MAJOR usability issue with Multibit - doesn't show where coins were sent to(!)

[mrb]

I am a long-time Bitcoin user and decided to try Multibit HD for the first time. I installed the current version (MHD 0.3.0) and used it to sent coins to a recipient. When I inspect the transaction details, the recipient is shown as 2 addresses, however Multibit doesn't even indicate which one is the recipient and which one is my change. I just can't believe that this wallet doesn't answer the simple question "where were my coins sent to?" Seriously? Isn't it one of the most basic use case you could ask a wallet for? "Show me where I sent my coins?" I have to open up the transaction on blockchain.info and match the addresses with the amount of coins I sent to to identify the recipient's address?

This issue made me frustrated enough that it enticed me to log on and post on bitcointalk.org (which I hadn't done in 2 years). Honestly these sorts of issues (subpar wallet software) is one of the reasons slowing down Bitcoin's adoption.

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[Cereberus]

If you check the transaction ID you find easily which one is the change and which one is the address you have sent too. You just have to know how much bitcoin you sent in the transaction. If you sent 0.05 btc to another address then 0.05 btc is in the address which you sent too and any other amount is your return address. MultibitHD is almost the same as Electrum only slower.

[mrb]

I know, I said that ("I have to open up the transaction on blockchain.info and match the addresses with the amount of coins I sent to to identify the recipient's address").

My point is the wallet itself should tell me where I sent my coins. Why the heck do I have to check the transaction in a third-party website? This is incredibly lame and absurd.

[Cereberus]

I know, I said that ("I have to open up the transaction on blockchain.info and match the addresses with the amount of coins I sent to to identify the recipient's address").

My point is the wallet itself should tell me where I sent my coins. Why the heck do I have to check the transaction in a third-party website? This is incredibly lame and absurd.

It works like that with any other wallet as far as I know. Even in Electrum is the same thing, you have to open up the transaction id in block explorer to check all the addresses involved in the transaction.

Also with a hardware wallet like the Ledger it works the same. If I need to see in detail where I sent what I have to check the transaction thoroughly through blockchain or any other block explorer.

Only Multibit Classic works like that, it tells you where you have sent the money directly from it's transactions history tab. If this is what you are looking for you can start using Multibit Classic 0.5.19 .

[mrb]

You are wrong. All other Bitcoin clients I have ever tried show me which address is the intended recipient of the coins.

• Electrum: view transaction details → the recipient address is the one not highlighted (the yellow-background one is the change address)
• Bitcoin Wallet for Android: shows the recipient address in the main view
• Bitcoin Core: "bitcoin-cli listtransaction" shows the recipient in the "address" attribute.

Again, Multibit is the only client that fails to show the difference between the change address and the recipient address. (I haven't tried the new 0.4 release, but from the brief changelog it doesn't look like this was fixed.)

[Goms]

But I read somewhere that Multibit is easier to use compared to Electrum and you do not have to pay transaction fees if you wish.

[CoinCidental]

But I read somewhere that Multibit is easier to use compared to Electrum and you do not have to pay transaction fees if you wish.

Why would you wish to not pay a tiny fee and wait for days??