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I can load the webpage, but vircurex and bter are down yet. I will wait with login until John approves.
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You did not yet have found the file multibit.wallet on your xp?
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No more idea at this time.
But whoever is reading this, always make a minimum transaction first. And if that works, backup and distribute your wallet, before using it for more.
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It says amount of blocks: 242.292
No idea what this has to to mean
This is the current block number, so the communication to the network is ok. For me this means you a) did not have send the coins to the address you believe b) the matching private key is not yet imported into the multibit client It is possible that a newcomer mixes up sending and receiving addresses, not so good. Can you see the used public address in the receiving tab? |
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Leave MultiBit open for a bit, it needs to syncronize.
You sure? It has been 48 hours ago the bitc were sent and it nowhere says that it is synchronizing.. Move your mouse over the lower left edge of the multibit client window. It must show you the current block number. If the block number is not up-to-date or not rising, then check your firewall. |
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Don't delete anything, do only rename at this stage.
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I'm in Germany, have to go to bed now. TAKE YOUR TIME. There is no need to hurry. If you really have the export file, you will recover your coins. Make a backup of it, to a USB stick, f. e.
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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. You are right, but I think this is far from his scope. One step after the other. |
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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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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. |
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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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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. |
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By default the data dir could be hidden.
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You can import the previously exported keys to any other multibit client, it does not matter which operating system or multibit version.
But I wonder that you cannot find the file multibit.wallet. By deinstallaion of the app the data dir remains unchanged. Find this file!
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You can search for the file multibit.wallet, the one with your private keys. This is included in the important data dir.
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One dir is for the application, another dir for the data, wallet f. e. I'm now not sitting in front of my multibit computer. With bitcoin-qt, the important wallet or chain data resides in "${HOME}/.bitcoin" (for Ubuntu Linux). What is your operating system?
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After new installation, start the multibit wallet, and hold your mouse pointer over the lower left edge of the multibit window. It shows you the number of the last loaded block number. It should be the current one, around 242206.
Then import your previously exported keys.
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Hopefully you did not transfer many BTC.
Did you do a backup before using your wallet?
cp1 said: "You should be able to copy your whole multibit folder". Did you do this?
yes I did do this, but I don't know why it really matters since I have the private key I had the case where the wallet itself get corrupt (was with bitcoin-qt). But I had a backup. Backup as soon as possible IS necessary. Bit's can alter anytime anywhere (on harddisk, in memory), believe an admin. |
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Better yet rename the multibit folder, you can delete it after successful recover.
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Hopefully you did not transfer many BTC.
Did you do a backup before using your wallet?
cp1 said: "You should be able to copy your whole multibit folder". Did you do this?
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