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@@ -3,44 +3,18 @@ Ethereum [](https://travis-ci.org/ethereum/go-ethereum) -Ethereum Go developer client (c) Jeffrey Wilcke - -Ethereum is currently in its testing phase. The current state is "Proof -of Concept 2". For build instructions see the [Wiki](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Building-Edge). - -Ethereum Go is split up in several sub packages Please refer to each -individual package for more information. - 1. [eth](https://github.com/ethereum/eth-go) - 2. [ethchain](https://github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethchain) - 3. [ethwire](https://github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethwire) - 4. [ethdb](https://github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethdb) - 5. [ethutil](https://github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethutil) - -The [eth](https://github.com/ethereum/eth-go) is the top-level package -of the Ethereum protocol. It functions as the Ethereum bootstrapping and -peer communication layer. The [ethchain](https://github.com/ethereum/ethchain-go) -contains the Ethereum blockchain, block manager, transaction and -transaction handlers. The [ethwire](https://github.com/ethereum/ethwire-go) contains -the Ethereum [wire protocol](http://wiki.ethereum.org/index.php/Wire_Protocol) which can be used -to hook in to the Ethereum network. [ethutil](https://github.com/ethereum/ethutil-go) contains -utility functions which are not Ethereum specific. The utility package -contains the [patricia trie](http://wiki.ethereum.org/index.php/Patricia_Tree), -[RLP Encoding](http://wiki.ethereum.org/index.php/RLP) and hex encoding -helpers. The [ethdb](https://github.com/ethereum/ethdb-go) package -contains the LevelDB interface and memory DB interface. - -This executable is the front-end (currently nothing but a dev console) for -the Ethereum Go implementation. - -If you'd like to start developing your own tools please check out the -[development](https://github.com/ethereum/eth-go) package. +Ethereum Go Client (c) Jeffrey Wilcke + +The current state is "Proof of Concept 3". For build instructions see +the [Wiki](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Building-Edge). + +For the development Go Package please see [eth-go package](https://github.com/ethereum/eth-go). Build ======= For build instruction please see the [Wiki](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Building-Edge) - Command line options ==================== @@ -52,6 +26,9 @@ Command line options -upnp Enable UPnP (= false) -x Desired amount of peers (= 5) -h This help +-gui Launch with GUI (= true) +-dir Data directory used to store configs and databases (=".ethereum") +-import Import a private key (hex) ``` Developer console commands |