Multibit to Electrum help

[chewylewy]

Hi there,

I have an old multibit wallet (there are 3 files, a file.wallet, a file.key and a file.info).

I've tried importing to Electrum using the following video, but without success: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaijbTcxsv8&t=2s

When I enter the key details in, the 'next' button is greyed out.


Any advice?

[Lucius]

Hi there,

I have an old multibit wallet (there are 3 files, a file.wallet, a file.key and a file.info).

I've tried importing to Electrum using the following video, but without success: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaijbTcxsv8&t=2s

When I enter the key details in, the 'next' button is greyed out.


Any advice?

You can not import private keys if they are encrypted,do you still have Multibit or only files?

Second reason is that you maybe do it on wrong way and copy/paste something else besides private keys.So you only need to copy private keys without dates and times behind,one key per line.

[HCP]

I've tried importing to Electrum using the following video, but without success: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaijbTcxsv8&t=2s
When I enter the key details in, the 'next' button is greyed out.

So you're moving from MultiBit Classic to Electrum. The video by the MultiBit team "was" very good... when it was released.

Unfortunately, some options changed in Electrum in the newer version, so the method for importing your keys no longer works... the good news is that you CAN still import your keys, you just have to do it in a slightly different way.

New way needed for Electrum v3.0.3:

File -> New\Restore -> Import Bitcoin addresses or private keys


Old way as shown in the video (for Electrum v2.9.3):

File -> New\Restore -> Standard Wallet -> Use public or private keys