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How to turn the Ethereum Wallet into a Mist Browser to use the Voting Interface

deskenny edited this page Jun 11, 2016 · 71 revisions

Guide for


Windows

1. Create a shortcut

Right click on your your wallet application and select, create Shortcut <br ><br > You can drag this to your desktop, or pin to task bar for quick launching later.

2. Select Properties

Right click on your new shortcut icon and select properties <br >

3. Change Mode

In target box add --mode mist to the end of the 'target' <br > Example: "C:\Program Files\Ethereum-Wallet-win64-0-7-4\Ethereum-Wallet.exe" --mode mist <br >

4. Start Mist

Start Mist and wait until it is in sync. Then select 'browse' button<br >

5. Change Address

Select the address bar and enter in https://vote.daohub.org/<br > Note: You go to a test version by using http://vote.daohub.org/#T159fe90ac850c895e4fd144e705923cfa042d974 instead

6. Add DAPP

Click the plus symbol to add this page as a 'DAPP'<br >

7. Select account

Select the account you want to use for voting<br >

8. Vote

Click on "Yes" or "No", to indicate your vote<br >

9. Enter password

Enter the wallet password. You would have created this when you created the wallet <br >

10. All Done

Congratulations, you voted. Now click "Got It" and continue to select other proposals to vote on, or close your mist browser.

#Ubuntu

1. Launch command window

Hold in 'Control' + 'Alt' and press 'T'

2. Change directory

Change directory to where you installed ethereum. For me this is<br > cd ethereum/Ethereum-Wallet-linux64-0-7-4/

3. Start Ethereum with mist mode

type <br > ./Ethereum-Wallet --mode mist

4. Wait for Ethereum to sync

Start Mist and wait until it is in sync. Then select 'browse' button<br >

5. Change Address

Select the address bar and enter in https://vote.daohub.org/<br > Note: You go to a test version by using http://vote.daohub.org/#T159fe90ac850c895e4fd144e705923cfa042d974 instead

6. Add DAPP

Click the plus symbol to add this page as a 'DAPP'<br >

7. Select account

Select the account you want to use for voting<br >

8. Vote

Click on "Yes" or "No", to indicate your vote<br >

9. Enter password

Enter the wallet password. You would have created this when you created the wallet <br >

10. All Done

Congratulations, you voted. Now click "Got It" and continue to select other proposals to vote on, or close your mist browser.

#MacOS Just cd and go to Downloads folder in case you just updated Mist and forgot to move it in Applications folder.<br > Ethereum-Wallet.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron --mode mist should bring the Mist Browser GUI.<br >

Tested on Ethereum Wallet 0.7.4 under OS X El Capitan 10.11.5

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