# Geth 1.6 - Puppeth Master

DevFeed: [Geth 1.6 - Puppeth Master](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/geth-1-6-puppeth-master-16805.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2017/04/14/geth-1-6-puppeth-master>)

Author: Péter Szilágyi

Published: 2017-04-14T13:19:30Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Go Language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go-language.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [C](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/c.md>), [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>)

Tags: [c](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/c.md>), [config](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/config.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [research-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research-development.md>)

## AI overview

The article announces the first Geth 1.6 release and describes its new TOML configuration support, including the dumpconfig command. It also explains the replacement of the original C ethash implementation with a Go implementation, enabling concurrent DAG generation and improved portability and maintainability.

## Source excerpt

Cramming in a lot more goodies than originally anticipated, the Go Ethereum team is proud to finally deliver the first incarnation of the 1.6 Geth release series! Glimpsing through the commit list, this is going to be a monster post!...