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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

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

3. Change Mode

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

4. Start Mist

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

5. Change Address

Select the address bar and enter in https://vote.daohub.org/
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'

7. Select account

Select the account you want to use for voting

8. Vote

Click on "Yes" or "No", to indicate your vote

9. Enter password

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

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
cd ethereum/Ethereum-Wallet-linux64-0-7-4/

3. Start Ethereum with mist mode

type
./Ethereum-Wallet --mode mist

4. Wait for Ethereum to sync

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

5. Change Address

Select the address bar and enter in https://vote.daohub.org/
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'

7. Select account

Select the account you want to use for voting

8. Vote

Click on "Yes" or "No", to indicate your vote

9. Enter password

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

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.
Ethereum-Wallet.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron --mode mist should bring the Mist Browser GUI.

Tested on Ethereum Wallet 0.7.4 under OS X El Capitan 10.11.5

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