A minimal ETH forwarding contract that sends funds to a hardcoded address, deployed on Frontier Day 1.
Historical Significance
An early utility contract pattern - simple ETH forwarding. Notable as one of the first Frontier contracts where both optimizer-on and optimizer-off versions were deployed by the same developer.
Key Facts
Description
Deployed at block 56,406 on August 8, 2015. A single-function contract with send(uint256) that forwards the specified amount to a hardcoded target address (0xA1eEc0a9 - the deployer themselves). The target address is embedded directly in the bytecode at deploy time. The same deployer also created an optimized 133-byte version at block 56,435 and the 'Hello Middle Earth!' Greeter at block 56,131.
Source Verified
Creation bytecode (241 bytes) matches exactly. soljson v0.1.1+commit.6ff4cd6a, optimizer OFF. Target address hardcoded via state variable initializer.
Heuristic Analysis
The following characteristics were detected through bytecode analysis and may not be accurate.
Frontier Era
The initial release of Ethereum. A bare-bones implementation for technical users.
Bytecode Overview
Verified Source Available
Source verified through compiler archaeology and exact bytecode matching.
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contract Forwarder {
address target = 0xa1eEc0a9b7C50B8e79A0D9B8760bC5681fb199EC;
function send(uint256 amount) {
target.send(amount);
}
}