--- title: Ethereum for Go developers description: Learn how to develop for Ethereum using Go-based projects and tooling lang: en incomplete: true --- 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 {#getting-started-with-smart-contracts-and-solidity} **Take your first steps to integrating Go with Ethereum** Need a more basic primer first? Check out [ethereum.org/learn](/learn/) or [ethereum.org/developers](/developers/). - [Blockchain Explained](https://kauri.io/article/d55684513211466da7f8cc03987607d5/blockchain-explained) - [Understanding Smart Contracts](https://kauri.io/article/e4f66c6079e74a4a9b532148d3158188/ethereum-101-part-5-the-smart-contract) - [Write your First Smart Contract](https://kauri.io/article/124b7db1d0cf4f47b414f8b13c9d66e2/remix-ide-your-first-smart-contract) - [Learn How to Compile and Deploy Solidity](https://kauri.io/article/973c5f54c4434bb1b0160cff8c695369/understanding-smart-contract-compilation-and-deployment) - [Contract Tutorial](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Contract-Tutorial) ## Beginner articles and books {#beginner-articles-and-books} - [Getting Started with Geth](https://medium.com/@tzhenghao/getting-started-with-geth-c1a30b8d6458) - [Use Golang to Connect to Ethereum](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7uChuO_VzM) - [Deploy Ethereum Smart Contracts Using Golang](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pytGqQmDslE) - [A Step By Step Guide To Testing and Deploying Ethereum Smart Contracts in Go](https://hackernoon.com/a-step-by-step-guide-to-testing-and-deploying-ethereum-smart-contracts-in-go-9fc34b178d78) - [eBook: Ethereum Development with Go](https://goethereumbook.org/) - _Develop Ethereum applications with Go_ ## Intermediate articles and docs {#intermediate-articles-and-docs} - [Go Ethereum Documentation](https://geth.ethereum.org/docs) - _The documentation for the official Ethereum Golang_ - [Erigon Programmer's Guide](https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/blob/devel/docs/programmers_guide/guide.md) - _Illustrated guide including the state tree, multi-proofs, and transaction processing_ - [Erigon and Stateless Ethereum](https://youtu.be/3-Mn7OckSus?t=394) - _2020 Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC 3)_ - [Erigon: optimising Ethereum clients](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSpc1vZQW2Q) - _2018 Devcon 4_ - [Go Ethereum GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum) - [Creating a dapp in Go with Geth](https://kauri.io/#collections/A%20Hackathon%20Survival%20Guide/creating-a-dapp-in-go-with-geth/) - [Work with Ethereum Private Network with Golang and Geth](https://myhsts.org/tutorial-learn-how-to-work-with-ethereum-private-network-with-golang-with-geth.php) - [Unit testing Solidity contracts on Ethereum with Go](https://medium.com/coinmonks/unit-testing-solidity-contracts-on-ethereum-with-go-3cc924091281) - [Quick reference for using Geth as a library](https://medium.com/coinmonks/web3-go-part-1-31c68c68e20e) ## Advanced use patterns {#advanced-use-patterns} - [The GETH Simulated Backend](https://kauri.io/#collections/An%20ethereum%20test%20toolkit%20in%20Go/the-geth-simulated-backend/#_top) - [Blockchain-as-a-Service Apps Using Ethereum and Quorum](https://blockchain.dcwebmakers.com/blockchain-as-a-service-apps-using-ethereum-and-quorum.html) - [Distributed Storage IPFS and Swarm in Ethereum Blockchain Applications](https://blockchain.dcwebmakers.com/work-with-distributed-storage-ipfs-and-swarm-in-ethereum.html) - [Mobile Clients: Libraries and Inproc Ethereum Nodes](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Mobile-Clients:-Libraries-and-Inproc-Ethereum-Nodes) - [Native dapps: Go bindings to Ethereum contracts](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Native-DApps:-Go-bindings-to-Ethereum-contracts) ## Go projects and tools {#go-projects-and-tools} - [Geth / Go Ethereum](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum) - _Official Go implementation of the Ethereum protocol_ - [Go Ethereum Code Analysis](https://github.com/ZtesoftCS/go-ethereum-code-analysis) - _Review and analysis of Go Ethereum source code_ - [Erigon](https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon) - _Faster derivative of Go Ethereum, with a focus on archive nodes_ - [Golem](https://github.com/golemfactory/golem) - _Golem is creating a global market for computing power_ - [Quorum](https://github.com/jpmorganchase/quorum) - _A permissioned implementation of Ethereum supporting data privacy_ - [Prysm](https://github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm) - _Ethereum 'Serenity' 2.0 Go Implementation_ - [Eth Tweet](https://github.com/yep/eth-tweet) - _Decentralized Twitter: A microblogging service running on the Ethereum blockchain_ - [Plasma MVP Golang](https://github.com/kyokan/plasma) — _Golang implementation and extension of the Minimum Viable Plasma specification_ - [Open Ethereum Mining Pool](https://github.com/sammy007/open-ethereum-pool) - _An open source Ethereum mining pool_ - [Ethereum HD Wallet](https://github.com/miguelmota/go-ethereum-hdwallet) - _Ethereum HD Wallet derivations in Go_ - [Multi Geth](https://github.com/multi-geth/multi-geth) - _Support for many species of Ethereum networks_ - [Geth Light Client](https://github.com/zsfelfoldi/go-ethereum/wiki/Geth-Light-Client) - _Light Ethereum Subprotocol's Geth implementation_ - [Ethereum Golang SDK](https://github.com/everFinance/goether) - _A simple Ethereum wallet implementation and utilities in Golang_ - [Covalent Golang SDK](https://github.com/covalenthq/covalent-api-sdk-go) - _Efficient blockchain data access via Go SDK for 200+ blockchains_ Looking for more resources? Check out [ethereum.org/developers](/developers/) ## Go community contributors {#go-community-contributors} - [Geth Discord](https://discordapp.com/invite/nthXNEv) - [Geth Gist](https://gitter.im/ethereum/go-ethereum) - [Gophers Slack](https://invite.slack.golangbridge.org/) - [#ethereum channel](https://gophers.slack.com/messages/C9HP1S9V2) - [StackExchange - Ethereum](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/) - [Multi Geth Gitter](https://gitter.im/ethoxy/multi-geth) - [Ethereum Gitter](https://gitter.im/ethereum/home) - [Geth light Client Gitter](https://gitter.im/ethereum/light-client) ## Other aggregated lists {#other-aggregated-lists} - [Awesome Ethereum](https://github.com/btomashvili/awesome-ethereum) - [Consensys: A Definitive List of Ethereum Developer Tools](https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://media.consensys.net/an-definitive-list-of-ethereum-developer-tools-2159ce865974) | [GitHub source](https://github.com/ConsenSys/ethereum-developer-tools-list)