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There is a new release of MultiBit (0.2.0beta2) available at:
http://multibit.org
IMPORTANT - Mac users - Make sure you do not lose your wallets when upgrading !
Mac users - DO THIS BEFORE UPGRADING
1) Right click on /Applications/MultiBit.app and select 'Show Package Contents'.
2) Navigate to the directory 'Contents/Resources/Java' in the application bundle.
3) Copy the multibit.wallet and multibit.info files to a safe place.
4) If you have any other wallet and info files in this directory, copy them to a safe place.
Enhancements
+ German added (Vielen Dank freemoney458).
+ Added 'Your Wallets' screen and a wallet picker in the toolbar.
+ Added swatch generator on Receive bitcoin and Send bitcoin screens.
+ Decreased minimum fee amount to 0.0001 to match bitcoin v0.4 .
+ Visual indication of which panel you are on added.
+ 'Available to spend' now hidden when amount is equal to estimated balance.
+ Added number of blocks as a tool tip to the "Online/ Connecting..." status label.
+ MultiBit now supplied as an exe file for Windows.
+ User data is now stored in user specific roaming/ application data folders.
Bug fixes
+ Fixed selection colour for Receive and Send bitcoin.
+ Fixed label alignment on Receive bitcoin.
+ Fixed that directories appear in 'Open Wallet' for Windows.
http://multibit.org
IMPORTANT - Mac users - Make sure you do not lose your wallets when upgrading !
Mac users - DO THIS BEFORE UPGRADING
1) Right click on /Applications/MultiBit.app and select 'Show Package Contents'.
2) Navigate to the directory 'Contents/Resources/Java' in the application bundle.
3) Copy the multibit.wallet and multibit.info files to a safe place.
4) If you have any other wallet and info files in this directory, copy them to a safe place.
Enhancements
+ German added (Vielen Dank freemoney458).
+ Added 'Your Wallets' screen and a wallet picker in the toolbar.
+ Added swatch generator on Receive bitcoin and Send bitcoin screens.
+ Decreased minimum fee amount to 0.0001 to match bitcoin v0.4 .
+ Visual indication of which panel you are on added.
+ 'Available to spend' now hidden when amount is equal to estimated balance.
+ Added number of blocks as a tool tip to the "Online/ Connecting..." status label.
+ MultiBit now supplied as an exe file for Windows.
+ User data is now stored in user specific roaming/ application data folders.
Bug fixes
+ Fixed selection colour for Receive and Send bitcoin.
+ Fixed label alignment on Receive bitcoin.
+ Fixed that directories appear in 'Open Wallet' for Windows.
Hi robocop,
If your multibit-exe.jar does not open when you double click it, you can run it from the command line as follows:
1) open a terminal window and 'cd' to your installation directory
2) type: java -jar multibit-exe.jar
That should then start it up.
If your multibit-exe.jar does not open when you double click it, you can run it from the command line as follows:
1) open a terminal window and 'cd' to your installation directory
2) type: java -jar multibit-exe.jar
That should then start it up.
Hi jim
I downloaded the multibit and followed the instructions but if I doubleclick the multibit-exe.jar then the package-manager will open the archive but the multibit application don't start.
I use ubuntu as OS and I need help.
I downloaded the multibit and followed the instructions but if I doubleclick the multibit-exe.jar then the package-manager will open the archive but the multibit application don't start.
I use ubuntu as OS and I need help.
That is great conspirosphere.tk
I have just changed the MultiBit build so that for future Windows users they will get an multibit.exe file rather than a jar file.
This will go into 0.2.0beta2.
I have just changed the MultiBit build so that for future Windows users they will get an multibit.exe file rather than a jar file.
This will go into 0.2.0beta2.
Many thanks Jim,
I just ran the following .reg file:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jar]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.jar]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.jar]
as indicated on the second page you found, and it fixed everything. So now I can run Multibit.
Thanks again.
I just ran the following .reg file:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jar]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.jar]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.jar]
as indicated on the second page you found, and it fixed everything. So now I can run Multibit.
Thanks again.
Hi conspirosphere.tk,
It looks like it is this problem:
http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Discussion/showthread.php?184259-How-to-prevent-OVI-Suite-from-hijacking-JAR-filetype-extension
There is a workaround mentioned in that thread:
http://thepanz.netsons.org/post/windows7-jar-file-association-broken-with-nokia-ovi
I have had a look at the bat file it gives and it looks kosher. Let me know if this fixes the problem.
To fix it for everybody, I think what I will do is convert the multibit-exe.jar to a fully fledged Windows exe file so that Ovi and MultiBit can co-exist happily.
It looks like it is this problem:
http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Discussion/showthread.php?184259-How-to-prevent-OVI-Suite-from-hijacking-JAR-filetype-extension
There is a workaround mentioned in that thread:
http://thepanz.netsons.org/post/windows7-jar-file-association-broken-with-nokia-ovi
I have had a look at the bat file it gives and it looks kosher. Let me know if this fixes the problem.
To fix it for everybody, I think what I will do is convert the multibit-exe.jar to a fully fledged Windows exe file so that Ovi and MultiBit can co-exist happily.
I just installed Multibit (on XP), but when I click on its shortcut it starts Ovi (a Nokia application to manage my smartphone).
The same happens if I click on the Multibit executable or its uninstaller.
Any clue?
The same happens if I click on the Multibit executable or its uninstaller.
Any clue?
Hi GoWest,
Thanks for your bug report.
It looks like the Nokia App store is being called when jars are being opened rather than the java executable. Most likely this will apply to any java app and is not specific to MultiBit.
What system are they running things on ?
Are they running MultiBit from a shortcut (in either their Program Menu or desktop) or are they double-clicking the multibit-exe.jar.
Regards,
Jim
Thanks for your bug report.
It looks like the Nokia App store is being called when jars are being opened rather than the java executable. Most likely this will apply to any java app and is not specific to MultiBit.
What system are they running things on ?
Are they running MultiBit from a shortcut (in either their Program Menu or desktop) or are they double-clicking the multibit-exe.jar.
Regards,
Jim
An issue encountered by someone trying to install MultiBit after receiving a gift from BitcoinsForChristmas:
"Problem: when I launch Multibit it doesn't open - rather, my Nokia App store launches. Even when I launch the JAR file in the Multibit directory."
If you need more details / screenshots, I can try to get them for you.
"Problem: when I launch Multibit it doesn't open - rather, my Nokia App store launches. Even when I launch the JAR file in the Multibit directory."
If you need more details / screenshots, I can try to get them for you.
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but there is a third step, that is when bitcoin really becomes main stream and each block takes up 50+MB. Then most people will be forced to use things like instawallet, mtgox, tradehill for their wallet. The time of Bitcoin banking.
Not necessarily. There are ways of keeping it P2P even then. That would required the creation of a "give me the list of outputs of block X" message. This list would be much smaller than the entire block as it would not contain the inputs, their public keys and signatures.
Of course that a node could then lie about the contents of this list. Such risk could be considerably mitigated by
- Asking the list to different nodes
- Connecting to a set of trusted full nodes
- Clients could offer the user the option to "rescan transactions from this point to that point in time, because I should have received something there". Such manual rescan could perform a full download of all blocks in the period.
The risk could be completely eliminated by adding a checksum of the output list to the block header, but that would be a major change in the protocol. Worth doing, I'd say, if that's what it takes to keep bitcoin truly P2P, and not dependent on trust.
I have tidied up the 'Send Bitcoin' screen so that it now also generates swatches.
Here is a screenshot:
Also, I have added a 'Paste' button into the send 'swatch panel' so that you can paste a text bitcoin URI or swatch directly and it will fill out the send form.
In the very bottom left of the screen you can see that the 'Online' label now also has the block height as a tooltip.
I am hoping to get another beta out early next week, all being well.
Here is a screenshot:
Also, I have added a 'Paste' button into the send 'swatch panel' so that you can paste a text bitcoin URI or swatch directly and it will fill out the send form.
In the very bottom left of the screen you can see that the 'Online' label now also has the block height as a tooltip.
I am hoping to get another beta out early next week, all being well.
Nice work, I'll try it.
Hi GoWest,
Thanks to Bitcoins for Christmas for the recommendation.
That is a great idea for the Christmas season - I think I will use it myself.
:-)
Thanks to Bitcoins for Christmas for the recommendation.
That is a great idea for the Christmas season - I think I will use it myself.
:-)
Thanks genjix!
Lots of good improvement suggestions on that page - I have bookmarked it for future reference.
Similiarly I am looking forward to the rollout of libbitcoin. Once devs have a more structured C++ codebase to work with there should be some really interesting solutions appearing.
Lots of good improvement suggestions on that page - I have bookmarked it for future reference.
Similiarly I am looking forward to the rollout of libbitcoin. Once devs have a more structured C++ codebase to work with there should be some really interesting solutions appearing.
Multibit is looking sexy. Keep up the great work 
You might want to read these suggestions for improving your client.
You might want to read these suggestions for improving your client.
Gone into the codebase today is the ability to create swatches with multiple lines in the label.
Here is an example:
Also, the label fields on the 'Receive Bitcoin' and 'Send Bitcoin' screens have been made correspondingly bigger.
Here is an example:
Also, the label fields on the 'Receive Bitcoin' and 'Send Bitcoin' screens have been made correspondingly bigger.
I thought you might be interested in a sneak preview of what the main wallets page will look like in MultiBit:
There is still a fair amount of finishing off and testing yet but the rough layout is about right I think.
The colour palette used is:
http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/
There is still a fair amount of finishing off and testing yet but the rough layout is about right I think.
The colour palette used is:
http://colors.bravo9.com/nbs-iscc-p-plochere-color-system/list/all/
Yes - I think having a 'cross-rate' as per giszmo's suggestion would help usability.
For the early adopter 'bitcoiners' I think they are happy to think in terms of bitcoins but for wider adoption being able to present the info in a fiat currency would make it easier.
I will put it on the feature request list in the github wiki. A single cross-rate where you switch the presentation of all figures (like on a website when you switch from, say, US dollars to euros) would probably be the way to go. I like giszmo's suggestion of a 'rate-out-of-date' colour scheme too.
brandondayton <- Glad you are enjoying multibit !
:-)
Edit: Idea has been put into wiki: https://github.com/jim618/multibit/wiki/Cross-rates
For the early adopter 'bitcoiners' I think they are happy to think in terms of bitcoins but for wider adoption being able to present the info in a fiat currency would make it easier.
I will put it on the feature request list in the github wiki. A single cross-rate where you switch the presentation of all figures (like on a website when you switch from, say, US dollars to euros) would probably be the way to go. I like giszmo's suggestion of a 'rate-out-of-date' colour scheme too.
brandondayton <- Glad you are enjoying multibit !
:-)
Edit: Idea has been put into wiki: https://github.com/jim618/multibit/wiki/Cross-rates
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