The original announcement page lists some of what they claim to be the advantages of the port to Go: https://blog.conformal.com/btcd-a-bitcoind-alternative-wri

The original announcement page lists some of what they claim to be the advantages of the port to Go: https://blog.conformal.com/btcd-a-bitcoind-alternative-written-in-go/ https://blog.conformal.com/btcd-a-bitcoind-alternative-writt... * integrated test infrastructure * no active memory management * standard formatting * platform independent code * simpler parallelism * virtually crash-proof * built-in profiling and documentation facilities From a development standpoint, I appreciate it from the concept of a clean refactor implementing current bitcoind features (vs. layered on over time), seemingly well-written and commented code, and introducing a heterogeneity to the bitcoin daemon world - making it a bit more resilient (potentially) against future attacks against the infrastructure.