EIP-141: Designated invalid EVM instruction


Metadata
Status: FinalStandards Track: CoreCreated: 2017-02-09
Authors
Alex Beregszaszi (@axic)

Abstract


An instruction is designated to remain as an invalid instruction.

Motivation


The invalid instruction can be used as a distinct reason to abort execution.

Specification


The opcode 0xfe is the INVALID instruction. It can be used to abort the execution (i.e. duplicates as an ABORT instruction).

Backwards Compatibility


This instruction was never used and therefore has no effect on past contracts.

Copyright


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