Help please!Multibit classic,btc sent,tx invalid and money gone

[eva212]

I am using Multibit Classic.I sent 2 BTC with multibit classic on the 23rd of Nov 2018.After I made the transaction the 2 Btc sent were gone from my balance,when I clicked on the transaction no peers seen it and I managed to save the tx which is : https://blockexplorer.com/tx/1839146c39d4844cd871a1aa471fcb6005d41f4213ecf5316ee10c92bc632204
as you can see Tx is invalid.Since then I reseted the transactions in Multibit Classic for numerous times hoping that the money sent will eventually bounce back to my account.
It did not happen and the transaction dissapeared from my account after ressetting multibit.
Transaction was sent from 1MJQDkcRjToSfPCzwhNKis1vovXd5zrWVG
What can I do to recover my money?
Thank you

[NeuroticFish]

I am using Multibit Classic.I sent 2 BTC with multibit classic on the 23rd of Nov 2018.After I made the transaction the 2 Btc sent were gone from my balance,when I clicked on the transaction no peers seen it and I managed to save the tx which is : https://blockexplorer.com/tx/1839146c39d4844cd871a1aa471fcb6005d41f4213ecf5316ee10c92bc632204
as you can see Tx is invalid.Since then I reseted the transactions in Multibit Classic for numerous times hoping that the money sent will eventually bounce back to my account.
It did not happen and the transaction dissapeared from my account after ressetting multibit.
Transaction was sent from 1MJQDkcRjToSfPCzwhNKis1vovXd5zrWVG
What can I do to recover my money?
Thank you

In 23 Nov 2018 there was not a 2 BTC, it was a 3 BTC transaction from your wallet.
Since then there were multiple other transactions there. Just look on any block explorer (eg https://www.blockchain.com/en/btc/address/1MJQDkcRjToSfPCzwhNKis1vovXd5zrWVG ) and see what you recognize from there, but it looks like you have made quite a number of transactions with Multibit Classis and your wallet and all went thru.

However, Multibit Classic is outdated and should not be used anymore since it has bugs and it's not maintained anymore. You should consider importing your private key into a newer wallet (maybe Electrum), just make sure you do it in a virus-safe environment.

[buwaytress]

Indeed... over 180 transactions, with the bulk of whatever balance remaining taking place in the last month or so. Only about 0.023++ remaining in your wallet given, so there's really not much to recover, unless you spent it all also to wallets you control, though since you're asking how to recover, I guess not.

Should always use a client that's still supported, I'm with Neurotic on recommending Electrum for that.

[Pmalek]

Seems that many users have had issues with Multibit classic and Multibit HD wallets. Here is a thread where a similar user had an issue when sending Bitcoin from a Multibit classic wallet.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1936548.0

Id agree with NeuroticFish, do not use it anymore and instead try to import your keys into Electrum.

Take a look at this post also from the above thread that I posted:

You need to export your private keys from MultiBit Classic. Then shut it down and don't re-open it until the transaction either confirms or drops from the network.

If the transaction confirms (keep trying ViaBTC, you'll get it eventually)... then you can re-open MultiBit Classic without worry. I'd still recommend you export/import your keys to another wallet (see below), as the Classic fees are hardcoded to be a lot lower than the current recommended fees required for fast confirmations. Any future transaction you send from Classic is likely to get stuck again.

However, if the transaction drops (is not visible on ANY block explorer), DON'T re-open MultiBit Classic. Instead, import or sweep your keys into another wallet like Electrum (for the record, I don't recommend MultiBit HD at the moment, the application has a rather serious bug that results in a "password did not unlock the wallet" error even when the password is 100% correct... there are numerous threads about it).

NOTE:
If you sweep into an HD wallet, you won't need to worry about ensuring you have backups of the keys once the sweep is confirmed... you just need to safely store your HD wallet 12 word seed (wallet words) some place safe!
If you sweep/import into a non HD wallet, you'll need to make sure you have proper backups of the private keys/wallet file until the coins are spent.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1936548.msg19232300#msg19232300

[eva212]

I am not very tech savy,thank you for your advice.I will migrate to Electrum and see what happens next.

[Jet Cash]

Have you considered maintaining your own node? It gives you full control, and it's pretty easy, as long as you have the disk storage space of course.

[FleurTunisienne]

Hope you got your coins back and learn to take cautions when using old wallets.

Have you considered maintaining your own node? It gives you full control, and it's pretty easy, as long as you have the disk storage space of course.

This looks like the best suggestion to avoid many of the occuring issues but don't know how much skills do i need to get it.
Would you please provide some helpful guides/tutorials on how to easy setup my own node? or just explain it here if it's that easy. Thank you

[KingZee]

The tx you pasted in your original post is invalid, but is it because it was broadcasted to the network and then dropped, or did you never broadcast it at all? (What I mean is that did this link ever work before : https://blockexplorer.com/tx/1839146c39d4844cd871a1aa471fcb6005d41f4213ecf5316ee10c92bc632204 ? If it did then once you import your keys into a new wallet you should see your coins back. If it didn't work before, then your money technically never left your address, and its probably just a multibit issue. Either way using electrum or bitcoin core will fix your problem.)

Hope you got your coins back and learn to take cautions when using old wallets.

This looks like the best suggestion to avoid many of the occuring issues but don't know how much skills do i need to get it.
Would you please provide some helpful guides/tutorials on how to easy setup my own node? or just explain it here if it's that easy. Thank you

Running a full node might fix issues like these in the future because you'll always be up to date with the full blockchain, but in my opinion you don't need to have a full/pruned blockchain copy to avoid these issues, just stop using old versions and unsupported wallets anymore, and try to store your private keys somewhere safe (using physical copies like paper wallets, or somewhere that can't be accessed online) just in case you suspect you might run into problems like these again in the future.