Mist uses to launch it's own client (geth
or eth
) in the background.
Does it store the node's logs? If so, where?
Yes, it does!
Mist writes logs to a file by default. The log files are rotated and stored in a platform-specific directory.
~/Library/Application Support/Mist/node.log
C:\Users\<name>\AppData\Roaming\Mist\node.log
~/.config/Mist/node.log
There is also a button in the Mist menu that opens this folder.