Questions tagged [go-ethereum]
Go Ethereum (short: Geth) is a Golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol.
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What is Geth's "fast" sync, and why is it faster?
One of the answers to this question suggested using Geth's --fast flag to help quickly synchronise the block data.
How does the flag work, and how does using it speed up the synchronisation? Are we ...
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Common useful JavaScript snippets for geth
In geth you can loadscript any .js file.
I discovered this one on the wiki which I like a lot:
function checkAllBalances() {
var i =0;
eth.accounts.forEach( function(e){
console.log(" eth....
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What does each genesis.json parameter mean?
I'm trying to setup genesis.json for my private network. What does each parameter mean and what value can I set in genesis.json?
nonce: any data?
timestamp: any time?
parentHash: any hash?
extraData: ...
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How to import a plain private key into geth or Mist?
This is such a basic question, but I can not figure out how to import a plain, unencrypted private key into geth or mist?
I tried geth account import 7[......]bla but it seems this command is always ...
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How can I get a geth node to download the blockchain quickly?
I'm running a geth node on slow hardware. At the current rate of progress it could be several days before I can download all the blockchain. Is there a way to get it to synchronise more quickly?
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What is Geth's "light" sync, and why is it so fast?
This question is in a similar vein to the past questions about geth --fast and parity --warp.
There was a recent question where the OP wanted to do as little syncing as possible, and one of the ...
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How to select a network id or is there a list of network ids?
We're starting a new open network based on the Ethereum protocol. The question is how to allocate a network id for the new network. In Ethereum we have main net, four test networks, classic with test ...
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How to reduce the chances of your Ethereum wallet getting hacked?
Summary
The hack that occurred on May 12 2016 to steal 7,218 ethers from Patrick only affects miners where:
Incoming RPC connections from the Internet on TCP port 8545 are forwarded to the machine ...
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How to call a contract method using the eth_call JSON-RPC API
Ok, so I'm trying to call a contract method using the methods provided by the Ethereum JSON RPC interface. The JSON RPC is running on an Ubuntu machine. Unfortunately, I can't really get a result back ...
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How to delete or reset the blockchain in geth? (OSX)
I have a currupt Blockchain and want to hard reset the chain. what do I need to delete in order to start downloading the chain from scratch?
I know that there are 2 ethereum folders (I am on OSX):
$...
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how to unlock the account with geth?
when I use the web3 interface to sign on msgs, it tell me that the account should be unlocked, how can I manage this with geth and what exactly does unlocking mean?
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How to check my sync status on Geth 1.5.5, Raspberry Pi 3
Have a Geth 1.5.5 node running on a raspberry pi 3. When I type in
sudo systemctl status geth
I'll get ever changing time and block information. Neat, but how do I know when I am synced up? Is ...
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How long is the first sync supposed to last?
I've been running Geth (latest version) for around 12 hours and it's still not finished.
The command prompt shows this :
INFO [05-21|12:05:00] Imported new chain segment blocks=1 txs=...
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What are ipc and rpc?
The question is quite simple , I have only basic Idea of RPC but none of IPC.
AFAIK, if I connect to ethereum node via ipc then the my geth should be running on same machine. and If I connect via ...
asked Dec 14 '16 at 8:09
Prashant Prabhakar Singh
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How can I run go-ethereum as daemon process on Ubuntu?
The Installation Instructions for Ubuntu suggest running geth from the command line, how can I run it as daemon process / service on Ubuntu?
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ecrecover from Geth and web3.eth.sign
I have tried to use ecrecover() to verify the signature of a message.
I have looked at lots of references here and elsewhere, like:
https://lab-blog.ey.com/2016/12/19/ecrecover/
How does one ...
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Error: account unlock with HTTP access is forbidden when unlock an account in Geth console
personal.unlockAccount(eth.accounts[0],"")
Error: account unlock with HTTP access is forbidden
I run Geth in a Docker container and use
docker exec -it bootstrap geth --datadir=~/.ethereum/...
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Can't send transaction -- "Exceeds block gas limit" or "Intrinsic gas too low"
I'm trying to send Ether using geth 1.3.5, like this:
eth.sendTransaction({
from: eth.accounts[0],
to:'0x[ADDRESS_HERE]',
value: web3.toWei(5, "ether"),
gas:21000
});`
And I'm getting "...
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How to explore all transactions for a given account?
After beeing able to check account balances, I am looking for a method to list all transactions for a given Ethereum account through json-rpc protocol. I haven't found any method suitable for that on ...
asked Sep 6 '16 at 15:26
Juan Ignacio Pérez Sacristán
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How can I expose Geth's RPC server to external connections?
I want to set up a private network of applications which can connect to a single Geth node. What options do I have for exposing the RPC server?
I'm running this: geth --rpc --testnet (sometimes I use ...
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How to get private key from account address and password?
What I have
1. I am able to create new account with personal.newAccount() method of web3 api.
2. I am working on my private blockchain.
3. geth node start with following command:-
geth --datadir ~/...
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How can I make new account by JSON-RPC?
I'd like to make new account by JSON-RPC.I've checked the wiki of Ethereum, however I could not find out how to do that.
I've found call existed accounts, but it isn't what I want.
eth_accounts
...
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Why is my node synchronization stuck/extremely slow at block 2,306,843?
Using macOS 10.12.1 with Ethereum Wallet 0.8.7, nodes are connected but Sync doesn't even start. Stuck at block 2,306,843.
What can I do? Please keep in mind, I am neither a coder nor a tech geek.
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How to make miner to mine only when there are Pending Transactions?
As of now the geth miner running on my system mines even empty blocks.
All i wanted is miner should mine only when there are Transactions to mine, after mining the miner should immediately sleep.
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Insufficient funds for gas * price + value
Sending Address has over 1 Eth in current Balance.
Using the Geth console, I can send many transactions of any amount less than .033
eth.sendTransaction({to:'...
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How to add new Sealer in Geth 1.6 Proof of Authority?
Hi there Ethereum experts,
I'm trying out Proof-of-Authority in Geth 1.6 for my private network and got it to work on a few nodes using Puppeth.
Now, I have two questions about maintain the private ...
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How to find the date of an Ethereum transaction while parsing it with web3?
Is there a way to know the date of a transaction by looking at the raw blockchain data?
I know that Etherscan and other blockchain explorers have dates for the transactions, but I couldn't find a way ...
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Is there a way to find an account's current transaction nonce?
I need to know my transaction nonce because I am doing fancy stuff with contract addresses (which are the keccak hash of my address + my transaction nonce). Is there a way to find this through the ...
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Get a peer list for my geth node
How can I use Geth (or any other client) to get a list of my peer nodes on the Ethereum network. I see there's a function to get the number of nodes using the web3 api, but I need a list of node IDs ...
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Geth node starts to sync from the beginning after fast sync
I have synced using the --fast command. Now how should I proceed?
I tried stopping it, and then running geth --rpc but it says:
Last Header #1311471
Last Block #0
Fast Block #1310224
What should I ...
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Is there a way to stop the Geth console from printing syncing information?
Is there a way to stop the Geth console from printing syncing information?
I start Geth with geth console.
Actually, I do not want to see all that syncing information constantly. Can I turn it off ...
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How do you stop a running geth node?
I can not figure out how to stop a running geth node without killing the process. I tried to lookup geth help but there is no mention of stopping, halting or any shutdown command.
How to shutdown ...
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What is a chainID in Ethereum, how is it different than NetworkID, and how is it used?
Here it's described in Ethereum's go implementation.
type ChainConfig struct {
ChainId *big.Int `json:"chainId"` // Chain id identifies the current chain and is used for replay protection
A few ...
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How can I empty the blockchain?
I am trying to do a fast sync using geth --fast but I am getting this message:
blockchain not empty, fast sync disabled
How can I empty the blockchain to allow for fast sync?
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Understanding logs and log blooms
I'm new to Ethereum and I'm struggling to understand how logs are stored and can be read using geth and plain JSON-RPC (not web3.js). There's a bit of documentation out there and some posts but I'm ...
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Possible to store the blockchain in a different directory?
I'm running geth on Linux within a Chromebook. The blockchain is being stored within ~/.ethereum, along with other important files. Problem is, the storage capacity on my Chromebook is quite limited ...
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What is knownStates?
I am using geth client (VERSION: 1.4.12-stable-421df866)
to sync to the Ethereum testnet. To check the status of the sync, I ran web3.eth.syncing in the geth console. This is the output I see:
{
...
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Why does ethereum creates a new block,without even a single transaction? [duplicate]
I'm running a private Ethereum blockchain. When I set one of the nodes to mine, that node continuously creates blocks, even if there are no transactions inside of it. What is the purpose of this?
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How do I import my presale wallet?
I purchased ether during the presale. Is there an easy way to import those ether and start using them?
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geth import vs copying chaindata
I'm trying to sync my RPi 2 with the blockchain.
geth import runs quite slowly, as well as syncing from scratch.
What would be the problem in just copying the .ethereum/chaindata folder from ...
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Why is geth always returning a 0 balance?
I installed geth on a remote server (Ubuntu 14.04) and created an account. I transferred 0.01 eth to the account. From my local machine (OS X), I can view the transaction and account balance ...
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Why is my ether balance 0 in geth, even though the sync is nearly complete?
My geth --fast sync is nearly complete, and the balance shows correctly on Etherscan.
I was running geth on linux and haven't synced in a while, so I deleted the chaindata and updated the wallet and ...
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The meaning/specification of "config" in genesis.json
As I tried to search from Google, there are some genesis.json example files to customize the parameter of genesis block in Ethereum private blockchain.
In the file, there is a part called "config"
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How do I remove accounts using the Geth console?
I have several accounts I've created in the Geth console using:
personal.newAccount()
I no longer use (nor have any intention of using) the first couple of accounts I created, meaning whenever I ...
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eth.pendingTransactions vs eth.getBlock('pending').transactions
What is the difference between eth.pendingTransactions and eth.getBlock('pending').transactions?
I have noticed that sometimes eth.pendingTransactions have some transactions that eth.getBlock('...
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E/Go: fatal error: thread exhaustion
I am experimenting with the geth-android library with light-client and in-process node from @karalabe. I could successfully sync with the testnet node from @phonikg, unfortunately this one is down now....
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Deploying the Greeter contract via the geth CLI is not registering in my private blockchain
I am running a local private Ethereum blockchain using:
geth --networkid 60098 --genesis CustomGenesis.json --nodiscover --maxpeers 0 --rpc --rpccorsdomain "http://localhost:3000" --datadir "./data" ...
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How to estimate gas at contract creation/deployment to private ethereum blockchain
What I have done
a) When I use web3.eth.estimateGas to estimate the cost of a contract creation constructor with no parameters, the estimate is correct.
b) If the contract is already deployed then ...
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Synchronisation failed, dropping peer
Whenever I attempt to run geth on the command line, it seems to have trouble syncing with the blockchain. I am absolutely a novice so I could be completely overlooking. I am getting these warnings ...
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Geth - How to clear queued transactions?
When typing txpool on Geth I get:
{
status: {
pending: 15,
queued: 714
},
getStatus: function()
}
I don't even know why there are 714 queued transactions when there should be none. I ...
