GO (golang): Brief Guide To Programming a Blockchain with GO

A Workshop Using A Practical Example To Make Cryptocurrency Transactions Through Blockchain Technology With A Web Wallet

Created by: Jens Schendel
jens schendel — citizen, researcher, tinkerer

What Will I Learn?

• Learn to program a basic blockchain using Google's programming language GO
• Understanding of blockchain technology in theory by coding a practical application
• Understanding of the algorithm that is used for deriving nonce mining and what difficulty means
• Understanding how blockchain consensus mechanisms work and how proof-of-work (PoW)concept is applied
• Understanding the verification process of blockchain transactions stored in blocks
• Understanding the theory behind sending/receiving cryptocurrency through the blockchain
• Understanding the role of hashing and storing hashes of values in blockchain management
• Making use of jQuery in a simple GO HTML template

Requirements

• Basic programming skills in GO or any other high efficient programming language (C/C++/C#, Java, Rust)
• Basic understanding of blockchain technology, use case of cryptocurrency as well as definition and concept of transactions
• GO (min version 1.21) installed and ability to compile and execute GO code
• Helpful: Integrated Developing Environment (Ide) with support of the GO programming language
• Helpful: Experience with scripting /bin/bash (Linux/maOS) or Command Prompt/PowerShell (MS Windows)

Target audience

• Developers interesting to learn the basics programming a blockchain/cryptocurrency from scratch
• Project manager and team leaders who want to understand blockchain and the underlying principles and concepts in necessary depth
• Entrepreneurs who want to gain deeper understanding of the relatively new blockchain technology
• School and university students who want to familiarize themselves with the concepts and terminology surrounding blockchain and cryptocurrencies
• Self-taught individuals who don’t want to learn from textbooks only but experience the creation process as well
• Tinkerer who are curious and want to discover new use cases of blockchain after gaining insights from developer‘s perspective