go-ethereum/index.html

---
layout: default
root: ./
css:
- /static/styles/custom/home.css
---
    <div class="jumbotron">
      <div class="container mascot">
        <h1>Go Ethereum</h1>
        <h2>Official Go implementation of the Ethereum protocol</h2>
        <br/>
        <a href="https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum" target="_blank" class="btn btn-success" style="margin: 4px;"><i class="fa fa-github" aria-hidden="true"></i> View on GitHub</a>
        <a href="https://discord.gg/nthXNEv" target="_blank" class="btn btn-success" style="margin: 4px;"><i class="fa fa-user-circle" aria-hidden="true"></i> Chat on Discord</a>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="container mascot-mobile">
      <img src="./static/images/mascot.png" alt="Geth mascot" height="200px" />
    </div>

    <div class="container marketing">
      <div class="row featurette">
        <div class="col-md-7">
          <h2 class="featurette-heading">What is Ethereum?</h2>
          <p class="lead">Ethereum is a  decentralized platform that runs smart contracts, applications that run exactly as programmed without possibility of downtime, censorship, fraud or third party interference.</p>
          <p class="lead">See <a href="https://ethereum.org" target="_blank">our website</a> or <a href="https://www.ethereum.org/beginners/" target="_blank">read the docs</a> for more infos!</p>
        </div>
        <div class="col-md-5 hide-on-small-screen">
          <img class="featurette-image center-block" src="./static/images/ethereum.png" alt="Ethereum logo" height="300px">
        </div>
      </div>
      <hr/>
      <div class="row featurette">
        <div class="col-md-7 col-md-push-5">
          <h2 class="featurette-heading">What is Go Ethereum?</h2>
          <p class="lead">Go Ethereum is one of the three original implementations (along with C++ and Python) of the Ethereum protocol. It is written in Go, fully open source and licensed under the GNU LGPL v3.</p>
          <p class="lead">See <a href="https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum" target="_blank">our repository</a> and <a href="./downloads">downloads section</a> for the code!</p>
        </div>
        <div class="col-md-5 col-md-pull-7 hide-on-small-screen">
          <img class="featurette-image center-block" src="./static/images/mascot.png" alt="Geth mascot" height="300px">
        </div>
      </div>
      <hr/>
      <div class="row featurette">
        <div class="col-md-7">
          <h2 class="featurette-heading">How can I use it?</h2>
          <p class="lead">Go Ethereum is available either as a standalone client called Geth that you can install on pretty much any operating system, or as a library that you can embed in your Go, Android or iOS projects.</p>
          <p class="lead">See our <a href="./docs/install-and-build/installing-geth">installation guide</a> for details!</p>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>