Showing posts with label Mist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mist. Show all posts

Ethereum Mist supersedes Wallet


Ethereum Mist now replaces the Ethereum Wallet. Here is the Ethereum wiki on wallet:

“Ethereum Wallet is just a Mist implementation enabled to access a single dapp – the wallet dapp, this is due to missing features in Mist itself and so that we are able to release earlier. So the wallet is Mist, in wallet mode”

As you see Ethereum Wallet is a stop gap solution while Mist is being built out. With Mist is getting ready for production release, we may as well be using Mist instead of Wallet.

Mist is a cross platform hybrid desktop application using web interface. It is built with electron. It will be easy for the web developers to debug using the Mist browser.


Ethereum Mist Browser with private chain


You can connect Ethereum Mist browser to the private chain and take advantages of the mist features. Here are the simple 2 steps to connect the mist browser to the private chain:
  • Start the private chain. Refer to my blog Ethereum Dev Chain - Private Chain for more details.
  • Run the Mist. It automatically connects to the private chain that is running on the same machine

That’s all. Now we can have the mist connected to the test chain as shown below:

Please note that on the windows machine, I had to run the geth and mist with administrative permissions


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