a 15-byte value onto the stack
6F PUSH16 -
uint128
PUSH(uint128) pushes a 16-byte value onto the stack
70 PUSH17 -
uint136
PUSH(uint136) pushes a 17-byte value onto the stack
71 PUSH18 -
uint144
PUSH(uint144) pushes a 18-byte value onto the stack
72 PUSH19 -
uint152
PUSH(uint152) pushes a 19-byte value onto the stack
73 PUSH20 -
uint160
PUSH(uint160) pushes a 20-byte value onto the stack
74 PUSH21 -
uint168
PUSH(uint168) pushes a 21-byte value onto the stack
75 PUSH22 -
uint176
PUSH(uint176) pushes a 22-byte value onto the stack
76 PUSH23 -
uint184
PUSH(uint184) pushes a 23-byte value onto the stack
77 PUSH24 -
uint192
PUSH(uint192) pushes a 24-byte value onto the stack
78 PUSH25 -
uint200
PUSH(uint200) pushes a 25-byte value onto the stack
79 PUSH26 -
uint208
PUSH(uint208) pushes a 26-byte value onto the stack
7A PUSH27 -
uint216
PUSH(uint216) pushes a 27-byte value onto the stack
7B PUSH28 -
uint224
PUSH(uint224) pushes a 28-byte value onto the stack
7C PUSH29 -
uint232
PUSH(uint232) pushes a 29-byte value onto the stack
7D PUSH30 -
uint240
PUSH(uint240) pushes a 30-byte value onto the stack
7E PUSH31 -
uint248
PUSH(uint248) pushes a 31-byte value onto the stack
7F PUSH32 -
uint256
PUSH(uint256) pushes a 32-byte value onto the stack
80 DUP1
value
valuevalue
PUSH(value) clones the last value on the stack
81 DUP2
_value
value_value
PUSH(value) clones the 2nd last value on the stack
82 DUP3
__value
value__value
PUSH(value) clones the 3rd last value on the stack
83 DUP4
___value
value___value
PUSH(value) clones the 4th last value on the stack
84 DUP5
...value
value...value
PUSH(value) clones the 5th last value on the stack
85 DUP6
...value
value...value
PUSH(value) clones the 6th last value on the stack
86 DUP7
...value
value...value
PUSH(value) clones the 7th last value on the stack
87 DUP8
...value
value...value
PUSH(value) clones the 8th last value on the stack
88 DUP9
...value
value...value
PUSH(value) clones the 9th last value on the stack
89 DUP10
...value
value...value
PUSH(value) clones the 10th last value on the stack
8A DUP11
...value
value...value
PUSH(value) clones the 11th last value on the stack
8B DUP12
...value
value...value
PUSH(value) clones the 12th last value on the stack
8C DUP13
...value
value...value
PUSH(value) clones the 13th last value on the stack
8D DUP14
...value
value...value
PUSH(value) clones the 14th last value on the stack
8E DUP15
...value
value...value
PUSH(value) clones the 15th last value on the stack
8F DUP16
...value
value...value
PUSH(value) clones the 16th last value on the stack
90 SWAP1
ab
ba
a, b = b, a swaps the last two values on the stack
91 SWAP2
a_b
b_a
a, b = b, a swaps the top of the stack with the 3rd last element
92 SWAP3
a__b
b__a
a, b = b, a swaps the top of the stack with the 4th last element
93 SWAP4
a...b
b...a
a, b = b, a swaps the top of the stack with the 5th last element
94 SWAP5
a...b
b...a
a, b = b, a swaps the top of the stack with the 6th last element
95 SWAP6
a...b
b...a
a, b = b, a swaps the top of the stack with the 7th last element
96 SWAP7
a...b
b...a
a, b = b, a swaps the top of the stack with the 8th last element
97 SWAP8
a...b
b...a
a, b = b, a swaps the top of the stack with the 9th last element
98 SWAP9
a...b
b...a
a, b = b, a swaps the top of the stack with the 10th last element
99 SWAP10
a...b
b...a
a, b = b, a swaps the top of the stack with the 11th last element
9A SWAP11
a...b
b...a
a, b = b, a swaps the top of the stack with the 12th last element
9B SWAP12
a...b
b...a
a, b = b, a swaps the top of the stack with the 13th last element
9C SWAP13
a...b
b...a
a, b = b, a swaps the top of the stack with the 14th last element
9D SWAP14
a...b
b...a
a, b = b, a swaps the top of the stack with the 15th last element
9E SWAP15
a...b
b...a
a, b = b, a swaps the top of the stack with the 16th last element
9F SWAP16
a...b
b...a
a, b = b, a swaps the top of the stack with the 17th last element
A0 LOG0
offsetlength
- LOG0(memory[offset:offset+length]) fires an event
A1 LOG1
offsetlengthtopic0
- LOG1(memory[offset:offset+length], topic0) fires an event
A2 LOG2
offsetlengthtopic0topic1
- LOG2(memory[offset:offset+length], topic0, topic1) fires an event
A3 LOG3
offsetlengthtopic0topic1topic2
- LOG3(memory[offset:offset+length], topic0, topic1, topic2) fires an event
A4 LOG4
offsetlengthtopic0topic1topic2topic3
- LOG4(memory[offset:offset+length], topic0, topic1, topic2, topic3) fires an event
A5 Invalid - - - -
A6 Invalid - - - -
A7 Invalid - - - -
A8 Invalid - - - -
A9 Invalid - - - -
AA Invalid - - - -
AB Invalid - - - -
AC Invalid - - - -
AD Invalid - - - -
AE Invalid - - - -
AF Invalid - - - -
B0 PUSH - - ??? ???
B1 DUP - - ??? ???
B2 SWAP - - ??? ???
B3 Invalid - - - -
B4 Invalid - - - -
B5 Invalid - - - -
B6 Invalid - - - -
B7 Invalid - - - -
B8 Invalid - - - -
B9 Invalid - - - -
BA Invalid - - - -
BB Invalid - - - -
BC Invalid - - - -
BD Invalid - - - -
BE Invalid - - - -
BF Invalid - - - -
C0 Invalid - - - -
C1 Invalid - - - -
C2 Invalid - - - -
C3 Invalid - - - -
C4 Invalid - - - -
C5 Invalid - - - -
C6 Invalid - - - -
C7 Invalid - - - -
C8 Invalid - - - -
C9 Invalid - - - -
CA Invalid - - - -
CB Invalid - - - -
CC Invalid - - - -
CD Invalid - - - -
CE Invalid - - - -
CF Invalid - - - -
D0 Invalid - - - -
D1 Invalid - - - -
D2 Invalid - - - -
D3 Invalid - - - -
D4 Invalid - - - -
D5 Invalid - - - -
D6 Invalid - - - -
D7 Invalid - - - -
D8 Invalid - - - -
D9 Invalid - - - -
DA Invalid - - - -
DB Invalid - - - -
DC Invalid - - - -
DD Invalid - - - -
DE Invalid - - - -
DF Invalid - - - -
E0 Invalid - - - -
E1 Invalid - - - -
E2 Invalid - - - -
E3 Invalid - - - -
E4 Invalid - - - -
E5 Invalid - - - -
E6 Invalid - - - -
E7 Invalid - - - -
E8 Invalid - - - -
E9 Invalid - - - -
EA Invalid - - - -
EB Invalid - - - -
EC Invalid - - - -
ED Invalid - - - -
EE Invalid - - - -
EF Invalid - - - -
F0 CREATE
valueoffsetlength
addr
addr = new memory[offset:offset+length].value(value) creates a child contract
F1 CALL
gasaddrvalueargsOffsetargsLengthretOffsetretLength
success
success, memory[retOffset:retOffset+retLength] = address(addr).call.gas(gas).value(value) (memory[argsOffset:argsOffset+argsLength]) calls a method in another contract
F2 CALLCODE
gasaddrvalueargsOffsetargsLengthretOffsetretLength
success
success, memory[retOffset:retOffset+retLength] = address(addr).callcode.gas(gas).value(value) (memory[argsOffset:argsOffset+argsLength]) ???
F3 RETURN
offsetlength
- return memory[offset:offset+length] returns from this contract call
F4 DELEGATECALL
gasaddrargsOffsetargsLengthretOffsetretLength
success
success, memory[retOffset:retOffset+retLength] = address(addr).delegatecall.gas(gas) (memory[argsOffset:argsOffset+argsLength]) Homestead hardfork, EIP-7: calls a method in another contract, using the storage of the current contract
F5 CREATE2
valueoffsetlengthsalt
addr
addr = new memory[offset:offset+length].value(value) Constantinople harfork, EIP-1014: creates a child contract with a deterministic address
F6 Invalid - - - -
F7 Invalid - - - -
F8 Invalid - - - -
F9 Invalid - - - -
FA STATICCALL
gasaddrargsOffsetargsLengthretOffsetretLength
success
success, memory[retOffset:retOffset+retLength] = address(addr).staticcall.gas(gas) (memory[argsOffset:argsOffset+argsLength]) Byzantium hardfork, EIP-214: calls a method in another contract with state changes such as contract creation, event emission, storage modification and contract destruction disallowed
FB Invalid - - - -
FC Invalid - - - -
FD REVERT
offsetlength
- revert(memory[offset:offset+length]) Byzantium hardfork, EIP-140: reverts with return data
FE Invalid - - - -
FF SELFDESTRUCT
addr
- selfdestruct(address(addr)) destroys the contract and sends all funds to addr.
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