I understand. I may try it at a later date but for my small amount of coinage, dodgy internet connection, sluggish computer i think i willl have to go lightweight for now. but i thank you all for your help merry christmas everyone

wow, downloaded electrum   and it just works. why does all this palava with armory happen. what a waste of time. oh well. thanks for all your help and patience with me

fair enough answer. this afternoon i belived i had downloaded the entire block chain but when i opened it this evening its saying only about a third of its downloaded. im so confuded with this

yes I understand. my problem though is that i tried to send coins from msigna to armory, the bitcoin log shows the coins have been sent but i cant get them into armory. i didnt realise id need to download the complete blockchain, which at this rate is taking several weeks. i wanted to know if there was a way the coin could be recalled to msigna,?

problem is i dont see any options to paste the key in the other wallet (nSIGNA)  it allows me to import a file, i have exported the key as a file but i dont know where it is exported to?

thank you, where do i find the private key in armory, and then export it?

I decided to try armory, installed it,  then sent myself some coin from a different wallet, this is verified on blockchain.info.. but then realised id have to download the full node bitcoin core before i can accept it. as this is likely to take 2 weeks, if my hardrive has the space, is there a way i can reverse this. as in effect im sending the coin to myself just at a different wallet.......im so confused

is the length of time it is taking normal?   also what happens if i run out of disk space?

what is the advantage of full node ie having to download 180gb when other wallllets dont seem to require this.. my main concern is that it has taken 3 days and likely another 5 days, is this normal?

hello, I bought a nominal amount just to get the feel of it, i was using a different wallet (msigna) seemed straight forward the coin showed up in there very quickly but then i had problems connecting so i decided to try a different wallet, Armory. i have sent some from msigna but now i find in order to connect armory i have to download data from bitcoin which so far has taken 3 days and looks like taking another 5-10 days, am i missing something or doing something really stupid? please advise