Thanks for the reactions.

I was called away before i could click Send in Electrum, but i do see a positive balance, so i'm riddled here.

Is the 4.0.9 version of Electrum not always showing a positive balance immediately after typing in the private key?
This is nerve wracking to me.

Only tomorrow i'll be back at the computer where i did the sweep on, so then i can see if something changed in Electrum or i still have to solve the problem.

Will let you guys know.


Frank

Hi,

I'm pretty new here and i need some serious help.

I was trying to sweep btc from my old Multibit wallet to Electrum.
I have my private keys so i put them in and took the first steps.
The amount of btc indeed showed up in Electrum but, i started the transaction to myself and i was called away from the computer.
So now i have not finalized, signed and broadcasted it.

I can see the transaction screen with more than 290 confirmations (last time i looked).
I don't know what this means and i sure hope i still own my btc now, this is very stressfull.
I don't know if i can start all over to make a new transaction and finalize, sign and broadcast it properly,.
Can i for example delete this faul transaction? Or just start a new one? And what happens to the faul one?

I hope someone can help me out here.

Greetings Frank

Hi,

I finally had time to try your instructions.

I've followed the steps from your first reply and it worked excellent.
However, now i try your second reply and i'm stuck, probably because i'm still a newbie, but maybe also because i saw i have a different version of Electrum than you have so things might work slightly different now.

So i'm stuck at your second post where you explain with a picture how to Finalize, Sign and Broadcast.

I see in the picture you are in a window called "Create Transaction".
After the first steps i took i saw my amount of btc appear in Electrum and a message saying "waiting for confirmation". I doubleclicked that line and it opens in a window called "Transaction", but that's not the same as your "Create Transaction" window.

I hope you can forgive me my stupidness in this matter, but can you explain how to get the window "Create Transaction"??
It seems to me i have to click Send in order to get the window "Create Transaction", but i'm a little anxious to click anything with Send on it now that my BTC actually appeared in Electrum.

So, to be clear, i still haven't done the steps Finalize, Sign and Broadcast and i hope you can help me through those last steps.

BTW i'm on the newest version of Electrum, it's 4.0.9.


Frank.

Thanks a lot again.

As soon as i have enough time i will make the sweep.
Will let you know if it succeeded.

Frank

Thanks you for your great clear and concise answer.

Luckily i have the private keys so i can follow your directions.

As i'm extremely carefull though i want to make sure i understand correctly:

"Press Sweep, adjust the fees accordingly, Press Finalize, Sign and finally Broadcast."

So i understand in Electrum by pressing sweep and adjusting the fees i can avoid the too-low-fee danger of Multibit alltogether?
In other words; i don't need Multibit at all for sweeping the coins? That would be fantastic.

And after it is done and i checked and doublechecked that the coins are indeed safe and sound in Electrum can i just uninstall Multibit and free up the tons of space?

Also, what do you mean with Sign and Broadcast? Or is that self-explanatory in Electrum?

I've been worrying for weeks about this and it all sounds very simple now by your answer, but before i try i just want to make very sure i understand correctly.

Thanks again, Frank.

Hi,

I'm new here. With the recent prices of BTC i'm trying to get my old bitcoin stuff optimized for a possible sell.

But only now i learned that Multibit is obsolete and possibly even dangerous to use.
I have however my bitcoin in Multibit 0.5.18. Now i want to transfer them somehow to Electrum.

I've been trying to get familiar with the processes of exporting and sweeping.
I read that sweeping might be the easiest way. But i read that Multibit's fees are far too low for nowadays transactions, and unadjustable inside the program.
I read that trying to sweep them from Multibit might get them stuck in the chain because of lack of enough fees and even that there's a chance of loosing them.

So i think i try to export them to Electrum.
But what is an absolute safe way to do this for an absolute beginner?

Any response to this would be highly appreciated as i'm pretty clueless and extremely carefull.

Frank