diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.idea
+
diff --git a/bindings.go b/bindings.go
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+++ b/bindings.go
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+package silkworm_go
+
+// #cgo CFLAGS: -I${SRCDIR}/include
+// #include "silkworm.h"
+import "C"
+
+/*
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+static bool go_string_copy(_GoString_ s, char *dest, size_t size) {
+	size_t len = _GoStringLen(s);
+	if (len >= size) return false;
+	const char *src = _GoStringPtr(s);
+	strncpy(dest, src, len);
+	dest[len] = '\0';
+	return true;
+}
+
+*/
+import "C"
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/big"
+	"runtime"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+const (
+	SILKWORM_OK                      = C.SILKWORM_OK
+	SILKWORM_INTERNAL_ERROR          = C.SILKWORM_INTERNAL_ERROR
+	SILKWORM_UNKNOWN_ERROR           = C.SILKWORM_UNKNOWN_ERROR
+	SILKWORM_INVALID_HANDLE          = C.SILKWORM_INVALID_HANDLE
+	SILKWORM_INVALID_PATH            = C.SILKWORM_INVALID_PATH
+	SILKWORM_INVALID_SNAPSHOT        = C.SILKWORM_INVALID_SNAPSHOT
+	SILKWORM_INVALID_MDBX_TXN        = C.SILKWORM_INVALID_MDBX_TXN
+	SILKWORM_INVALID_BLOCK_RANGE     = C.SILKWORM_INVALID_BLOCK_RANGE
+	SILKWORM_BLOCK_NOT_FOUND         = C.SILKWORM_BLOCK_NOT_FOUND
+	SILKWORM_UNKNOWN_CHAIN_ID        = C.SILKWORM_UNKNOWN_CHAIN_ID
+	SILKWORM_MDBX_ERROR              = C.SILKWORM_MDBX_ERROR
+	SILKWORM_INVALID_BLOCK           = C.SILKWORM_INVALID_BLOCK
+	SILKWORM_DECODING_ERROR          = C.SILKWORM_DECODING_ERROR
+	SILKWORM_TOO_MANY_INSTANCES      = C.SILKWORM_TOO_MANY_INSTANCES
+	SILKWORM_INVALID_SETTINGS        = C.SILKWORM_INVALID_SETTINGS
+	SILKWORM_TERMINATION_SIGNAL      = C.SILKWORM_TERMINATION_SIGNAL
+	SILKWORM_SERVICE_ALREADY_STARTED = C.SILKWORM_SERVICE_ALREADY_STARTED
+)
+
+// ErrInterrupted is the error returned by Silkworm APIs when stopped by any termination signal.
+var ErrInterrupted = errors.New("interrupted")
+var ErrInvalidBlock = errors.New("invalid block")
+
+type Silkworm struct {
+	handle C.SilkwormHandle
+}
+
+func New(dataDirPath string) (*Silkworm, error) {
+	silkworm := &Silkworm{
+		handle: nil,
+	}
+
+	settings := &C.struct_SilkwormSettings{}
+
+	if !C.go_string_copy(dataDirPath, &settings.data_dir_path[0], C.SILKWORM_PATH_SIZE) {
+		return nil, errors.New("silkworm.New failed to copy dataDirPath")
+	}
+
+	status := C.silkworm_init(&silkworm.handle, settings) //nolint:gocritic
+	if status == SILKWORM_OK {
+		return silkworm, nil
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("silkworm_init error %d", status)
+}
+
+func (s *Silkworm) Close() error {
+	status := C.silkworm_fini(s.handle)
+	s.handle = nil
+	if status == SILKWORM_OK {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("silkworm_fini error %d", status)
+}
+
+func (s *Silkworm) AddSnapshot(snapshot *MappedChainSnapshot) error {
+	cHeadersSegmentFilePath := C.CString(snapshot.Headers.Segment.FilePath)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cHeadersSegmentFilePath))
+	cHeadersIdxHeaderHashFilePath := C.CString(snapshot.Headers.IdxHeaderHash.FilePath)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cHeadersIdxHeaderHashFilePath))
+	cHeadersSnapshot := C.struct_SilkwormHeadersSnapshot{
+		segment: C.struct_SilkwormMemoryMappedFile{
+			file_path:      cHeadersSegmentFilePath,
+			memory_address: (*C.uchar)(snapshot.Headers.Segment.DataHandle),
+			memory_length:  C.uint64_t(snapshot.Headers.Segment.Size),
+		},
+		header_hash_index: C.struct_SilkwormMemoryMappedFile{
+			file_path:      cHeadersIdxHeaderHashFilePath,
+			memory_address: (*C.uchar)(snapshot.Headers.IdxHeaderHash.DataHandle),
+			memory_length:  C.uint64_t(snapshot.Headers.IdxHeaderHash.Size),
+		},
+	}
+
+	cBodiesSegmentFilePath := C.CString(snapshot.Bodies.Segment.FilePath)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cBodiesSegmentFilePath))
+	cBodiesIdxBodyNumberFilePath := C.CString(snapshot.Bodies.IdxBodyNumber.FilePath)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cBodiesIdxBodyNumberFilePath))
+	cBodiesSnapshot := C.struct_SilkwormBodiesSnapshot{
+		segment: C.struct_SilkwormMemoryMappedFile{
+			file_path:      cBodiesSegmentFilePath,
+			memory_address: (*C.uchar)(snapshot.Bodies.Segment.DataHandle),
+			memory_length:  C.uint64_t(snapshot.Bodies.Segment.Size),
+		},
+		block_num_index: C.struct_SilkwormMemoryMappedFile{
+			file_path:      cBodiesIdxBodyNumberFilePath,
+			memory_address: (*C.uchar)(snapshot.Bodies.IdxBodyNumber.DataHandle),
+			memory_length:  C.uint64_t(snapshot.Bodies.IdxBodyNumber.Size),
+		},
+	}
+
+	cTxsSegmentFilePath := C.CString(snapshot.Txs.Segment.FilePath)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cTxsSegmentFilePath))
+	cTxsIdxTxnHashFilePath := C.CString(snapshot.Txs.IdxTxnHash.FilePath)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cTxsIdxTxnHashFilePath))
+	cTxsIdxTxnHash2BlockFilePath := C.CString(snapshot.Txs.IdxTxnHash2BlockNum.FilePath)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cTxsIdxTxnHash2BlockFilePath))
+	cTxsSnapshot := C.struct_SilkwormTransactionsSnapshot{
+		segment: C.struct_SilkwormMemoryMappedFile{
+			file_path:      cTxsSegmentFilePath,
+			memory_address: (*C.uchar)(snapshot.Txs.Segment.DataHandle),
+			memory_length:  C.uint64_t(snapshot.Txs.Segment.Size),
+		},
+		tx_hash_index: C.struct_SilkwormMemoryMappedFile{
+			file_path:      cTxsIdxTxnHashFilePath,
+			memory_address: (*C.uchar)(snapshot.Txs.IdxTxnHash.DataHandle),
+			memory_length:  C.uint64_t(snapshot.Txs.IdxTxnHash.Size),
+		},
+		tx_hash_2_block_index: C.struct_SilkwormMemoryMappedFile{
+			file_path:      cTxsIdxTxnHash2BlockFilePath,
+			memory_address: (*C.uchar)(snapshot.Txs.IdxTxnHash2BlockNum.DataHandle),
+			memory_length:  C.uint64_t(snapshot.Txs.IdxTxnHash2BlockNum.Size),
+		},
+	}
+
+	cChainSnapshot := C.struct_SilkwormChainSnapshot{
+		headers:      cHeadersSnapshot,
+		bodies:       cBodiesSnapshot,
+		transactions: cTxsSnapshot,
+	}
+
+	status := C.silkworm_add_snapshot(s.handle, &cChainSnapshot) //nolint:gocritic
+	if status == SILKWORM_OK {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("silkworm_add_snapshot error %d", status)
+}
+
+func (s *Silkworm) StartRpcDaemon(dbEnvCHandle unsafe.Pointer) error {
+	cEnv := (*C.MDBX_env)(dbEnvCHandle)
+	status := C.silkworm_start_rpcdaemon(s.handle, cEnv)
+	// Handle successful execution
+	if status == SILKWORM_OK {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("silkworm_start_rpcdaemon error %d", status)
+}
+
+func (s *Silkworm) StopRpcDaemon() error {
+	status := C.silkworm_stop_rpcdaemon(s.handle)
+	// Handle successful execution
+	if status == SILKWORM_OK {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("silkworm_stop_rpcdaemon error %d", status)
+}
+
+type SentrySettings struct {
+	ClientId    string
+	ApiPort     int
+	Port        int
+	Nat         string
+	NetworkId   uint64
+	NodeKey     []byte
+	StaticPeers []string
+	Bootnodes   []string
+	NoDiscover  bool
+	MaxPeers    int
+}
+
+func copyPeerURLs(list []string, cList *[C.SILKWORM_SENTRY_SETTINGS_PEERS_MAX][C.SILKWORM_SENTRY_SETTINGS_PEER_URL_SIZE]C.char) error {
+	listLen := len(list)
+	if listLen > C.SILKWORM_SENTRY_SETTINGS_PEERS_MAX {
+		return errors.New("copyPeerURLs: peers URL list has too many items")
+	}
+	// mark the list end with an empty string
+	if listLen < C.SILKWORM_SENTRY_SETTINGS_PEERS_MAX {
+		cList[listLen][0] = 0
+	}
+	for i, url := range list {
+		if !C.go_string_copy(url, &cList[i][0], C.SILKWORM_SENTRY_SETTINGS_PEER_URL_SIZE) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("copyPeerURLs: failed to copy peer URL %d", i)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func makeCSentrySettings(settings SentrySettings) (*C.struct_SilkwormSentrySettings, error) {
+	cSettings := &C.struct_SilkwormSentrySettings{
+		api_port:    C.uint16_t(settings.ApiPort),
+		port:        C.uint16_t(settings.Port),
+		network_id:  C.uint64_t(settings.NetworkId),
+		no_discover: C.bool(settings.NoDiscover),
+		max_peers:   C.size_t(settings.MaxPeers),
+	}
+	if !C.go_string_copy(settings.ClientId, &cSettings.client_id[0], C.SILKWORM_SENTRY_SETTINGS_CLIENT_ID_SIZE) {
+		return nil, errors.New("makeCSentrySettings failed to copy ClientId")
+	}
+	if !C.go_string_copy(settings.Nat, &cSettings.nat[0], C.SILKWORM_SENTRY_SETTINGS_NAT_SIZE) {
+		return nil, errors.New("makeCSentrySettings failed to copy Nat")
+	}
+	if len(settings.NodeKey) == C.SILKWORM_SENTRY_SETTINGS_NODE_KEY_SIZE {
+		C.memcpy(unsafe.Pointer(&cSettings.node_key[0]), unsafe.Pointer(&settings.NodeKey[0]), C.SILKWORM_SENTRY_SETTINGS_NODE_KEY_SIZE) //nolint:gocritic
+	} else {
+		return nil, errors.New("makeCSentrySettings failed to copy NodeKey")
+	}
+	if err := copyPeerURLs(settings.StaticPeers, &cSettings.static_peers); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("copyPeerURLs failed to copy StaticPeers: %w", err)
+	}
+	if err := copyPeerURLs(settings.Bootnodes, &cSettings.bootnodes); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("copyPeerURLs failed to copy Bootnodes: %w", err)
+	}
+	return cSettings, nil
+}
+
+func (s *Silkworm) SentryStart(settings SentrySettings) error {
+	cSettings, err := makeCSentrySettings(settings)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	status := C.silkworm_sentry_start(s.handle, cSettings)
+	if status == SILKWORM_OK {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("silkworm_sentry_start error %d", status)
+}
+
+func (s *Silkworm) SentryStop() error {
+	status := C.silkworm_sentry_stop(s.handle)
+	if status == SILKWORM_OK {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("silkworm_sentry_stop error %d", status)
+}
+
+func (s *Silkworm) ExecuteBlocks(
+	txnCHandle unsafe.Pointer,
+	chainID *big.Int,
+	startBlock uint64,
+	maxBlock uint64,
+	batchSize uint64,
+	writeChangeSets,
+	writeReceipts,
+	writeCallTraces bool,
+) (lastExecutedBlock uint64, err error) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+		return 0, errors.New("silkworm execution is incompatible with Go runtime on macOS due to stack size mismatch (see https://github.com/golang/go/issues/28024)")
+	}
+
+	cTxn := (*C.MDBX_txn)(txnCHandle)
+	cChainId := C.uint64_t(chainID.Uint64())
+	cStartBlock := C.uint64_t(startBlock)
+	cMaxBlock := C.uint64_t(maxBlock)
+	cBatchSize := C.uint64_t(batchSize)
+	cWriteChangeSets := C._Bool(writeChangeSets)
+	cWriteReceipts := C._Bool(writeReceipts)
+	cWriteCallTraces := C._Bool(writeCallTraces)
+	cLastExecutedBlock := C.uint64_t(startBlock - 1)
+	cMdbxErrorCode := C.int(0)
+	status := C.silkworm_execute_blocks(
+		s.handle,
+		cTxn,
+		cChainId,
+		cStartBlock,
+		cMaxBlock,
+		cBatchSize,
+		cWriteChangeSets,
+		cWriteReceipts,
+		cWriteCallTraces,
+		&cLastExecutedBlock,
+		&cMdbxErrorCode,
+	)
+	lastExecutedBlock = uint64(cLastExecutedBlock)
+	// Handle successful execution
+	if status == SILKWORM_OK {
+		return lastExecutedBlock, nil
+	}
+	// Handle special errors
+	if status == SILKWORM_INVALID_BLOCK {
+		return lastExecutedBlock, ErrInvalidBlock
+	}
+	if status == SILKWORM_TERMINATION_SIGNAL {
+		return lastExecutedBlock, ErrInterrupted
+	}
+	return lastExecutedBlock, fmt.Errorf("silkworm_execute_blocks error %d, MDBX error %d", status, cMdbxErrorCode)
+}
diff --git a/bindings_test.go b/bindings_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db62712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings_test.go
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+package silkworm_go
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestInit(t *testing.T) {
+	silkworm, err := New(t.TempDir())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	err = silkworm.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..206903f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module github.com/erigontech/silkworm-go
+
+go 1.20
diff --git a/link_linux_arm64.go b/link_linux_arm64.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73f3c45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/link_linux_arm64.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+//go:build linux && arm64
+
+package silkworm_go
+
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -lsilkworm_capi
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -L${SRCDIR}/lib/linux_arm64
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -Wl,-rpath ${SRCDIR}/lib/linux_arm64
+import "C"
diff --git a/link_linux_x64.go b/link_linux_x64.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1f2728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/link_linux_x64.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+//go:build linux && amd64
+
+package silkworm_go
+
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -lsilkworm_capi
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -L${SRCDIR}/lib/linux_x64
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -Wl,-rpath ${SRCDIR}/lib/linux_x64
+import "C"
diff --git a/link_macos_arm64.go b/link_macos_arm64.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4f7680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/link_macos_arm64.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+//go:build darwin && arm64
+
+package silkworm_go
+
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -lsilkworm_capi
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -L${SRCDIR}/lib/macos_arm64
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -Wl,-rpath ${SRCDIR}/lib/macos_arm64
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -mmacosx-version-min=13.3
+import "C"
diff --git a/snapshot_types.go b/snapshot_types.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5e3ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snapshot_types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package silkworm_go
+
+import "unsafe"
+
+type MemoryMappedRegion struct {
+	FilePath   string
+	DataHandle unsafe.Pointer
+	Size       int64
+}
+
+type MappedHeaderSnapshot struct {
+	Segment       *MemoryMappedRegion
+	IdxHeaderHash *MemoryMappedRegion
+}
+
+type MappedBodySnapshot struct {
+	Segment       *MemoryMappedRegion
+	IdxBodyNumber *MemoryMappedRegion
+}
+
+type MappedTxnSnapshot struct {
+	Segment             *MemoryMappedRegion
+	IdxTxnHash          *MemoryMappedRegion
+	IdxTxnHash2BlockNum *MemoryMappedRegion
+}
+
+type MappedChainSnapshot struct {
+	Headers *MappedHeaderSnapshot
+	Bodies  *MappedBodySnapshot
+	Txs     *MappedTxnSnapshot
+}
+
+func NewMemoryMappedRegion(filePath string, dataHandle unsafe.Pointer, size int64) *MemoryMappedRegion {
+	region := &MemoryMappedRegion{
+		FilePath:   filePath,
+		DataHandle: dataHandle,
+		Size:       size,
+	}
+	return region
+}
+
+func NewMappedHeaderSnapshot(segment, idxHeaderHash *MemoryMappedRegion) *MappedHeaderSnapshot {
+	snapshot := &MappedHeaderSnapshot{
+		Segment:       segment,
+		IdxHeaderHash: idxHeaderHash,
+	}
+	return snapshot
+}
+
+func NewMappedBodySnapshot(segment, idxBodyNumber *MemoryMappedRegion) *MappedBodySnapshot {
+	snapshot := &MappedBodySnapshot{
+		Segment:       segment,
+		IdxBodyNumber: idxBodyNumber,
+	}
+	return snapshot
+}
+
+func NewMappedTxnSnapshot(segment, idxTxnHash, idxTxnHash2BlockNum *MemoryMappedRegion) *MappedTxnSnapshot {
+	snapshot := &MappedTxnSnapshot{
+		Segment:             segment,
+		IdxTxnHash:          idxTxnHash,
+		IdxTxnHash2BlockNum: idxTxnHash2BlockNum,
+	}
+	return snapshot
+}