# AsyncSeismicPublicNamespace

Async read-only namespace attached as `w3.seismic` on async public clients.

## Definition

```python
class AsyncSeismicPublicNamespace:
    async def get_tee_public_key(self) -> CompressedPublicKey: ...
    def contract(self, address: ChecksumAddress, abi: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> AsyncPublicContract: ...
    async def get_deposit_root(self, *, address: str = DEPOSIT_CONTRACT_ADDRESS) -> bytes: ...
    async def get_deposit_count(self, *, address: str = DEPOSIT_CONTRACT_ADDRESS) -> int: ...
```

## Methods

| Method                                                                           | Returns               | Description                                                |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`get_tee_public_key`](/clients/python/namespaces/methods/get-tee-public-key.md) | `CompressedPublicKey` | Fetch the TEE's compressed secp256k1 public key            |
| [`get_deposit_root`](/clients/python/namespaces/methods/get-deposit-root.md)     | `bytes`               | Read the deposit Merkle root (32 bytes)                    |
| [`get_deposit_count`](/clients/python/namespaces/methods/get-deposit-count.md)   | `int`                 | Read the total validator deposit count                     |
| `contract`                                                                       | `AsyncPublicContract` | Create an async read-only contract wrapper (`.tread` only) |

## Example

```python
from seismic_web3 import SEISMIC_TESTNET

public = await SEISMIC_TESTNET.async_public_client()

tee_key = await public.seismic.get_tee_public_key()
root = await public.seismic.get_deposit_root()
count = await public.seismic.get_deposit_count()
```

## Notes

* No private key is required
* `contract()` returns `AsyncPublicContract` with `.tread` only

## See Also

* [SeismicPublicNamespace](/clients/python/namespaces/seismic-public-namespace.md) — Sync equivalent
* [AsyncSeismicNamespace](/clients/python/namespaces/async-seismic-namespace.md) — Wallet namespace (extends this with write operations)
* [AsyncPublicContract](/clients/python/contract/public-contract.md) — Contract wrapper returned by `contract()`


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