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Ethereum
========
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[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/ethereum/go-ethereum.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/ethereum/go-ethereum)
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Ethereum Go Client (c) Jeffrey Wilcke
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The current state is "Proof of Concept 3". For build instructions see
the [Wiki](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Building-Edge).
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For the development Go Package please see [eth-go package](https://github.com/ethereum/eth-go).
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Build
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=======
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For build instruction please see the [Wiki](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Building-Ethereum(Go)
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Command line options
====================
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```
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-c Launch the developer console
-m Start mining blocks
-genaddr Generates a new address and private key (destructive action)
-p Port on which the server will accept incomming connections (= 30303)
-upnp Enable UPnP (= false)
-x Desired amount of peers (= 5)
-h This help
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-gui Launch with GUI (= true)
-dir Data directory used to store configs and databases (=".ethereum")
-import Import a private key (hex)
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```
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Developer console commands
==========================
```
addp <host>:<port> Connect to the given host
tx <addr> <amount> Send <amount> Wei to the specified <addr>
```
See the "help" command for *developer* options.
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Contribution
============
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If you'd like to contribute to Ethereum Go please fork, fix, commit and
send a pull request. Commits who do not comply with the coding standards
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are ignored. If you send pull requests make absolute sure that you
commit on the `develop` branch and that you do not merge to master.
Commits that are directly based on master are simply ignored.
To make life easier try [git flow](http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/) it sets
this all up and streamlines your work flow.
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Coding standards
================
Sources should be formatted according to the [Go Formatting
Style](http://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#formatting).
Unless structs fields are supposed to be directly accesible, provide
Getters and hide the fields through Go's exporting facility.
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When you comment put meaningfull comments. Describe in detail what you
want to achieve.
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*wrong*
```go
// Check if the value at x is greater than y
if x > y {
// It's greater!
}
```
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Everyone reading the source probably know what you wanted to achieve
with above code. Those are **not** meaningful comments.
While the project isn't 100% tested I want you to write tests non the
less. I haven't got time to evaluate everyone's code in detail so I
expect you to write tests for me so I don't have to test your code
manually. (If you want to contribute by just writing tests that's fine
too!)