{"id":158,"date":"2022-03-31T10:42:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T09:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ackeeblockchain.com\/blog\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=158"},"modified":"2022-03-31T14:26:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T13:26:45","slug":"echidna","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/ackee.xyz\/blog\/glossary\/echidna\/","title":{"rendered":"Echidna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Echidna<\/strong> is open source and one of the most used <strong>testing frameworks<\/strong> in the <strong>EVM ecosystem<\/strong>. It is used for <strong>fuzzing\/property-based testing<\/strong> of Ethereum smart contracts. 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