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+// Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package backends
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethclient/simulated"
+)
+
+// SimulatedBackend is a simulated blockchain.
+// Deprecated: use package github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethclient/simulated instead.
+type SimulatedBackend struct {
+	*simulated.Backend
+	simulated.Client
+}
+
+// Fork sets the head to a new block, which is based on the provided parentHash.
+func (b *SimulatedBackend) Fork(ctx context.Context, parentHash common.Hash) error {
+	return b.Backend.Fork(parentHash)
+}
+
+// NewSimulatedBackend creates a new binding backend using a simulated blockchain
+// for testing purposes.
+//
+// A simulated backend always uses chainID 1337.
+//
+// Deprecated: please use simulated.Backend from package
+// github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethclient/simulated instead.
+func NewSimulatedBackend(alloc core.GenesisAlloc, gasLimit uint64) *SimulatedBackend {
+	b := simulated.NewBackend(alloc, simulated.WithBlockGasLimit(gasLimit))
+	return &SimulatedBackend{
+		Backend: b,
+		Client:  b.Client(),
+	}
+}