Ethereum for Go developers

Learn how to develop for Ethereum using Go-based projects and tooling

Use Ethereum to create decentralized applications (or "dapps"). These dapps can be trustworthy, meaning that once they are deployed to Ethereum, they will always run as programmed. They are decentralized, meaning that they run on a peer-to-peer network and there is no single point of failure. No single entity or person controls them and they are nearly impossible to censor. They can control digital assets in order to create new kinds of applications.

Getting started with smart contracts and the Solidity language

Take your first steps to integrating Go with Ethereum

Need a more basic primer first? Check out ethereum.org/learn or ethereum.org/developers.

Beginner articles and books

Intermediate articles and docs

Go Ethereum Documentation(opens in a new tab) - The documentation for the official Ethereum Golang
Erigon Programmer's Guide(opens in a new tab) - Illustrated guide including the state tree, multi-proofs, and transaction processing
Erigon and Stateless Ethereum(opens in a new tab) - 2020 Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC 3)
Erigon: optimising Ethereum clients(opens in a new tab) - 2018 Devcon 4
Go Ethereum GoDoc(opens in a new tab)
Creating a dapp in Go with Geth(opens in a new tab)
Work with Ethereum Private Network with Golang and Geth(opens in a new tab)
Unit testing Solidity contracts on Ethereum with Go(opens in a new tab)
Quick reference for using Geth as a library(opens in a new tab)

Advanced use patterns

Go projects and tools

Geth / Go Ethereum(opens in a new tab) - Official Go implementation of the Ethereum protocol
Go Ethereum Code Analysis(opens in a new tab) - Review and analysis of Go Ethereum source code
Erigon(opens in a new tab) - Faster derivative of Go Ethereum, with a focus on archive nodes
Golem(opens in a new tab) - Golem is creating a global market for computing power
Quorum(opens in a new tab) - A permissioned implementation of Ethereum supporting data privacy
Prysm(opens in a new tab) - Ethereum 'Serenity' 2.0 Go Implementation
Eth Tweet(opens in a new tab) - Decentralized Twitter: A microblogging service running on the Ethereum blockchain
Plasma MVP Golang(opens in a new tab) — Golang implementation and extension of the Minimum Viable Plasma specification
Open Ethereum Mining Pool(opens in a new tab) - An open source Ethereum mining pool
Ethereum HD Wallet(opens in a new tab) - Ethereum HD Wallet derivations in Go
Multi Geth(opens in a new tab) - Support for many species of Ethereum networks
Geth Light Client(opens in a new tab) - Light Ethereum Subprotocol's Geth implementation
Ethereum Golang SDK(opens in a new tab) - A simple Ethereum wallet implementation and utilities in Golang
Covalent Golang SDK(opens in a new tab) - Efficient blockchain data access via Go SDK for 200+ blockchains

Looking for more resources? Check out ethereum.org/developers