MetaMask / MetaMask/detect-provider

Make compatible with EIP-6963

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Description

It appears that [EIP-6963](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-6963) is headed for finalization. Once this EIP has been implemented in all MetaMask clients, this package should be updated as well. In particular, we should define a new export `requestProvider` (as implemented [here](https://github.com/MetaMask/providers/pull/263)), and deprecate (but not remove) the other exports / functionality of this package. Clients should continue to emit `ethereum#initialized` for backwards compatibility.

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Research direction

Start by reading EIP-6963 and the referenced MetaMask/providers pull request #263 to understand the requested provider API. Inspect this package's existing exports and initialization behavior, then verify that requestProvider is available, existing functionality is deprecated rather than removed, and ethereum#initialized remains emitted for compatibility.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
api, blockchain
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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