Lubuntu sounds like a great idea!
Topic: Multibit V0.5 & WinXP (Read 237 times)
Many thanks for your quick response.
Lubuntu sounds like a great idea!
Lubuntu sounds like a great idea!
if you want to stick to your deprecated and extremely unsafe windows XP then your option is a web wallet like blockchain.info so that at least you are controlling your private keys.
but if you value your security then i suggest trying Linux. there are a lot of distributions that are light weight and even if your computer is old and not-strong you can run them much faster than you run Win XP. my suggestion is Lubuntu, it is Ubuntu with a light weight desktop environment https://lubuntu.net/ and it looks like windows a little.
you can install it then install Electrum and move your funds from Multibit to the latest version of Electrum.
read the sticky topic for migration tips: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/multibit-is-deprecated-stop-using-it-2293714
but if you value your security then i suggest trying Linux. there are a lot of distributions that are light weight and even if your computer is old and not-strong you can run them much faster than you run Win XP. my suggestion is Lubuntu, it is Ubuntu with a light weight desktop environment https://lubuntu.net/ and it looks like windows a little.
you can install it then install Electrum and move your funds from Multibit to the latest version of Electrum.
read the sticky topic for migration tips: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/multibit-is-deprecated-stop-using-it-2293714
So I'm in the catch22 of a V0.5 wallet installed on a WinXP laptop.
Can't move the BTC and can't replace the wallet with a 'new" XP-compatible alternative.
Is an online wallet my only hope and if so how to organize it??
Many thanks in advance!
ETA:
I see little point in exporting into another wallet that also doesn't support the dreaded XP.
Can't move the BTC and can't replace the wallet with a 'new" XP-compatible alternative.
Is an online wallet my only hope and if so how to organize it??
Many thanks in advance!
ETA:
I see little point in exporting into another wallet that also doesn't support the dreaded XP.
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