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## Ethereum Go
Official golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol
| Linux | OSX | ARM | Windows | Tests
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develop | [![Build+Status ](https://build.ethdev.com/buildstatusimage?builder=Linux%20Go%20develop%20branch )](https://build.ethdev.com/builders/Linux%20Go%20develop%20branch/builds/-1) | [![Build+Status ](https://build.ethdev.com/buildstatusimage?builder=Linux%20Go%20develop%20branch )](https://build.ethdev.com/builders/OSX%20Go%20develop%20branch/builds/-1) | [![Build+Status ](https://build.ethdev.com/buildstatusimage?builder=ARM%20Go%20develop%20branch )](https://build.ethdev.com/builders/ARM%20Go%20develop%20branch/builds/-1) | [![Build+Status ](https://build.ethdev.com/buildstatusimage?builder=Windows%20Go%20develop%20branch )](https://build.ethdev.com/builders/Windows%20Go%20develop%20branch/builds/-1) | [![Buildr+Status ](https://travis-ci.org/ethereum/go-ethereum.svg?branch=develop )](https://travis-ci.org/ethereum/go-ethereum) [![codecov.io ](https://codecov.io/github/ethereum/go-ethereum/coverage.svg?branch=develop )](https://codecov.io/github/ethereum/go-ethereum?branch=develop)
master | [![Build+Status ](https://build.ethdev.com/buildstatusimage?builder=Linux%20Go%20master%20branch )](https://build.ethdev.com/builders/Linux%20Go%20master%20branch/builds/-1) | [![Build+Status ](https://build.ethdev.com/buildstatusimage?builder=OSX%20Go%20master%20branch )](https://build.ethdev.com/builders/OSX%20Go%20master%20branch/builds/-1) | [![Build+Status ](https://build.ethdev.com/buildstatusimage?builder=ARM%20Go%20master%20branch )](https://build.ethdev.com/builders/ARM%20Go%20master%20branch/builds/-1) | [![Build+Status ](https://build.ethdev.com/buildstatusimage?builder=Windows%20Go%20master%20branch )](https://build.ethdev.com/builders/Windows%20Go%20master%20branch/builds/-1) | [![Buildr+Status ](https://travis-ci.org/ethereum/go-ethereum.svg?branch=master )](https://travis-ci.org/ethereum/go-ethereum) [![codecov.io ](https://codecov.io/github/ethereum/go-ethereum/coverage.svg?branch=master )](https://codecov.io/github/ethereum/go-ethereum?branch=master)
Official golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol.
[![API Reference](
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)](https://godoc.org/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum)
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## Automated development builds
The following builds are built automatically by our build servers after each push to the [develop ](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/develop ) branch.
* [Docker ](https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/ethereum/client-go/ )
* [OS X ](https://build.ethdev.com/builds/OSX%20Go%20develop%20branch/Mist-OSX-latest.dmg )
* Ubuntu
[trusty ](https://build.ethdev.com/builds/Linux%20Go%20develop%20deb%20i386-trusty/latest/ ) |
[utopic ](https://build.ethdev.com/builds/Linux%20Go%20develop%20deb%20i386-utopic/latest/ )
* [Windows 64-bit ](https://build.ethdev.com/builds/Windows%20Go%20develop%20branch/Geth-Win64-latest.zip )
* [ARM ](https://build.ethdev.com/builds/ARM%20Go%20develop%20branch/geth-ARM-latest.tar.bz2 )
Automated builds are available for stable releases and the unstable master branch.
Binary archives are published at https://geth.ethereum.org/downloads/.
## Building the source
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* 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 ) guidelines.
* Pull requests need to be based on and opened against the `develop ` branch.
* Pull requests need to be based on and opened against the `master ` branch.
* Commit messages should be prefixed with the package(s) they modify.
* E.g. "eth, rpc: make trace configs optional"