STEEM Witness Update HTML Tool

Features

• HTML for ease of use in any modern browser.
• Portability, can be saved on a USB stick.
• AES-256 encryption of the active key for safe storage in the configuration file.
• Selectable public signing keys.
• Selectable RPC nodes.
• Witness disabling.

Requirements

• Steem-JS
• Crypto-JS
• JQuery
• Bootstrap
• Font Awesome

Setup

git clone https://github.com/Jolly-Pirate/witness-update-html.git or download the zipped files.

Configuration

• Copy the config.json.example and save it as config.json in the same folder as the HTML file.
• Open config.json in a plaintext editor and modify it with your settings. Follow the JSON format to add or remove values.

For the wif parameter, you have two options: either use your private active key, or encrypt it with a password then store it in the config file. I highly recommend you do the latter, which brings us to the following steps:

• Open the HTML file in a browser.
• Go to the Encryption Tool tab, paste your witness private active key, set a strong password and click Encrypt. The encrypted string will change everytime you click the button because of the random salt; don't worry, the password will decrypt the strings just fine.
• Click Decrypt to test the decryption.
• Select the encrypted text and paste it as the wif value in the config.json.

Usage

It's straighforward and self-explanatory.

• Refresh the HTML page or go to the Broadcast Command tab.
• Enter your decryption password (leave blank if your active key is in plaintext).
• Click Load Settings, select the public signing key you wish to use (or enter it manually).
• Click Broadcast or Disable Witness, depending on your needs.

I encourage every witness to learn and understand how things are done manually first (cli_wallet, compiling, etc) before using convenience tools like this one. I hope you like it.

Disclaimer

I'm not responsible for any bugs, misuse or potential bad outcome. I have tested the code extensively and didn't find any issues.