4 files changed, 43 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/packages/base-contract/CHANGELOG.json b/packages/base-contract/CHANGELOG.json
index 8403d824b..9408ffc86 100644
--- a/packages/base-contract/CHANGELOG.json
+++ b/packages/base-contract/CHANGELOG.json
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 [
     {
+        "version": "3.0.0",
+        "changes": [
+            {
+                "note": "Change the way we detect BN to work with the newest ethers.js",
+                "pr": 1069
+            },
+            {
+                "note": "Add baseContract._throwIfRevertWithReasonCallResult",
+                "pr": 1069
+            }
+        ],
+        "timestamp": 1538157789
+    },
+    {
         "timestamp": 1537907159,
         "version": "2.0.5",
         "changes": [
diff --git a/packages/base-contract/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/base-contract/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a3e0f661..30ef4507e 100644
--- a/packages/base-contract/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/base-contract/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ Edit the package's CHANGELOG.json file only.
 
 CHANGELOG
 
+## v3.0.0 - _September 28, 2018_
+
+    * Change the way we detect BN to work with the newest ethers.js (#1069)
+    * Add baseContract._throwIfRevertWithReasonCallResult (#1069)
+
 ## v2.0.5 - _September 25, 2018_
 
     * Dependencies updated
diff --git a/packages/base-contract/package.json b/packages/base-contract/package.json
index 3bba0e81b..d86dfa6c7 100644
--- a/packages/base-contract/package.json
+++ b/packages/base-contract/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@0xproject/base-contract",
-    "version": "2.0.5",
+    "version": "3.0.0",
     "engines": {
         "node": ">=6.12"
     },
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
         "typescript": "3.0.1"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-        "@0xproject/typescript-typings": "^2.0.2",
-        "@0xproject/utils": "^1.0.11",
-        "@0xproject/web3-wrapper": "^3.0.1",
-        "ethereum-types": "^1.0.8",
-        "ethers": "3.0.22",
+        "@0xproject/typescript-typings": "^3.0.0",
+        "@0xproject/utils": "^2.0.0",
+        "@0xproject/web3-wrapper": "^3.0.2",
+        "ethereum-types": "^1.0.9",
+        "ethers": "4.0.0-beta.14",
         "lodash": "^4.17.5"
     },
     "publishConfig": {
diff --git a/packages/base-contract/src/index.ts b/packages/base-contract/src/index.ts
index 12f974445..981e6fca6 100644
--- a/packages/base-contract/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/base-contract/src/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ export interface EthersInterfaceByFunctionSignature {
     [key: string]: ethers.Interface;
 }
 
+const REVERT_ERROR_SELECTOR = '08c379a0';
+const REVERT_ERROR_SELECTOR_OFFSET = 2;
+const REVERT_ERROR_SELECTOR_BYTES_LENGTH = 4;
+const REVERT_ERROR_SELECTOR_END = REVERT_ERROR_SELECTOR_OFFSET + REVERT_ERROR_SELECTOR_BYTES_LENGTH * 2;
+
 export class BaseContract {
     protected _ethersInterfacesByFunctionSignature: EthersInterfaceByFunctionSignature;
     protected _web3Wrapper: Web3Wrapper;
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ export class BaseContract {
         }
     }
     protected static _bnToBigNumber(_type: string, value: any): any {
-        return _.isObject(value) && value._bn ? new BigNumber(value.toString()) : value;
+        return _.isObject(value) && value._hex ? new BigNumber(value.toString()) : value;
     }
     protected static async _applyDefaultsToTxDataAsync<T extends Partial<TxData | TxDataPayable>>(
         txData: T,
@@ -82,15 +87,24 @@ export class BaseContract {
         }
         return txDataWithDefaults;
     }
+    protected static _throwIfRevertWithReasonCallResult(rawCallResult: string): void {
+        if (rawCallResult.slice(REVERT_ERROR_SELECTOR_OFFSET, REVERT_ERROR_SELECTOR_END) === REVERT_ERROR_SELECTOR) {
+            const revertReason = ethers.utils.defaultAbiCoder.decode(
+                ['string'],
+                ethers.utils.hexDataSlice(rawCallResult, REVERT_ERROR_SELECTOR_BYTES_LENGTH),
+            );
+            throw new Error(revertReason);
+        }
+    }
     // Throws if the given arguments cannot be safely/correctly encoded based on
     // the given inputAbi. An argument may not be considered safely encodeable
     // if it overflows the corresponding Solidity type, there is a bug in the
     // encoder, or the encoder performs unsafe type coercion.
     public static strictArgumentEncodingCheck(inputAbi: DataItem[], args: any[]): void {
-        const coder = ethers.utils.AbiCoder.defaultCoder;
+        const coder = new ethers.AbiCoder();
         const params = abiUtils.parseEthersParams(inputAbi);
-        const rawEncoded = coder.encode(params.names, params.types, args);
-        const rawDecoded = coder.decode(params.names, params.types, rawEncoded);
+        const rawEncoded = coder.encode(inputAbi, args);
+        const rawDecoded = coder.decode(inputAbi, rawEncoded);
         for (let i = 0; i < rawDecoded.length; i++) {
             const original = args[i];
             const decoded = rawDecoded[i];