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Is it possible to run the Mist browser with an external ETH client like INFURA? Yes, I understand this may not be the decentralized paradise we want to get to, but I'd just be happy to run a browser for now w/o having to download the entire blockchain. I understand I'll have to trust INFURA and I'm willing to do that for now.

ronme
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    For a faster User Experience, use Metamask instead, so you just download a chrome extension. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/metamask/nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn?hl=es – Herman Junge Nov 10 '16 at 04:06

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To run Mist using INFURA, you need to start it from the command line

If you are using OSX, this is the command you want

 /Applications/Mist.app/Contents/MacOS/Mist --rpc https://ropsten.infura.io

To use the main network, replace with https://mainnet.infura.io

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Also, you may want to try out Metamask, which is a Chrome plugin for connecting to Ethereum, managing your accounts, etc. (Metamask uses INFURA as a backend.) It's a faster UX since you don't have to download (and possibly sync) Mist.

https://metamask.io/

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  • https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/metamask/nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn?hl=es – Herman Junge Nov 10 '16 at 04:05
  • Thanks, but besides the permissions issue, for some reason MetaMask does not always work on sites, e.g. https://ethereum.github.io/stake-voice/ displays "This Browser does not support Ethereum apps. ". Do you have any idea why that is? – ronme Nov 10 '16 at 18:22
  • You need to be using Chrome with the MetaMask plugin installed. Are you sure you have both? I only get that error on Stake Voice using non-Chrome browsers. – Maurycy Feb 07 '17 at 10:03