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+# Migration from Web3.js to Viem
+
+This guide will help you migrate from Web3.js v4 to Viem v2 for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain. The guide provides code examples for both libraries for transition.
+
+## Installation
+
+To begin migrating from Web3.js to Viem, first install the Viem package:
+
+```bash
+npm install viem@2
+```
+
+## Providers
+
+When migrating from Web3.js to Viem, the first step is to update how you connect to the Ethereum network. Both libraries use providers, but their initialization differs.
+
+```javascript
+import Web3 from 'web3';
+
+const web3 = new Web3(providerURL);
+```
+
+To migrate this to Viem, you'll need to replace it with using `createPublicClient()`. This function creates a client for interacting with the Ethereum network.
+
+```javascript
+import { createPublicClient, http } from 'viem';
+
+const client = createPublicClient({ transport: http(providerURL) });
+```
+
+## Browser-injected Provider
+
+For browser wallet connections like MetaMask, update how you handle the injected provider.
+
+```javascript
+const web3 = new Web3(window.ethereum);
+```
+
+To migrate this to Viem, you'll need to use `createWalletClient()` with `custom()` instead of creating a new Web3 instance.
+
+```javascript
+import { createWalletClient, custom } from 'viem';
+import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains';
+
+const client = createWalletClient({
+	chain: mainnet,
+	transport: custom(window.ethereum),
+});
+```
+
+## Wallets and Accounts - Generate Private Key
+
+If your code generates private keys, here’s how to migrate that functionality. In web3.js if you are using:
+
+```javascript
+const privateKey = web3.eth.accounts.create().privateKey;
+console.log(privateKey);
+```
+
+To migrate this to Viem, you'll use the `generatePrivateKey()` function from the 'viem/accounts' module.
+
+```javascript
+import { generatePrivateKey } from 'viem/accounts';
+
+const privateKey = generatePrivateKey();
+console.log(privateKey);
+```
+
+## Wallets and Accounts - Create a Wallet
+
+When migrating from Web3.js to Viem, you'll need to update how you create and manage wallets. The process of adding accounts to wallets differs between the two libraries. In web3.js :
+
+```javascript
+const web3 = new Web3();
+const wallet = web3.eth.accounts.wallet.add(privateKey);
+console.log(wallet[0].address);
+```
+
+To migrate this to Viem, you'll use privateKeyToAccount() to create an account, and then can pass it to createWalletClient() for using it with client.
+
+```javascript
+import { createWalletClient, http } from 'viem';
+import { privateKeyToAccount } from 'viem/accounts';
+import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains';
+
+const account = privateKeyToAccount(privateKey);
+
+const client = createWalletClient({
+	account,
+	chain: mainnet,
+	transport: http(),
+});
+```
+
+## Signing Messages
+
+Update how you handle message signing, following is web3.js example:
+
+```javascript
+const signature = web3.eth.accounts.sign('Some data', privateKey).signature;
+console.log(signature);
+```
+
+To sign message using Viem, you can use `signMessage()` method.
+
+```javascript
+import { createWalletClient, custom } from 'viem'
+import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'
+
+const walletClient = createWalletClient({
+  chain: mainnet,
+  transport: custom(window.ethereum!),
+});
+
+const [account] = await walletClient.getAddresses();
+
+const signature = await walletClient.signMessage({
+  account,
+  message: 'Some data',
+});
+
+```
+
+## Transaction
+
+When migrating transaction sending code, you'll need to update how transactions are signed and sent.
+
+```javascript
+const tx = await web3.eth.sendTransaction({
+	from: account,
+	to: '0x92d3267215Ec56542b985473E73C8417403B15ac',
+	value: web3.utils.toWei('0.001', 'ether'),
+});
+```
+
+In Viem there is `sendTransaction()` function avalible with walletClient.
+
+```javascript
+import { createWalletClient, custom, parseEther } from 'viem'
+import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'
+
+const walletClient = createWalletClient({
+  chain: mainnet,
+  transport: custom(window.ethereum!),
+});
+
+const [account] = await walletClient.getAddresses();
+
+const hash = await walletClient.sendTransaction({
+  account,
+  to: '0x92d3267215Ec56542b985473E73C8417403B15ac',
+  value: parseEther('0.001')
+});
+
+```
+
+## Contracts
+
+### Contract Deployment
+
+When migrating contract deployment code, you'll need to update from Web3.js's deploy and send pattern:
+
+```javascript
+// use existing web3 instance connected with provider
+const contract = new web3.eth.Contract(abi);
+const deployTx = await contract
+	.deploy({
+		data: bytecode,
+		arguments: ['constructor param'],
+	})
+	.send({
+		from: account,
+		gas: '1000000',
+	});
+console.log(deployTx.options.address);
+```
+
+In Viem there is `deployContract()` function that can be used for contracts deployment.
+
+```javascript
+//import { deployContract } from 'viem'
+import { createWalletClient, custom } from 'viem';
+import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains';
+
+const walletClient = createWalletClient({
+	chain: mainnet,
+	transport: custom(window.ethereum),
+});
+
+const hash = await walletClient.deployContract({
+	abi,
+	account, //given account
+	args: ['constructor param'],
+	bytecode: bytecode,
+});
+```
+
+### Contract Method Calls
+
+When migrating contract method calls, you'll need to update from Web3.js's `contract.methods.someFunction().call()`
+
+```javascript
+const contract = new web3.eth.Contract(ABI, CONTRACT_ADDRESS);
+const result = await contract.methods.someFunction().call();
+console.log(result);
+```
+
+In Viem `readContract()` function can be used for method calls.
+
+```javascript
+const data = await publicClient.readContract({
+	address: '0x92d3267215Ec56542b985473E73C8417403B15ac',
+	abi: wagmiAbi,
+	functionName: 'tokenTotalSupply',
+});
+```
+
+### Contract Events
+
+When migrating event handling code, you'll need to update from Web3.js's events code :
+
+```javascript
+const event = contract.events.SomeEvent({ fromBlock: 0 });
+event.on('data', resolve);
+event.on('error', reject);
+```
+
+In Viem there is `watchContractEvent()` function.
+
+```javascript
+const unwatch = publicClient.watchContractEvent({
+	address: '0x92d3267215Ec56542b985473E73C8417403B15ac',
+	abi: wagmiAbi,
+	eventName: 'Transfer',
+	args: { from: '0x34d3267215Ec56542b985473E73C8417403B1533' },
+	onLogs: logs => func(logs),
+});
+```
+
+## Utility Methods
+
+### Hashing
+
+When migrating code that computes Keccak-256 hashes, you'll need to update from Web3.js's utility method:
+
+```
+// keccak256 method with broader input support in web3.js
+const hash = web3.utils.keccak256('hello world');
+```
+
+In Viem there is `keccak256()` function for keccak256.
+
+```
+import { keccak256 , toHex } from 'viem'
+
+keccak256(toHex('hello world'));
+```