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I am evaluating changing near-evm-runner to use [SputnikVM](https://github.com/rust-blockchain/evm) instead of Parity Ethereum, so as to align with the latest [EVM-as-a-contract](https://github.com/near/near-evm) developments, give us an upgrade path, improve performance, and reduce spurious third-party dependencies (and their license issues).
Related issue: near/near-evm#57