HIVE 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

Hive-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.