Topic: Multibit wallet problem - page 4. (Read 3528 times)

Quote from: macintosh on June 18, 2013, 06:12:36 PM

I suggest trying a new wallet client

But i can't insert the private key I extracted from the multibit client, can I?

I thought you did it before.

There is a menu with import and export of private keys. After a new installation simply use this to import the previously exported keys.

Ok so this is not client dependant?

Private keys are client-independent. As noted in my previous post, you can import them into a different local wallet client, or into an online wallet. The process varies, but there's always (so far as I've seen) a way to do it.

Attention, Hem4Tic1 is a newcomer. The exported file IS client dependent. The key itself is not. Go on with multibit and the exported keys.

and what about the blockchain.info wallet? Can I make a wallet there, import the key i got from my multibit client and have the btc show up there? that seems like an easy way to solve the problem..

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Quote from: kneim on June 18, 2013, 06:23:19 PM

Quote from: macintosh on June 18, 2013, 06:12:36 PM

I suggest trying a new wallet client

But i can't insert the private key I extracted from the multibit client, can I?

I thought you did it before.

There is a menu with import and export of private keys. After a new installation simply use this to import the previously exported keys.

Ok so this is not client dependant?

As long as you stick with multibit, it is not client dependend.

This is true if you password-protect your export, which is important under normal circumstances. If you want to use your private key from MultiBit with a client other than MultiBit, you can export it in plain text. If you do this, it is critical that you delete the export file when you're done with it, because having your private key laying around in plain text is very dangerous.

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Quote from: orymh on June 18, 2013, 06:22:37 PM

Quote from: macintosh on June 18, 2013, 06:12:36 PM

I suggest trying a new wallet client

But i can't insert the private key I extracted from the multibit client, can I?

I thought you did it before.

There is a menu with import and export of private keys. After a new installation simply use this to import the previously exported keys.

Ok so this is not client dependant?

Private keys are client-independent. As noted in my previous post, you can import them into a different local wallet client, or into an online wallet. The process varies, but there's always (so far as I've seen) a way to do it.

Attention, Hem4Tic1 is a newcomer. The exported file IS client dependent. The key itself is not. Go on with multibit and the exported keys.

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Quote from: macintosh on June 18, 2013, 06:12:36 PM

I suggest trying a new wallet client

But i can't insert the private key I extracted from the multibit client, can I?

I thought you did it before.

There is a menu with import and export of private keys. After a new installation simply use this to import the previously exported keys.

Ok so this is not client dependant?

As long as you stick with multibit, it is not client dependend.

orymh

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Quote from: macintosh on June 18, 2013, 06:12:36 PM

I suggest trying a new wallet client

But i can't insert the private key I extracted from the multibit client, can I?

I thought you did it before.

There is a menu with import and export of private keys. After a new installation simply use this to import the previously exported keys.

Ok so this is not client dependant?

Private keys are client-independent. As noted in my previous post, you can import them into a different local wallet client, or into an online wallet. The process varies, but there's always (so far as I've seen) a way to do it.

kneim

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Quote from: Alexander The Great on June 18, 2013, 06:17:52 PM

This is what you gotta do, take the wallet.dat out of your client that you sent the coins to. And download a new client. with the backup wallet.dat replace the new one, then try -rescan your coins should pop up

With multibit the wallet file is "multibit.wallet". The file "wallet.dat" is for bitcoin-qt client.

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Quote from: macintosh on June 18, 2013, 06:12:36 PM

I suggest trying a new wallet client

But i can't insert the private key I extracted from the multibit client, can I?

I thought you did it before.

There is a menu with import and export of private keys. After a new installation simply use this to import the previously exported keys.

Ok so this is not client dependant?

kneim

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Activity: 1666

Merit: 1000