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Probably python3 issue: AttributeError: 'bytes' object has no attribute 'encode'

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./gethrpc.py", line 2, in <module>
    from ethjsonrpc import EthJsonRpc
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/ethjsonrpc/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from ethjsonrpc.client import (EthJsonRpc, ParityEthJsonRpc,
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/ethjsonrpc/client.py", line 7, in <module>
    from ethereum import utils
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/ethereum/utils.py", line 103, in <module>
    assert sha3('').encode('hex') == 'c5d2460186f7233c927e7db2dcc703c0e500b653ca82273b7bfad8045d85a470'
AttributeError: 'bytes' object has no attribute 'encode'

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Created 6 years ago
Reactions:2
Comments:7

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6reactions

hiquacommented, Sep 14, 2017

@lordi whether or not it’s still maintained, everyone could benefit from a PR fixing this bug, so don’t hesitate to share your version!

2reactions

lordicommented, Sep 10, 2017

Yea, I fixed this locally, but I am a bit hesitant to make a PR because there are so many outstanding issues and PRs. Is this project still maintained?

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