wallet questions

[xunknownx]

hi,

i'm currently using multibit as my bitcoin wallet and i have several different computers.  i have it installed on my work computer, then i backed up my wallet and imported it to my home computer but it doesnt seem to sync with each other.  so my wallet at my work computer has a couple more transactions than the one i have at home.  are they supposed to sync with each other? 

2nd question is about my wallet for namecoins.  i did some command line and got my namecoin address but thats all i have.  so if i lose that address, i loose all my namecoins?

[xunknownx]

bump.  i'm more interested in how people keep their namecoin wallets.

[BitCoinBarter]

i'm currently using multibit as my bitcoin wallet...

I don't use MultiBit, so I can not give you much information about it.

...have it installed on my work computer...

I don't suggest this for two reasons.

1. Your job may have rules against this.
They may not mention "Bitcoin", however they should have rules against installing programs.

2. This seems like an unnecessary risk.
Think about it. Some IT person can find it, monitor you for your password (I assume MultiBit does that) and robs you blind.

...doesnt seem to sync with each other...

Again, I don't use MultiBit. Syncing with each other is not the problem.
Syncing with Bitcoin (i.e., the current block chain) is the goal.

At your job, I suggest you access your Bitcoin details from some type of online wallet that doesn't have your private keys.
Online wallets should be update/synced with the block chain. Two suggestions.

1. BtcBalance.net. 
It will watch up to 50 bitcoin addresses.
Will also tell you your Btc balance (just like in its name) and the value in U.S. dollars and Euros (always nice, I guess :-).

2. Blockchain.info's My wallet.
You can import your addresses as WATCH ONLY, which is I suggest.

Others may have their suggestions about an online wallet. Just make sure that they do not have your private keys.

...my wallet for namecoins...

Sorry. I can't help you with that.

[xunknownx]

i work in IT and i administrate people's system so running bitcoin software on my work system is not a problem.  maybe i'll give an online wallet a shot but would still love an answer about namecoin wallets.

[cambda]

2nd question is about my wallet for namecoins.  i did some command line and got my namecoin address but thats all i have.  so if i lose that address, i loose all my namecoins?

If you have the official namecoin client, then make backup of namecoin wallet.dat
Because it is unencrypted, encrypt it (e.g. rar it with long password) and make several copies on dif places. If you sending your namecoins, then make periodic backups of wallet.dat, see
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Securing_your_wallet
especially
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Securing_your_wallet#Securing_the_Bitcoin-QT_or_bitcoind_wallet

Because I have no use for namecoins i withdraw the mined namecoins from pool right to deposit address of exchange service and exchanging 'em for bitcoins 

[Fjordbit]

2nd question is about my wallet for namecoins.  i did some command line and got my namecoin address but thats all i have.  so if i lose that address, i loose all my namecoins?

If you wipe your wallet.dat, then you lose them all, but you aren't going to lose your namecoins. At any time in the future, you can start namecoind in one window, let it sync (this can take a while if you haven't run namecoind for a while), and then in another command prompt do

namecoind getinfo

and you'll see your coins. You can get that address again with

namecoind listreceivedbyaddress

[bthomas]

Who is going to make a youtube video to explain it more clearly?

[onealfa]

There is more info on the forums, then you can read in a years.
Video?   no need at all

[josephliton]

need bitcoin video forum..........