MultiBit

[z0n0]

Could I get some advice from you experts, please?

I have multibit 5.19 with still some Bitcoins on it. I used Multibit to send a part of that to an online service (in 2 transactions). Both transactions are stuck on "unconfirmed", have been for over 3 days now.

2 questions:

1) Is it a good idea to import the keys into another wallet and spend the bitcoins from there? (Knowing that there's still some unconfirmed transactions out there.)

2) Can I cancel the unconfirmed transactions? With a lot of Googling, I could not come up with a trustworthy way of doing that.

Thank you for the help!

Wim from Leuven, Belgium

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I have similar question about 5.19 version. Is it even still working? Is it mandatory to update to newer version?

[HCP]

1) Is it a good idea to import the keys into another wallet and spend the bitcoins from there? (Knowing that there's still some unconfirmed transactions out there.)

Yes - to importing the keys elsewhere...
Maybe - to spending the coins... it may not be possible if the existing transactions are still in the mempool.

2) Can I cancel the unconfirmed transactions? With a lot of Googling, I could not come up with a trustworthy way of doing that.

No. This simply isn't possible with Bitcoin. You either wait for the transactions to drop from all the mempools... or they will get confirmed. There is no way for you to forcibly "cancel" them.

I'm following this.
I have similar question about 5.19 version. Is it even still working? Is it mandatory to update to newer version?

Technically, the app still "works"... however a lot of users have had issues with backups being corrupted (the encryption process seems broken)... and also, the fee system is VERY outdated... the MAX fee you can pay is nowhere close to current recommended fees.

There is no "newer" version... The entire MultiBit Classic and the more modern MultiBit HD have been dropped by the developer. There will be no more updates. www.multibit.org


My advice:
Export your private keys from MultiBit and sweep (or import) them into Electrum (https://electrum.org/#download). It is probably the the closest wallet in terms of functionality and operation to MultiBit.

[WimW]

Thank you, HCP! This morning, the transactions were finally confirmed.

I'm now thinking of sending the remaining coins over to my new wallet address via normal blockchain transaction, then using the keys in Electroncash to recover the BCH.

Alternatively, I could indeed import the keys into Electrum and avoid the blockchain transaction but then I'd have to run both Electrum and Electrum Cash and from what I read, they don't seem to like each other.

[HCP]

They work fine together... I run both. There are no issues running Electrum and ElectronCash at the same time on the same PC.