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Ok, thanks, guess sweeping isn't an option then. I've signed a message and hopefully that proves to be enough. If not I'll import into electrum.
Thanks for the help!
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Multibit developers have no access to your funds so I'm not sure what do you mean by "prove" that you had bitcoins. If you have the .key though, you should be able to open it using any text editor since It's a plaintext file and then, just take the private keys and sweep them to your Electrum wallet. If there is a password on the file, import the .key first and then export it again without the password.
I need to make a small transaction from my old wallet in order to prove it is mine. If I sweep the keys in Electrum and then make a transaction I'll still have the same address, right? I have the password and all info. I realise I'm probably being really dense but I don't want to mess up anything here... thanks. |
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When I first got into bitcoin back in the day I used Multibit. I only ever had a small amount of bitcoin, but without going into too much detail I lost a few and ignored cryptocurrency for a while. When I regained interest I found that Multibit was no longer supported, so I sent my bitcoin to an Electrum wallet and subsequently moved to a hardware wallet.
I've just found out there may be a chance of regaining access to the bitcoin I lost back in the day if I can prove that the Multibit wallet was mine. I've been requested to make a small transaction from the same address of the Multibit wallet.
Could I deposit some bitcoin back to my Multibit wallet and send from there, or will there be issues? The max fees are 50k satoshi per kb - is that still sufficient today?
Alternatively, I still have old backups, including the .key .info and .wallet files from Multibit. Can I sweep/export these to another client? Are there problems/risks doing this with a .wallet file? Will I still have the same address if I try to sweep these to electrum?
Any help would be hugely appreciated. I don't have a huge amount but I'd be happy to help out anyone who can assist me.
Cheers
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A new Advcash card should still work outside of the EEA though, right?
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Done.  Really appreciate the help, I was sweating for a minute there! Electrum seems so streamlined after coming from a dated version of Multibit. Are my private keys still the same as the one from my old wallet, or should I back this new one up? Can you confirm that you used "sweep" to get your coins from MultiBit to Electrum... and that you didn't use the "import" feature? If you used "sweep", this will have created a transaction on the blockchain and your coins are now in a new wallet in new address(es) with new private key(s). As ranochigo pointed out, everything you now do in Electrum will be able to be restored from your "12 word seed"... write that seed down and keep it safe! If you used "import", your coins are still controlled by your old private keys and you will have to continue to back up your wallet file. Yeah, I used sweep. Good to know. Cheers. |
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Done. Really appreciate the help, I was sweating for a minute there! Electrum seems so streamlined after coming from a dated version of Multibit. Are my private keys still the same as the one from my old wallet, or should I back this new one up? |
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Ok, thanks for the help. I've downloaded the latest Multibit Classic, installed electrum and extracted my private keys.
Should I reset the blockchain transactions in Multibit Classic before I sweep my private keys into my electrum wallet? Or is simply sweeping my keys sufficient to get the btc from my earlier failed transaction? thanks
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I purchased some a samll amount of bitcoin a few years back and stored them on Multibit v. 0.5.15 - recently I've transferred a few with no problems. Earlier this evening I tried to send some to a wallet and the transaction was seen by 1 peer but not confirmed. After reading online it seems that the fee wasn't high enough for it to be picked up by other peers.
Apparently I need to Reset blockchain and transactions to resync my wallet, but I've been advised to upgrade to the latest version of Multibit before doing anything. Does anyone know if it's safe to do this in Multibit HD, or have I got to download the latest version of Multibit Classic? Will I need to extract my keys or can I use the current .wallet file on my mac?
This might be insignificant but I don't want to risk my coins. Any help much appreciated.
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I see the appeal of keeping public data in a transparent network such as Factom, but does anyone else feel it could infringe upon privacy and individual liberties? I'd imagine a lot of people wouldn't be keen on their property portfolio or personal info being easily accessible and in the public domain. Particularly in Europe, where it would conflict with a lot of the enlightenment ideals at the heart of old legal systems...
Views? I'm interested in it regardless, but I just wonder if it's too ambitious or likely to be replaced by something similar, but slightly different.
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i think is very good information if india country ready regulation bitcoin
but is not big impact to bitcoin price, if USA reagulated bitcoin, is very big impact to bitcoin price
because USA super power country, and big exchanger from USA, sample poloniex, bittrex and coinbase
I agree it doesn't match up to the US accepting it. India is still a huge country and economy though, plus they are hugely keen on storing wealth outside of fiat - gold etc., and spending cash outside of banks. The government has made moves to steer them away from a cash economy in recent times. Bitcoin will appeal to a lot of Indians. |
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