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February 16, 2014, 10:14:39 AM
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I generated lots of wallets in bit address.org and when it comes to importing them into Multibit it seams the private key is in the wrong format can anyone help please? I only have a mac by the way

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February 16, 2014, 10:29:26 AM
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I generated lots of wallets in bit address.org and when it comes to importing them into Multibit it seams the private key is in the wrong format can anyone help please? I only have a mac by the way

Oh my! I hope you didn't send coins to those addresses.

FYI bitcoin private keys come in Wallet Import Format (WIF). There are two types:

- Compressed: These begin with L or K and have 52 characters in em
- Uncompressed: These begin with 5 and have 51 characters.

Do any of the above match what you have??

More details: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Private_key#Base_58_Wallet_Import_format

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February 16, 2014, 10:46:06 AM
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I have got a few coins in these addresses

They have 52 digits and start with a 5. I have managed to sweep these keys before on block chain but wanted to do it with multi bit.

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February 16, 2014, 01:36:04 PM
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Is there a way of converting it to compressed then?

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