From 437d79f09418b24693b4e3fc4d2f88e291b5340f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: obscuren Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:23:17 +0100 Subject: Updated readme --- README.md | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 367387390..564e5c56d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -36,50 +36,40 @@ Automated (dev) builds * [Windows] Coming soon™ * [Linux] Coming soon™ -Packages +Binaries ======== -Ethereum Go is split up in several sub packages Please refer to each -individual package for more information. - 1. [eth](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum) - 2. [ethchain](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/master/ethchain) - 3. [ethwire](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/master/ethwire) - 4. [ethdb](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/master/ethdb) - 5. [ethutil](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/master/ethutil) - 6. [ethpipe](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/master/ethpipe) - 7. [ethvm](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/master/ethvm) - 8. [ethtrie](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/master/ethtrie) - 9. [ethreact](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/master/ethreact) - 10. [ethlog](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/master/ethlog) - -The [eth](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum) 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/go-ethereum/tree/master/ethchain) -contains the Ethereum blockchain, block manager, transaction and -transaction handlers. The [ethwire](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/master/ethwire) 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/go-ethereum/tree/master/ethutil) 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/go-ethereum/tree/master/ethdb) package -contains the LevelDB interface and memory DB interface. +Go Ethereum comes with several binaries found in +[cmd](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/master/cmd): + +* `mist` Official Ethereum Browser +* `ethereum` Ethereum CLI +* `ethtest` test tool which runs with the [tests](https://github.com/ethereum/testes) suit: + `ethtest "`cat myfile.json`"`. +* `evm` is a generic Ethereum Virtual Machine: `evm -code 60ff60ff -gas + 10000 -price 0 -dump`. See `-h` for a detailed description. General command line options ============================ ``` -Shared between ethereum and Mist +== Shared between ethereum and Mist == + += Settings -id Set the custom identifier of the client (shows up on other clients) -port Port on which the server will accept incomming connections -upnp Enable UPnP -maxpeer Desired amount of peers -rpc Start JSON RPC - -dir Data directory used to store configs and databases --import Import a private key --genaddr Generates a new address and private key (destructive action) --h This + += Utility +-h This +-import Import a private key +-genaddr Generates a new address and private key (destructive action) +-dump Dump a specific state of a block to stdout given the -number or -hash +-difftool Supress all output and prints VM output to stdout +-diff vm=only vm output, all=all output including state storage Ethereum only ethereum [options] [filename] @@ -87,23 +77,11 @@ ethereum [options] [filename] filename Load the given file and interpret as JavaScript -m Start mining blocks -Mist only +== Mist only == + -asset_path absolute path to GUI assets directory ``` -Tools -===== - -Go Ethereum comes with several binaries: - -* `mist` Official Ethereum Browser -* `ethereum` Ethereum CLI -* `ethtest` test tool which runs with the [tests](https://github.com/ethereum/testes) suit: - `ethtest "`cat myfile.json`"`. -* `evm` is a generic Ethereum Virtual Machine: `evm -code 60ff60ff -gas - 10000 -price 0 -dump`. See `-h` for a detailed description. - - Contribution ============ -- cgit