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jim618

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Gary and I have put together a wiki with what we propose to put into the next tranche of MultiBit development.
It is here:

https://github.com/jim618/multibit/wiki

Please have a review of it and comment if:

There is something you would like to add
There is something you would like to remove
Any implementation ideas that you think are important I address

The wiki is only the very top level at the moment - I am trying to get the overall scope of what to do.
I am expecting to get stuck into it in the New Year and am thinking of (very roughly) the next 3 months work.

Obviously time is always limited so I am trying to get a list which overall will be the most useful.

jim618

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There is a new release of MultiBit at:

http://multibit.org

Version 0.2.0beta5

Enhancements
+ Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Hindi, Portuguese and Turkish translations added.
+ Minor installer changes.

All the translators are credited in the AUTHORS.txt (in the installation directory or in the app bundle on a Mac)
Thanks to everybody who has contributed their languages files.

bitcoinspot.nl

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yeah you might look at the options in the "my wallet" online-wallet from the guys of blockchain.info for some comparison.

Installed the latest version of multibit, works like a charm!
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!

Roland.

jim618

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Hi RylandAlmanza,

It won't be for a couple of weeks yet as I am concentrating on tidying up the existing code at the moment. (I don't want to add new code in the run up to Christmas because of Bitcoins for Christmas).

Ryland R. Taylor-Almanza

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Any ETA on when we can import private keys? Is it being worked on, or is that further down the road?

jim618

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There is now a translation of MultiBit into Dutch.

Thanks to the translate.multibit.org user damnek who contributed this translation.

Here is a screenshot:
http://multibit.org/postImages/dutch.png

jim618

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We now have a translation for MultiBit in Turkish.

Thanks to Emin Gün Sirer (https://plus.google.com/106498365825454902663/posts) for this translation.

Here is a screenshot:
http://multibit.org/postImages/turkish.png

jim618

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Yes printing is better than saving to a file for the ultimate backup. A file of private keys would be a magnet for thieves. Paper stored in a safe place is pretty unhackable. (assuming the printer spool file gets destroyed properly)

A QR code would work but would need the private key written as text as well just in case no scan solution was available. Fiddly to type in but we would all do it for a large enough amount of bitcoin !

Bitaddress.org import support would be do-able for 'brand new' private keys or keys we know the age of. Just replay the blockchain the way we do in 'Reset transactions and blockchain'.

I think I will add a Tools menu and put this one in as the first one.

nibor

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A QR code you can print would be the best private key backup. You can then just put somewhere safe.

Or if you supported importing private keys from https://www.bitaddress.org users would not need to export as would already have a paper based backup.

jim618

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Yes - I think this is a good idea. Will put in on my list of items to implement.

As you say, it would make for an excellent failsafe backup.

gnar1ta$

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Would you consider adding ability to export/print the private keys? I know there is an issue with importing but at least it would allow for a backup in case of data loss or corruption.

jim618

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We now have a translation of MultiBit into Hindi.
Thanks to Kishor Kumar for doing this.

Here is a screenshot (quite visually striking - like the Chinese in the previous post)

http://multibit.org/postImages/hindi.png

Again, it will go into the next beta.

jim618

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Thanks to finway for the very quick simplified Chinese translation.

Here is a screenshot:
http://multibit.org/postImages/simplifiedChinese.png

This will appear for general use in the next beta.

finway

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Simplified Chinese translation done.

jim618

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We are making a bit of a push on getting MultiBit translated into more languages.
We have these languages now:

English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Russian

And have translators currently working on:
~~Dutch : done~~,
~~Hindi : done~~,
Thai

If you would like volunteer to translate MultiBit to your mother tongue please go to our translation website or let me know.

Our translation website is:
http://translate.multibit.org

We are notably missing:

Arabic, ~~Chinese : done~~, Japanese, Korean

out of the top ten internet languages (http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats7.htm)

For a fluent speaker it takes an evening or two to translate all the terms.
Thanks

jim618

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MultiBit has been translated into Portuguese !

Thanks to Azrael_PT (on this forum) for doing this translation.

Screenshot: http://multibit.org/postImages/portuguese.png

This will appear in the next beta which will probably appear at the weekend.

jim618

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Thanks gnar1ta$ !

It is gradually coming together as the rest of the bitcoinj people and I iron out the bugs and generally improve things.

gnar1ta$

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Just wanted to follow this. Great client, thanks for all the work.

jim618

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There is a new release of MultiBit at:

http://multibit.org

Version 0.2.0beta4
This is mainly a bugfix release and a refresh of the internationalisation files.

Enhancements
+ French and Italian translations completed. Swedish, German, Spanish, Russian updated.
+ Some minor UI changes

Bug fixes
+ Fixed issue #3 - Zero confirmation transactions not confirming fixed.
+ Added 'Reset transactions and blockchain' screen to fix affected wallets.

jim618

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Hi freemoney458,

I will add the wallet file and description that will be affected. The wallet is shown in the combo box in the toolbar but clearly that is not enough.

Edit: this has now been added - http://multibit.org/postImages/resetTransactions.png

It is close to what is required for importing a private key, except that in this case I can look at the active wallet and see the earliest transaction. Say it is 2 weeks ago. I then only have to re-download 2 week's worth of blockchain. For a general private key I do not know how far back in time to go (Imagine you have a private key from 2009 and want to import it). It is certainly a step nearer though.

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