Gocoin

An open-source Bitcoin solution written in Go language (golang). It can be built for every platform that has a working Go compiler. The software is licensed under GPL version 3.

Features

Gocoin has a several unique features, that distinguish it from the original bitcoin client.

Node

• All the unspent outputs are kept in memory, so switching between different wallets is very fast.
• Allows a user to limit the upload and download network bandwidth used by the client.
• Works with its own implementation of a cold storage wallet.

Wallet

• For security reasons, it is supposed to be used with a PC that has never been (and will never be) connected to a network.
• The wallet is deterministic and a seed-password based, so as long as you remember the password, you do not need to backup it, ever.
• Additionally you can import private keys for your existing bitcoin wallet.
• Has very low hardware requirements, so you can run it on i.e. Raspberry Pi

Requirements

The client node requires 64-bit platform and at least 4GB of system memory. It also requires a file system that can handle files larger than 4GB.

Limitations

• No GUI
• Works only with entire (mined) blocks and does not rely transactions, except from sending own transactions to the network

History

Gocoin was written by a single person for a private purposes. The software's first public release was announced in May 2013 on Bitcointalk forum.

External Links

• Gocoin - Github repo
• Gocoin - a bitcoin solution in Go language - Bitcointalk forum topic