[jzoch]

Rust can handle the same thing though the typical model now is using async-await and scheduling tasks on a threadpool. While I won't say its conceptually as simple as go can be, Rust also has channels, mutexes, and other concurrency primitives that allow you to create a similar story. It will also end up being more performant and less work to make correct (typically) due to its small runtime and extensive compile-time checking.

[hecturchi]

Maybe if IPFS had started today they would have picked Rust.

Honestly I'm not sure why Go was picked specificall, but if you put things in the context of 5 years ago it doesn't seem a crazy choice.