April 2018
Intermediate to advanced
222 pages
5h 28m
English
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Geth
Implementation of Ethereum nodes and clients is available in multiple languages, including Go, C++, Python, JavaScript, Java, Ruby, and more. The functionality or usability of these clients are the same across languages, and developers should choose an implementation they are most comfortable with. This book uses the Go implementation known as Geth, which acts as an Ethereum client to connect to public and test networks. It is also used to create the mining and EVM (transaction nodes) for private networks. Geth is a command-line tool written in Go for creating a node and miners on a private chain. It can be installed on Windows, Linux, and Mac as well. Now, its time to install Geth.