HTTPS support for EOS 🎉

A long awaited feature has now been implemented in the EOS IO Software, HTTPS support is now available using the command line tool (cleos) and the wallet node (keosd).

Why HTTPS?

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is the secure version of the HTTP protocol. This allows the user (client) to send data packets between their browser (client) to a website (server) in a secure way. All communication messages between the client and server are now encrypted via SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) or TLS (Transport Layer Security).

Scholar Testnet uses HTTPS

From day one of starting the Scholar Testnet, each block producer were required to host their producing nodes over SSL (most of them using LetsEncrypt). Having this requirement caused a few backend troubles since the EOS IO software did not support HTTPS at the time... until now.

Block Producers using HTTPS

We are happy to present the following Block Producers which are currently producing blocks on the ScholarTesnet over HTTPS.

Block Producer	v1/chain/get_info
EOS Nation	scholarnet.eosnation.io
MEET.ONE	testnet.meet.one
EOSoCal	testnet.eosocal.io
EOSCannon	testnet.eoscannon.io
CryptoLions.io	scholartestnet.cryptolions.io
Bitspace	eos.bitspace.no
Antpool	testnet.eosantpool.com
EOS Cafe	eoscal.wxrepository.ca
EOS Dublin	testnet.eosdublin.io
EOS Sydney	scholar.eosyd.io
EOS Union	testnet.eos.ren
EOS WTZ	testnet.eoswtz.com
Staked	eos.coinstakes.io
Top.One	testeos.top.one
Wancloud	scholarnet.wancloud.cloud
Worbli	scholar.worbli.io

Try using HTTPS now

⚠️cleos will now use a single --url param instead of --host & --port

This feature is now implemented in the latest release DAWN-2018-04-27-ALPHA (Pull request #2555)

Install DAWN-2018-04-27-ALPHA

$ git clone https://github.com/EOSIO/eos --recursive
$ cd eos
$ git checkout tags/DAWN-2018-04-27-ALPHA
$ git submodule update --recursive --init
$ git status                      
HEAD detached at DAWN-2018-04-27-ALPHA
nothing to commit, working tree clean
$ ./eosio_build.sh

Get Block 1 from Scholar Testnet over HTTPS

$ cleos --url https://scholarnet.eosnation.io get block 1

Joining Scholar Testnet

Scholar Testnet is open to all Developers & Block Producers. Do you need a place to deploy your first EOS smart contract, or test out a new feature as a Block Producer, join our Telegram group or read our joining instructions on GitHub ScholarTestnet.

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