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Welcome to the Geth user manual!

Geth (go-ethereum) is an Ethereum client implemented in Go. This website contains the Geth documentation, including:

• Getting Started Guide
• Installation Instructions
• JSON-RPC Server
• JavaScript Console
• Dapp developer docs

For the Go API reference and developer documentation head over to GoDoc. Geth's source code can be found on Geth's Github.

For information on The Merge (Ethereum's transition from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake) and how it will affect Geth users, visit the Merge page.

Other Ethereum information

For background information on Ethereum, visit ethereum.org. Below are links to some of the key Ethereum resources:

• Ethereum Whitepaper
• Ethereum Yellow Paper
• Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs)
• Peer-to-peer Networking Specifications
• Ethereum execution-layer JSON_RPC_API Specification
• Ethereum events and meetups
• Ethereum dapp developer documentation

Geth is also on Twitter and Discord.