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## Turbo-Geth
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[GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth)
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[](https://circleci.com/gh/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth)
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## Go Ethereum
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Official Golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol.
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[](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum)
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[](https://travis-ci.org/ethereum/go-ethereum)
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[](https://discord.gg/nthXNEv)
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Automated builds are available for stable releases and the unstable master branch. Binary
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archives are published at https://geth.ethereum.org/downloads/.
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## Building the source
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For prerequisites and detailed build instructions please read the [Installation Instructions](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Building-Ethereum) on the wiki.
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Building `geth` requires both a Go (version 1.13 or later) and a C compiler. You can install
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them using your favourite package manager. Once the dependencies are installed, run
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```shell
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make geth
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```
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or, to build the full suite of utilities:
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```shell
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make all
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```
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## Executables
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The go-ethereum project comes with several wrappers/executables found in the `cmd`
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directory.
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| Command | Description |
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| :-----------: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| **`geth`** | Our main Ethereum CLI client. It is the entry point into the Ethereum network (main-, test- or private net), capable of running as a full node (default), archive node (retaining all historical state) or a light node (retrieving data live). It can be used by other processes as a gateway into the Ethereum network via JSON RPC endpoints exposed on top of HTTP, WebSocket and/or IPC transports. `geth --help` and the [CLI Wiki page](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Command-Line-Options) for command line options. |
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| `abigen` | Source code generator to convert Ethereum contract definitions into easy to use, compile-time type-safe Go packages. It operates on plain [Ethereum contract ABIs](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Ethereum-Contract-ABI) with expanded functionality if the contract bytecode is also available. However, it also accepts Solidity source files, making development much more streamlined. Please see our [Native DApps](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Native-DApps:-Go-bindings-to-Ethereum-contracts) wiki page for details. |
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| `bootnode` | Stripped down version of our Ethereum client implementation that only takes part in the network node discovery protocol, but does not run any of the higher level application protocols. It can be used as a lightweight bootstrap node to aid in finding peers in private networks. |
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| `evm` | Developer utility version of the EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) that is capable of running bytecode snippets within a configurable environment and execution mode. Its purpose is to allow isolated, fine-grained debugging of EVM opcodes (e.g. `evm --code 60ff60ff --debug run`). |
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| `gethrpctest` | Developer utility tool to support our [ethereum/rpc-test](https://github.com/ethereum/rpc-tests) test suite which validates baseline conformity to the [Ethereum JSON RPC](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC) specs. Please see the [test suite's readme](https://github.com/ethereum/rpc-tests/blob/master/README.md) for details. |
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| `rlpdump` | Developer utility tool to convert binary RLP ([Recursive Length Prefix](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/RLP)) dumps (data encoding used by the Ethereum protocol both network as well as consensus wise) to user-friendlier hierarchical representation (e.g. `rlpdump --hex CE0183FFFFFFC4C304050583616263`). |
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| `puppeth` | a CLI wizard that aids in creating a new Ethereum network. |
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## Running `geth`
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Going through all the possible command line flags is out of scope here (please consult our
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[CLI Wiki page](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Command-Line-Options)),
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but we've enumerated a few common parameter combos to get you up to speed quickly
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on how you can run your own `geth` instance.
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### Full node on the main Ethereum network
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By far the most common scenario is people wanting to simply interact with the Ethereum
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network: create accounts; transfer funds; deploy and interact with contracts. For this
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particular use-case the user doesn't care about years-old historical data, so we can
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fast-sync quickly to the current state of the network. To do so:
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```shell
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$ geth console
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```
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This command will:
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* Start `geth` in fast sync mode (default, can be changed with the `--syncmode` flag),
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causing it to download more data in exchange for avoiding processing the entire history
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of the Ethereum network, which is very CPU intensive.
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* Start up `geth`'s built-in interactive [JavaScript console](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/JavaScript-Console),
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(via the trailing `console` subcommand) through which you can invoke all official [`web3` methods](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JavaScript-API)
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as well as `geth`'s own [management APIs](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Management-APIs).
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This tool is optional and if you leave it out you can always attach to an already running
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`geth` instance with `geth attach`.
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### A Full node on the Görli test network
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Transitioning towards developers, if you'd like to play around with creating Ethereum
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contracts, you almost certainly would like to do that without any real money involved until
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you get the hang of the entire system. In other words, instead of attaching to the main
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network, you want to join the **test** network with your node, which is fully equivalent to
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the main network, but with play-Ether only.
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```shell
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$ geth --goerli console
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```
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The `console` subcommand has the exact same meaning as above and they are equally
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useful on the testnet too. Please, see above for their explanations if you've skipped here.
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Specifying the `--goerli` flag, however, will reconfigure your `geth` instance a bit:
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* Instead of connecting the main Ethereum network, the client will connect to the Görli
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test network, which uses different P2P bootnodes, different network IDs and genesis
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states.
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* Instead of using the default data directory (`~/.ethereum` on Linux for example), `geth`
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will nest itself one level deeper into a `goerli` subfolder (`~/.ethereum/goerli` on
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Linux). Note, on OSX and Linux this also means that attaching to a running testnet node
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requires the use of a custom endpoint since `geth attach` will try to attach to a
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production node endpoint by default, e.g.,
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`geth attach <datadir>/goerli/geth.ipc`. Windows users are not affected by
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this.
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*Note: Although there are some internal protective measures to prevent transactions from
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crossing over between the main network and test network, you should make sure to always
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use separate accounts for play-money and real-money. Unless you manually move
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accounts, `geth` will by default correctly separate the two networks and will not make any
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accounts available between them.*
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### Full node on the Rinkeby test network
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Go Ethereum also supports connecting to the older proof-of-authority based test network
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called [*Rinkeby*](https://www.rinkeby.io) which is operated by members of the community.
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```shell
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$ geth --rinkeby console
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```
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### Full node on the Ropsten test network
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In addition to Görli and Rinkeby, Geth also supports the ancient Ropsten testnet. The
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Ropsten test network is based on the Ethash proof-of-work consensus algorithm. As such,
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it has certain extra overhead and is more susceptible to reorganization attacks due to the
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network's low difficulty/security.
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```shell
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$ geth --ropsten console
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```
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*Note: Older Geth configurations store the Ropsten database in the `testnet` subdirectory.*
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### Configuration
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As an alternative to passing the numerous flags to the `geth` binary, you can also pass a
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configuration file via:
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```shell
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$ geth --config /path/to/your_config.toml
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```
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To get an idea how the file should look like you can use the `dumpconfig` subcommand to
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export your existing configuration:
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```shell
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$ geth --your-favourite-flags dumpconfig
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```
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*Note: This works only with `geth` v1.6.0 and above.*
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#### Docker quick start
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One of the quickest ways to get Ethereum up and running on your machine is by using
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Docker:
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```shell
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docker run -d --name ethereum-node -v /Users/alice/ethereum:/root \
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-p 8545:8545 -p 30303:30303 \
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ethereum/client-go
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```
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This will start `geth` in fast-sync mode with a DB memory allowance of 1GB just as the
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above command does. It will also create a persistent volume in your home directory for
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saving your blockchain as well as map the default ports. There is also an `alpine` tag
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available for a slim version of the image.
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Do not forget `--rpcaddr 0.0.0.0`, if you want to access RPC from other containers
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and/or hosts. By default, `geth` binds to the local interface and RPC endpoints is not
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accessible from the outside.
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### Programmatically interfacing `geth` nodes
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As a developer, sooner rather than later you'll want to start interacting with `geth` and the
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Ethereum network via your own programs and not manually through the console. To aid
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this, `geth` has built-in support for a JSON-RPC based APIs ([standard APIs](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC)
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and [`geth` specific APIs](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Management-APIs)).
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These can be exposed via HTTP, WebSockets and IPC (UNIX sockets on UNIX based
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platforms, and named pipes on Windows).
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The IPC interface is enabled by default and exposes all the APIs supported by `geth`,
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whereas the HTTP and WS interfaces need to manually be enabled and only expose a
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subset of APIs due to security reasons. These can be turned on/off and configured as
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you'd expect.
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HTTP based JSON-RPC API options:
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* `--rpc` Enable the HTTP-RPC server
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* `--rpcaddr` HTTP-RPC server listening interface (default: `localhost`)
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* `--rpcport` HTTP-RPC server listening port (default: `8545`)
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* `--rpcapi` API's offered over the HTTP-RPC interface (default: `eth,net,web3`)
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* `--rpccorsdomain` Comma separated list of domains from which to accept cross origin requests (browser enforced)
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* `--ws` Enable the WS-RPC server
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* `--wsaddr` WS-RPC server listening interface (default: `localhost`)
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* `--wsport` WS-RPC server listening port (default: `8546`)
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* `--wsapi` API's offered over the WS-RPC interface (default: `eth,net,web3`)
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* `--wsorigins` Origins from which to accept websockets requests
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* `--ipcdisable` Disable the IPC-RPC server
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* `--ipcapi` API's offered over the IPC-RPC interface (default: `admin,debug,eth,miner,net,personal,shh,txpool,web3`)
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* `--ipcpath` Filename for IPC socket/pipe within the datadir (explicit paths escape it)
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You'll need to use your own programming environments' capabilities (libraries, tools, etc) to
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connect via HTTP, WS or IPC to a `geth` node configured with the above flags and you'll
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need to speak [JSON-RPC](https://www.jsonrpc.org/specification) on all transports. You
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can reuse the same connection for multiple requests!
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**Note: Please understand the security implications of opening up an HTTP/WS based
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transport before doing so! Hackers on the internet are actively trying to subvert
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Ethereum nodes with exposed APIs! Further, all browser tabs can access locally
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running web servers, so malicious web pages could try to subvert locally available
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APIs!**
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### Operating a private network
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Maintaining your own private network is more involved as a lot of configurations taken for
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granted in the official networks need to be manually set up.
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#### Defining the private genesis state
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First, you'll need to create the genesis state of your networks, which all nodes need to be
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aware of and agree upon. This consists of a small JSON file (e.g. call it `genesis.json`):
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```json
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{
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"config": {
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"chainId": <arbitrary positive integer>,
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"homesteadBlock": 0,
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"eip150Block": 0,
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"eip155Block": 0,
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"eip158Block": 0,
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"byzantiumBlock": 0,
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"constantinopleBlock": 0,
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"petersburgBlock": 0,
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"istanbulBlock": 0
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},
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"alloc": {},
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"coinbase": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
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"difficulty": "0x20000",
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"extraData": "",
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"gasLimit": "0x2fefd8",
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"nonce": "0x0000000000000042",
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"mixhash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
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"parentHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
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"timestamp": "0x00"
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}
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```
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The above fields should be fine for most purposes, although we'd recommend changing
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the `nonce` to some random value so you prevent unknown remote nodes from being able
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to connect to you. If you'd like to pre-fund some accounts for easier testing, create
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the accounts and populate the `alloc` field with their addresses.
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```json
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"alloc": {
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"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000001": {
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"balance": "111111111"
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},
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"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000002": {
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"balance": "222222222"
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}
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}
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```
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With the genesis state defined in the above JSON file, you'll need to initialize **every**
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`geth` node with it prior to starting it up to ensure all blockchain parameters are correctly
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set:
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```shell
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$ geth init path/to/genesis.json
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```
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#### Creating the rendezvous point
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With all nodes that you want to run initialized to the desired genesis state, you'll need to
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start a bootstrap node that others can use to find each other in your network and/or over
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the internet. The clean way is to configure and run a dedicated bootnode:
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```shell
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$ bootnode --genkey=boot.key
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$ bootnode --nodekey=boot.key
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```
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With the bootnode online, it will display an [`enode` URL](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/enode-url-format)
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that other nodes can use to connect to it and exchange peer information. Make sure to
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replace the displayed IP address information (most probably `[::]`) with your externally
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accessible IP to get the actual `enode` URL.
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*Note: You could also use a full-fledged `geth` node as a bootnode, but it's the less
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recommended way.*
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#### Starting up your member nodes
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With the bootnode operational and externally reachable (you can try
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`telnet <ip> <port>` to ensure it's indeed reachable), start every subsequent `geth`
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node pointed to the bootnode for peer discovery via the `--bootnodes` flag. It will
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probably also be desirable to keep the data directory of your private network separated, so
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do also specify a custom `--datadir` flag.
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```shell
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$ geth --datadir=path/to/custom/data/folder --bootnodes=<bootnode-enode-url-from-above>
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```
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*Note: Since your network will be completely cut off from the main and test networks, you'll
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also need to configure a miner to process transactions and create new blocks for you.*
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#### Running a private miner
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Mining on the public Ethereum network is a complex task as it's only feasible using GPUs,
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requiring an OpenCL or CUDA enabled `ethminer` instance. For information on such a
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setup, please consult the [EtherMining subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/EtherMining/)
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and the [ethminer](https://github.com/ethereum-mining/ethminer) repository.
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In a private network setting, however a single CPU miner instance is more than enough for
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practical purposes as it can produce a stable stream of blocks at the correct intervals
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without needing heavy resources (consider running on a single thread, no need for multiple
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ones either). To start a `geth` instance for mining, run it with all your usual flags, extended
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by:
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```shell
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$ geth <usual-flags> --mine --miner.threads=1 --etherbase=0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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```
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Which will start mining blocks and transactions on a single CPU thread, crediting all
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proceedings to the account specified by `--etherbase`. You can further tune the mining
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by changing the default gas limit blocks converge to (`--targetgaslimit`) and the price
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transactions are accepted at (`--gasprice`).
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## Contribution
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Thank you for considering to help out with the source code! We welcome contributions
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from anyone on the internet, and are grateful for even the smallest of fixes!
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If you'd like to contribute to go-ethereum, please fork, fix, commit and send a pull request
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for the maintainers to review and merge into the main code base. If you wish to submit
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more complex changes though, please check up with the core devs first on [our gitter channel](https://gitter.im/ethereum/go-ethereum)
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to ensure those changes are in line with the general philosophy of the project and/or get
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some early feedback which can make both your efforts much lighter as well as our review
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and merge procedures quick and simple.
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Please make sure your contributions adhere to our coding guidelines:
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* Code must adhere to the official Go [formatting](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#formatting)
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guidelines (i.e. uses [gofmt](https://golang.org/cmd/gofmt/)).
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* Code must be documented adhering to the official Go [commentary](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#commentary)
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guidelines.
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* Pull requests need to be based on and opened against the `master` branch.
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* Commit messages should be prefixed with the package(s) they modify.
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* E.g. "eth, rpc: make trace configs optional"
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Please see the [Developers' Guide](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Developers'-Guide)
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for more details on configuring your environment, and testing procedures, also see [golang modules](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules) for managing project dependencies.
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## License
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The go-ethereum library (i.e. all code outside of the `cmd` directory) is licensed under the
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[GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.en.html),
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also included in our repository in the `COPYING.LESSER` file.
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The go-ethereum binaries (i.e. all code inside of the `cmd` directory) is licensed under the
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[GNU General Public License v3.0](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html), also
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included in our repository in the `COPYING` file.
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## Turbo-Geth
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Faster derivative of Go Ethereum.
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# Turbo-Geth
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[GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth)
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[](https://circleci.com/gh/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth)
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## Go Ethereum
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**Disclaimer: this software is currenly a tech preview. We will do our best to
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keep it stable and make no breaking changes but we don't guarantee anything.
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Things can and will break.**
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Official Golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol.
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Turbo-Geth is a fork of [Go-Ethereum](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum) with focus on performance.
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[](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum)
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[](https://travis-ci.org/ethereum/go-ethereum)
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[](https://discord.gg/nthXNEv)
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The current version is currently based on Go-Ethereum 1.9.15.
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Automated builds are available for stable releases and the unstable master branch. Binary
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archives are published at https://geth.ethereum.org/downloads/.
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Usage:
|
||||
|
||||
## Building the source
|
||||
|
||||
For prerequisites and detailed build instructions please read the [Installation Instructions](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Building-Ethereum) on the wiki.
|
||||
|
||||
Building `geth` requires both a Go (version 1.13 or later) and a C compiler. You can install
|
||||
them using your favourite package manager. Once the dependencies are installed, run
|
||||
|
||||
```shell
|
||||
make geth
|
||||
```sh
|
||||
> make tg
|
||||
> ./build/bin/tg
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
or, to build the full suite of utilities:
|
||||
## Key features
|
||||
|
||||
```shell
|
||||
make all
|
||||
See more detailed [overview of functionality and current limitations](https://ledgerwatch.github.io/turbo_geth_release.html).
|
||||
It is being updated on recurring basis.
|
||||
|
||||
#### 1. More Efficient State Storage
|
||||
|
||||
**Flat KV storage.** Turbo-Geth uses a key-value database and storing accounts and storage in
|
||||
a simple way. **See our detailed DB walkthrough [here](./docs/programmers_guide/db_walkthrough.MD).**
|
||||
|
||||
**Preprocessing**. For some operations, turbo-geth uses temporary files to preprocess data before
|
||||
inserting it into the main DB. That reduces write amplification and
|
||||
DB inserts sometimes are orders of magnitude quicker.
|
||||
|
||||
**Plain state**.
|
||||
|
||||
**Single accounts/state trie**. Turbo-Geth uses a single Merkle trie for both
|
||||
accounts and the storage.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
#### 2. Faster Initial Sync
|
||||
|
||||
Turbo-Geth uses a rearchitected full sync algorithm from
|
||||
[Go-Ethereum](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum) that is split into
|
||||
"stages".
|
||||
|
||||
It uses the same network primitives and is compatible with regular go-ethereum
|
||||
nodes that are using full sync, you do not need any special sync capabilities
|
||||
for turbo-geth to sync.
|
||||
|
||||
When reimagining the full sync, we focused on batching data together and minimize DB overwrites.
|
||||
That makes it possible to sync Ethereum mainnet in under 2 days if you have a fast enough network connection
|
||||
and an SSD drive.
|
||||
|
||||
Examples of stages are:
|
||||
|
||||
* Downloading headers;
|
||||
|
||||
* Downloading block bodies;
|
||||
|
||||
* Executing blocks;
|
||||
|
||||
* Validating root hashes and building intermediate hashes for the state Merkle trie;
|
||||
|
||||
* And more...
|
||||
|
||||
#### 3. JSON-RPC daemon
|
||||
|
||||
In turbo-geth RPC calls are extracted out of the main binary into a separate daemon.
|
||||
This daemon can use both local or remote DBs. That means, that this RPC daemon
|
||||
doesn't have to be running on the same machine as the main turbo-geth binary or
|
||||
it can run from a snapshot of a database for read-only calls.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
**For local DB**
|
||||
```
|
||||
> make rpcdaemon
|
||||
> ./build/bin/rpcdaemon --chaindata ~/Library/TurboGeth/tg/chaindata --http.api=eth,debug
|
||||
```
|
||||
**For remote DB**
|
||||
|
||||
Run turbo-geth in one terminal window
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
> ./build/bin/tg --private.api.addr=localhost:9090
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
## Executables
|
||||
|
||||
The go-ethereum project comes with several wrappers/executables found in the `cmd`
|
||||
directory.
|
||||
|
||||
| Command | Description |
|
||||
| :-----------: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
||||
| **`geth`** | Our main Ethereum CLI client. It is the entry point into the Ethereum network (main-, test- or private net), capable of running as a full node (default), archive node (retaining all historical state) or a light node (retrieving data live). It can be used by other processes as a gateway into the Ethereum network via JSON RPC endpoints exposed on top of HTTP, WebSocket and/or IPC transports. `geth --help` and the [CLI Wiki page](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Command-Line-Options) for command line options. |
|
||||
| `abigen` | Source code generator to convert Ethereum contract definitions into easy to use, compile-time type-safe Go packages. It operates on plain [Ethereum contract ABIs](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Ethereum-Contract-ABI) with expanded functionality if the contract bytecode is also available. However, it also accepts Solidity source files, making development much more streamlined. Please see our [Native DApps](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Native-DApps:-Go-bindings-to-Ethereum-contracts) wiki page for details. |
|
||||
| `bootnode` | Stripped down version of our Ethereum client implementation that only takes part in the network node discovery protocol, but does not run any of the higher level application protocols. It can be used as a lightweight bootstrap node to aid in finding peers in private networks. |
|
||||
| `evm` | Developer utility version of the EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) that is capable of running bytecode snippets within a configurable environment and execution mode. Its purpose is to allow isolated, fine-grained debugging of EVM opcodes (e.g. `evm --code 60ff60ff --debug run`). |
|
||||
| `gethrpctest` | Developer utility tool to support our [ethereum/rpc-test](https://github.com/ethereum/rpc-tests) test suite which validates baseline conformity to the [Ethereum JSON RPC](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC) specs. Please see the [test suite's readme](https://github.com/ethereum/rpc-tests/blob/master/README.md) for details. |
|
||||
| `rlpdump` | Developer utility tool to convert binary RLP ([Recursive Length Prefix](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/RLP)) dumps (data encoding used by the Ethereum protocol both network as well as consensus wise) to user-friendlier hierarchical representation (e.g. `rlpdump --hex CE0183FFFFFFC4C304050583616263`). |
|
||||
| `puppeth` | a CLI wizard that aids in creating a new Ethereum network. |
|
||||
|
||||
## Running `geth`
|
||||
|
||||
Going through all the possible command line flags is out of scope here (please consult our
|
||||
[CLI Wiki page](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Command-Line-Options)),
|
||||
but we've enumerated a few common parameter combos to get you up to speed quickly
|
||||
on how you can run your own `geth` instance.
|
||||
|
||||
### Full node on the main Ethereum network
|
||||
|
||||
By far the most common scenario is people wanting to simply interact with the Ethereum
|
||||
network: create accounts; transfer funds; deploy and interact with contracts. For this
|
||||
particular use-case the user doesn't care about years-old historical data, so we can
|
||||
fast-sync quickly to the current state of the network. To do so:
|
||||
|
||||
```shell
|
||||
$ geth console
|
||||
Run RPC daemon
|
||||
```
|
||||
> ./build/bin/rpcdaemon --private.api.addr=localhost:9090
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
This command will:
|
||||
* Start `geth` in fast sync mode (default, can be changed with the `--syncmode` flag),
|
||||
causing it to download more data in exchange for avoiding processing the entire history
|
||||
of the Ethereum network, which is very CPU intensive.
|
||||
* Start up `geth`'s built-in interactive [JavaScript console](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/JavaScript-Console),
|
||||
(via the trailing `console` subcommand) through which you can invoke all official [`web3` methods](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JavaScript-API)
|
||||
as well as `geth`'s own [management APIs](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Management-APIs).
|
||||
This tool is optional and if you leave it out you can always attach to an already running
|
||||
`geth` instance with `geth attach`.
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
### A Full node on the Görli test network
|
||||
Currently supported JSON-RPC calls:
|
||||
|
||||
Transitioning towards developers, if you'd like to play around with creating Ethereum
|
||||
contracts, you almost certainly would like to do that without any real money involved until
|
||||
you get the hang of the entire system. In other words, instead of attaching to the main
|
||||
network, you want to join the **test** network with your node, which is fully equivalent to
|
||||
the main network, but with play-Ether only.
|
||||
* `eth_call`
|
||||
|
||||
```shell
|
||||
$ geth --goerli console
|
||||
* `eth_getBlockByHash`
|
||||
|
||||
* `eth_getBlock`
|
||||
|
||||
* `eth_blockNumber`
|
||||
|
||||
* `eth_getBalance`
|
||||
|
||||
* `eth_getLogs`
|
||||
|
||||
* `eth_estimateGas`
|
||||
|
||||
* `debug_storageRangeAt`
|
||||
|
||||
* `debug_traceTransaction`
|
||||
|
||||
* `debug_accountRange`
|
||||
|
||||
* `debug_getModifiedAccountsByNumber`
|
||||
|
||||
* `debug_getModifiedAccountsByHash`
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
#### 4. REST API Daemon
|
||||
|
||||
Apart from JSON-RPC daemon, Turbo-Geth also contains REST API daemon. It uses
|
||||
turbo-geth remote DB functionality.
|
||||
|
||||
Run turbo-geth in one terminal window
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
> ./build/bin/tg --private.api.addr=localhost:9090
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
The `console` subcommand has the exact same meaning as above and they are equally
|
||||
useful on the testnet too. Please, see above for their explanations if you've skipped here.
|
||||
|
||||
Specifying the `--goerli` flag, however, will reconfigure your `geth` instance a bit:
|
||||
|
||||
* Instead of connecting the main Ethereum network, the client will connect to the Görli
|
||||
test network, which uses different P2P bootnodes, different network IDs and genesis
|
||||
states.
|
||||
* Instead of using the default data directory (`~/.ethereum` on Linux for example), `geth`
|
||||
will nest itself one level deeper into a `goerli` subfolder (`~/.ethereum/goerli` on
|
||||
Linux). Note, on OSX and Linux this also means that attaching to a running testnet node
|
||||
requires the use of a custom endpoint since `geth attach` will try to attach to a
|
||||
production node endpoint by default, e.g.,
|
||||
`geth attach <datadir>/goerli/geth.ipc`. Windows users are not affected by
|
||||
this.
|
||||
|
||||
*Note: Although there are some internal protective measures to prevent transactions from
|
||||
crossing over between the main network and test network, you should make sure to always
|
||||
use separate accounts for play-money and real-money. Unless you manually move
|
||||
accounts, `geth` will by default correctly separate the two networks and will not make any
|
||||
accounts available between them.*
|
||||
|
||||
### Full node on the Rinkeby test network
|
||||
|
||||
Go Ethereum also supports connecting to the older proof-of-authority based test network
|
||||
called [*Rinkeby*](https://www.rinkeby.io) which is operated by members of the community.
|
||||
|
||||
```shell
|
||||
$ geth --rinkeby console
|
||||
Run REST daemon
|
||||
```
|
||||
> make restapi
|
||||
> ./build/bin/restapi --private.api.addr=localhost:9090
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### Full node on the Ropsten test network
|
||||
This API is very limited at the moment too:
|
||||
|
||||
In addition to Görli and Rinkeby, Geth also supports the ancient Ropsten testnet. The
|
||||
Ropsten test network is based on the Ethash proof-of-work consensus algorithm. As such,
|
||||
it has certain extra overhead and is more susceptible to reorganization attacks due to the
|
||||
network's low difficulty/security.
|
||||
|
||||
```shell
|
||||
$ geth --ropsten console
|
||||
```
|
||||
GET /api/v1/accounts/<accountAddress>
|
||||
GET /api/v1/storage/?prefix=PREFIX
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
*Note: Older Geth configurations store the Ropsten database in the `testnet` subdirectory.*
|
||||
|
||||
### Configuration
|
||||
## Getting in touch
|
||||
|
||||
As an alternative to passing the numerous flags to the `geth` binary, you can also pass a
|
||||
configuration file via:
|
||||
#### Turbo-Geth Discord Server
|
||||
|
||||
```shell
|
||||
$ geth --config /path/to/your_config.toml
|
||||
```
|
||||
The main discussions are happening on our Discord server.
|
||||
To get an invite, send an email to `tg [at] torquem.ch` with your name, occupation,
|
||||
a brief explanation of why you want to join the Discord, and how you heard about Turbo-Geth.
|
||||
|
||||
To get an idea how the file should look like you can use the `dumpconfig` subcommand to
|
||||
export your existing configuration:
|
||||
#### Reporting security issues/concerns
|
||||
|
||||
```shell
|
||||
$ geth --your-favourite-flags dumpconfig
|
||||
```
|
||||
Send an email to `security [at] torquem.ch`.
|
||||
|
||||
*Note: This works only with `geth` v1.6.0 and above.*
|
||||
## Team
|
||||
|
||||
#### Docker quick start
|
||||
Core contributors:
|
||||
|
||||
One of the quickest ways to get Ethereum up and running on your machine is by using
|
||||
Docker:
|
||||
* Alexey Akhunov ([@realLedgerwatch](https://twitter.com/realLedgerwatch))
|
||||
|
||||
```shell
|
||||
docker run -d --name ethereum-node -v /Users/alice/ethereum:/root \
|
||||
-p 8545:8545 -p 30303:30303 \
|
||||
ethereum/client-go
|
||||
```
|
||||
* Alex Sharov ([AskAlexSharov](https://github.com/AskAlexSharov))
|
||||
|
||||
This will start `geth` in fast-sync mode with a DB memory allowance of 1GB just as the
|
||||
above command does. It will also create a persistent volume in your home directory for
|
||||
saving your blockchain as well as map the default ports. There is also an `alpine` tag
|
||||
available for a slim version of the image.
|
||||
* Andrew Ashikhmin ([yperbasis](https://github.com/yperbasis))
|
||||
|
||||
Do not forget `--rpcaddr 0.0.0.0`, if you want to access RPC from other containers
|
||||
and/or hosts. By default, `geth` binds to the local interface and RPC endpoints is not
|
||||
accessible from the outside.
|
||||
* Boris Petrov ([b00ris](https://github.com/b00ris))
|
||||
|
||||
### Programmatically interfacing `geth` nodes
|
||||
* Eugene Danilenko ([JekaMas](https://github.com/JekaMas))
|
||||
|
||||
As a developer, sooner rather than later you'll want to start interacting with `geth` and the
|
||||
Ethereum network via your own programs and not manually through the console. To aid
|
||||
this, `geth` has built-in support for a JSON-RPC based APIs ([standard APIs](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC)
|
||||
and [`geth` specific APIs](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Management-APIs)).
|
||||
These can be exposed via HTTP, WebSockets and IPC (UNIX sockets on UNIX based
|
||||
platforms, and named pipes on Windows).
|
||||
* Igor Mandrigin ([@mandrigin](https://twitter.com/mandrigin))
|
||||
|
||||
The IPC interface is enabled by default and exposes all the APIs supported by `geth`,
|
||||
whereas the HTTP and WS interfaces need to manually be enabled and only expose a
|
||||
subset of APIs due to security reasons. These can be turned on/off and configured as
|
||||
you'd expect.
|
||||
* Giulio Rebuffo
|
||||
|
||||
HTTP based JSON-RPC API options:
|
||||
Thanks to:
|
||||
|
||||
* `--rpc` Enable the HTTP-RPC server
|
||||
* `--rpcaddr` HTTP-RPC server listening interface (default: `localhost`)
|
||||
* `--rpcport` HTTP-RPC server listening port (default: `8545`)
|
||||
* `--rpcapi` API's offered over the HTTP-RPC interface (default: `eth,net,web3`)
|
||||
* `--rpccorsdomain` Comma separated list of domains from which to accept cross origin requests (browser enforced)
|
||||
* `--ws` Enable the WS-RPC server
|
||||
* `--wsaddr` WS-RPC server listening interface (default: `localhost`)
|
||||
* `--wsport` WS-RPC server listening port (default: `8546`)
|
||||
* `--wsapi` API's offered over the WS-RPC interface (default: `eth,net,web3`)
|
||||
* `--wsorigins` Origins from which to accept websockets requests
|
||||
* `--ipcdisable` Disable the IPC-RPC server
|
||||
* `--ipcapi` API's offered over the IPC-RPC interface (default: `admin,debug,eth,miner,net,personal,shh,txpool,web3`)
|
||||
* `--ipcpath` Filename for IPC socket/pipe within the datadir (explicit paths escape it)
|
||||
* All contributors of Turbo-Geth
|
||||
|
||||
You'll need to use your own programming environments' capabilities (libraries, tools, etc) to
|
||||
connect via HTTP, WS or IPC to a `geth` node configured with the above flags and you'll
|
||||
need to speak [JSON-RPC](https://www.jsonrpc.org/specification) on all transports. You
|
||||
can reuse the same connection for multiple requests!
|
||||
* All contributors of Go-Ethereum
|
||||
|
||||
**Note: Please understand the security implications of opening up an HTTP/WS based
|
||||
transport before doing so! Hackers on the internet are actively trying to subvert
|
||||
Ethereum nodes with exposed APIs! Further, all browser tabs can access locally
|
||||
running web servers, so malicious web pages could try to subvert locally available
|
||||
APIs!**
|
||||
* Our special respect and graditude is to the core team of [Go-Ethereum](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum). Keep up the great job!
|
||||
|
||||
### Operating a private network
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Maintaining your own private network is more involved as a lot of configurations taken for
|
||||
granted in the official networks need to be manually set up.
|
||||
|
||||
#### Defining the private genesis state
|
||||
|
||||
First, you'll need to create the genesis state of your networks, which all nodes need to be
|
||||
aware of and agree upon. This consists of a small JSON file (e.g. call it `genesis.json`):
|
||||
|
||||
```json
|
||||
{
|
||||
"config": {
|
||||
"chainId": <arbitrary positive integer>,
|
||||
"homesteadBlock": 0,
|
||||
"eip150Block": 0,
|
||||
"eip155Block": 0,
|
||||
"eip158Block": 0,
|
||||
"byzantiumBlock": 0,
|
||||
"constantinopleBlock": 0,
|
||||
"petersburgBlock": 0,
|
||||
"istanbulBlock": 0
|
||||
},
|
||||
"alloc": {},
|
||||
"coinbase": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
|
||||
"difficulty": "0x20000",
|
||||
"extraData": "",
|
||||
"gasLimit": "0x2fefd8",
|
||||
"nonce": "0x0000000000000042",
|
||||
"mixhash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
|
||||
"parentHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
|
||||
"timestamp": "0x00"
|
||||
}
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
The above fields should be fine for most purposes, although we'd recommend changing
|
||||
the `nonce` to some random value so you prevent unknown remote nodes from being able
|
||||
to connect to you. If you'd like to pre-fund some accounts for easier testing, create
|
||||
the accounts and populate the `alloc` field with their addresses.
|
||||
|
||||
```json
|
||||
"alloc": {
|
||||
"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000001": {
|
||||
"balance": "111111111"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000002": {
|
||||
"balance": "222222222"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
With the genesis state defined in the above JSON file, you'll need to initialize **every**
|
||||
`geth` node with it prior to starting it up to ensure all blockchain parameters are correctly
|
||||
set:
|
||||
|
||||
```shell
|
||||
$ geth init path/to/genesis.json
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
#### Creating the rendezvous point
|
||||
|
||||
With all nodes that you want to run initialized to the desired genesis state, you'll need to
|
||||
start a bootstrap node that others can use to find each other in your network and/or over
|
||||
the internet. The clean way is to configure and run a dedicated bootnode:
|
||||
|
||||
```shell
|
||||
$ bootnode --genkey=boot.key
|
||||
$ bootnode --nodekey=boot.key
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
With the bootnode online, it will display an [`enode` URL](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/enode-url-format)
|
||||
that other nodes can use to connect to it and exchange peer information. Make sure to
|
||||
replace the displayed IP address information (most probably `[::]`) with your externally
|
||||
accessible IP to get the actual `enode` URL.
|
||||
|
||||
*Note: You could also use a full-fledged `geth` node as a bootnode, but it's the less
|
||||
recommended way.*
|
||||
|
||||
#### Starting up your member nodes
|
||||
|
||||
With the bootnode operational and externally reachable (you can try
|
||||
`telnet <ip> <port>` to ensure it's indeed reachable), start every subsequent `geth`
|
||||
node pointed to the bootnode for peer discovery via the `--bootnodes` flag. It will
|
||||
probably also be desirable to keep the data directory of your private network separated, so
|
||||
do also specify a custom `--datadir` flag.
|
||||
|
||||
```shell
|
||||
$ geth --datadir=path/to/custom/data/folder --bootnodes=<bootnode-enode-url-from-above>
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
*Note: Since your network will be completely cut off from the main and test networks, you'll
|
||||
also need to configure a miner to process transactions and create new blocks for you.*
|
||||
|
||||
#### Running a private miner
|
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Mining on the public Ethereum network is a complex task as it's only feasible using GPUs,
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requiring an OpenCL or CUDA enabled `ethminer` instance. For information on such a
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setup, please consult the [EtherMining subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/EtherMining/)
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and the [ethminer](https://github.com/ethereum-mining/ethminer) repository.
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In a private network setting, however a single CPU miner instance is more than enough for
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practical purposes as it can produce a stable stream of blocks at the correct intervals
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without needing heavy resources (consider running on a single thread, no need for multiple
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ones either). To start a `geth` instance for mining, run it with all your usual flags, extended
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by:
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```shell
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$ geth <usual-flags> --mine --miner.threads=1 --etherbase=0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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```
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Which will start mining blocks and transactions on a single CPU thread, crediting all
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proceedings to the account specified by `--etherbase`. You can further tune the mining
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by changing the default gas limit blocks converge to (`--targetgaslimit`) and the price
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transactions are accepted at (`--gasprice`).
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## Contribution
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Thank you for considering to help out with the source code! We welcome contributions
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from anyone on the internet, and are grateful for even the smallest of fixes!
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|
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If you'd like to contribute to go-ethereum, please fork, fix, commit and send a pull request
|
||||
for the maintainers to review and merge into the main code base. If you wish to submit
|
||||
more complex changes though, please check up with the core devs first on [our gitter channel](https://gitter.im/ethereum/go-ethereum)
|
||||
to ensure those changes are in line with the general philosophy of the project and/or get
|
||||
some early feedback which can make both your efforts much lighter as well as our review
|
||||
and merge procedures quick and simple.
|
||||
|
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Please make sure your contributions adhere to our coding guidelines:
|
||||
|
||||
* Code must adhere to the official Go [formatting](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#formatting)
|
||||
guidelines (i.e. uses [gofmt](https://golang.org/cmd/gofmt/)).
|
||||
* Code must be documented adhering to the official Go [commentary](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#commentary)
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||||
guidelines.
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* Pull requests need to be based on and opened against the `master` branch.
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* Commit messages should be prefixed with the package(s) they modify.
|
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* E.g. "eth, rpc: make trace configs optional"
|
||||
|
||||
Please see the [Developers' Guide](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Developers'-Guide)
|
||||
for more details on configuring your environment, and testing procedures, also see [golang modules](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules) for managing project dependencies.
|
||||
|
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## License
|
||||
|
||||
The go-ethereum library (i.e. all code outside of the `cmd` directory) is licensed under the
|
||||
[GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.en.html),
|
||||
also included in our repository in the `COPYING.LESSER` file.
|
||||
|
||||
The go-ethereum binaries (i.e. all code inside of the `cmd` directory) is licensed under the
|
||||
[GNU General Public License v3.0](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html), also
|
||||
included in our repository in the `COPYING` file.
|
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Happy testing! 🥤
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