consensus-specs VS go-ethereum

Compare consensus-specs vs go-ethereum and see what are their differences.

consensus-specs

Ethereum Proof-of-Stake Consensus Specifications (by ethereum)

go-ethereum

Go implementation of the Ethereum protocol (by ethereum)
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consensus-specs go-ethereum
158 365
3,427 46,063
2.0% 2.2%
9.6 9.9
4 days ago 3 days ago
Python Go
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consensus-specs

Posts with mentions or reviews of consensus-specs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-20.

go-ethereum

Posts with mentions or reviews of go-ethereum. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-20.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing consensus-specs and go-ethereum you can also consider the following projects:

l2beat - L2BEAT is an analytics and research website about Ethereum layer two (L2) scaling solutions.

Nethermind - A robust execution client for Ethereum node operators.

ethereum-org-website - Ethereum.org is a primary online resource for the Ethereum community.

web3.py - A python interface for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain and ecosystem.

ergo - Ergo protocol description & reference client implementation

besu - An enterprise-grade Java-based, Apache 2.0 licensed Ethereum client https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/besu

annotated-spec - Vitalik's annotated eth2 spec. Not intended to be "the" annotated spec; other documents like Ben Edgington's https://benjaminion.xyz/eth2-annotated-spec/ also exist. This one is intended to focus more on design rationale.

cosmos-sdk - :chains: A Framework for Building High Value Public Blockchains :sparkles:

scaffold-eth - 🏗 forkable Ethereum dev stack focused on fast product iterations [Moved to: https://github.com/scaffold-eth/scaffold-eth]

core-geth - A highly configurable Go implementation of the Ethereum protocol.

rust-libp2p - The Rust Implementation of the libp2p networking stack.

Parity - (deprecated) The fast, light, and robust client for the Ethereum mainnet.