Is the single global virtual computer within the Ethereum universe of Ethereum nodes whose \"state\" every network participant/node agrees on. The primary feature that sets it apart from distributed ledger blockchains like Bitcoin, making Ethereum a platform as well as a blockchain. EVM refers to this idea of a software platform of Ethereum that allows developers on Ethereum to create their own decentralized applications or DApps
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“When a user interacts with a DeFi protocol like Aave, the EVM processes the smart contract code across thousands of nodes simultaneously, ensuring every participant sees the same result.”