can some one help me?

[Towdogs]

So you have opened MultiBit...

And you selected: "File" -> "Open Wallet"

It should have opened a window asking you to select a wallet file, did you see something like this:


You want to select "multibit-data", then click "Open", you should see this:


Now you want to select the "wallet-backup" folder and then click "Open", you should see the "multibit-YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.wallet" files:


Select the wallet file you want and click "Open".

You should go back to the main multibit window, and it will start synchronising the wallet. This may take a while, so be patient. After this has finished you should see all your addresses, transactions and coins.

 is there a way to put the addresses in manually.  one at a time.

 adding the file has not worked.  I tried many  times.

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[HCP]

I beginning to wonder if you have been hit with the MultiBit wallet corruption issues that a couple of other users have had...

Either that, or you've been hacked and don't actually have any bitcoins left... have you actually checked your addresses on a block explorer like blockchain.info to see if they still contain coins?

Also, check your PMs...

[Towdogs]

I beginning to wonder if you have been hit with the MultiBit wallet corruption issues that a couple of other users have had...

Either that, or you've been hacked and don't actually have any bitcoins left... have you actually checked your addresses on a block explorer like blockchain.info to see if they still contain coins?

Also, check your PMs...

   Thank You for Your Help!

  It was a power shut down when the wallet was open.

  Yes I checked one address and it showed .1 bitcoin,  so I still have my coins. I just cant load them in the bitcoin wallet.

[HI-TEC99]

I beginning to wonder if you have been hit with the MultiBit wallet corruption issues that a couple of other users have had...

Either that, or you've been hacked and don't actually have any bitcoins left... have you actually checked your addresses on a block explorer like blockchain.info to see if they still contain coins?

Also, check your PMs...

   Thank You for Your Help!

  It was a power shut down when the wallet was open.

  Yes I checked one address and it showed .1 bitcoin,  so I still have my coins. I just cant load them in the bitcoin wallet.

Did your multibit wallet have a password? If it's corrupted but didn't have a password then retrieving the coins will probably be easier than if it has a password.

[Towdogs]

I beginning to wonder if you have been hit with the MultiBit wallet corruption issues that a couple of other users have had...

Either that, or you've been hacked and don't actually have any bitcoins left... have you actually checked your addresses on a block explorer like blockchain.info to see if they still contain coins?

Also, check your PMs...

   Thank You for Your Help!

  It was a power shut down when the wallet was open.

  Yes I checked one address and it showed .1 bitcoin,  so I still have my coins. I just cant load them in the bitcoin wallet.

Did your multibit wallet have a password? If it's corrupted but didn't have a password then retrieving the coins will probably be easier than if it has a password.

  No password.  I live alone and no one around here knows what BitCoin is.  I didn't want to get locked out of it also.

[HI-TEC99]

I beginning to wonder if you have been hit with the MultiBit wallet corruption issues that a couple of other users have had...

Either that, or you've been hacked and don't actually have any bitcoins left... have you actually checked your addresses on a block explorer like blockchain.info to see if they still contain coins?

Also, check your PMs...

   Thank You for Your Help!

  It was a power shut down when the wallet was open.

  Yes I checked one address and it showed .1 bitcoin,  so I still have my coins. I just cant load them in the bitcoin wallet.

Did your multibit wallet have a password? If it's corrupted but didn't have a password then retrieving the coins will probably be easier than if it has a password.

  No password.  I live alone and no one around here knows what BitCoin is.  I didn't want to get locked out of it also.

I can't promise anything, but if your multibit wallet file is only a little corrupted you might be able to use the quoted instructions to get your coins back. Basically they explain how to open your multibit wallet file in something called a hex editor and use it to search for 08011220. If you find that number then the next 64 characters (32 bytes) could be a private key for your wallet.

You can change that private key to a format the electrum wallet accepts, and import it into electrum to get your coins back.

Since version 0.4.0 multibit classic wallet files are in a format called Google protocol buffer format (protobuf). Open a file with a .wallet extension in a hex editor and look for the following sequence of bytes 08 01 12 20. The next 32 bytes after that should be your private key in hex format. After you get your private key in hex format you can convert it to a normal format using an offline copy of the bitaddress website.

I tested this on an unencrypted wallet (one with no password) in multibit version 0.5.1.6 and it worked for me.

This is the hex editor I used, although any other is probably sufficient.

http://www.wxhexeditor.org/home.php

This is the bitaddress website. I advise you not to directly paste private keys into it.

https://www.bitaddress.org/

Instead look for this link at the bottom of the page and use it to download a zipped copy you can run offline.

https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org/archive/v3.3.0.zip



This is my multibit wallet file opened in the hex editor with the bytes 08 01 12 20 that precede a private key highlighted.






This is the 32 bytes of a private key (in hex format) highlighted.







This is the 32 bytes of a private key (in hex format) copied directly from the hex editor into notepad.






This is the 32 bytes of a private key after removing the spaces in notepad.






This is the private key copied from notepad and pasted into an offline copy of the bitaddress wedsite. Click the view details button to get the private key converted to normal formats.





This is my multibit wallet's address 1F84fkbMng6dJpGZmtycRbUe72B7XSYbeT shown on the right hand side of bitaddress. Every raw private key can convert into two different bitcoin addresses, which is why there's two.






This is my multibit wallet's address 1F84fkbMng6dJpGZmtycRbUe72B7XSYbeT shown in multibit.




You can import your private key into the wallet of your choice to get control of yours coins back. Electrum's a good choice.

[HCP]

The most frustrating part about all this is that it would probably take less than 5 minutes to recover all of the coins... no password on a MultiBit Classic wallet means that with a simple python script, all the private keys can be dumped directly from one of the wallet files in the "wallet-unenc-backup" directory

However, I get the feeling that installing Python and using a command line based Python script is going to be way beyond the technical ability of the OP, given their obvious struggle with some computing basics like working Explorer and copy/paste. 

So, I have been experimenting with "pyinstaller" and "Tkinter" to create a standalone Python version of my script that extracts pubkeys and privkeys from MultiBit Classic .wallet files. I have even created a GUI for the script, so the user doesn't need to know or use the commandline... you just extract all the files from the .zip and run the .exe from Windows Explorer:



Then you use the dialog to select your wallet file (maybe copy your .wallet to the same directory as the script first):



Enter a password if the wallet has one (if you don't have a password, you won't be prompted):



If there was a password, you'll probably have to wait a little bit for the decryption process to complete:



Then it should dump out the Addresses and matching PrivKeys (it even autodetects if using compressed or uncompressed keys and outputs the appropriate PrivKey):



Credits: Christopher Gurnee (gurnec) and his BitcoinJ Seed Extractor... It should be fairly obvious that I've borrowed quite heavily from his script

The source code for the script (which can also be run from the commandline if required) is here: https://github.com/HardCorePawn/extract_mbc_keys
The zip package is here: https://github.com/HardCorePawn/extract_mbc_keys/raw/master/extract_mbc_keys.zip

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Checksum information
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Name: extract_mbc_keys.zip
Size: 7642347 bytes (7 MB)

CRC32: 6F21AE1E
CRC64: 8DD1D7666DCFA36A
SHA256: 938424AB82973B6D8C6B9E8E0FBA46EB52D72B290D526C0C7B3E1CEABFD02004
SHA1: D925BA360A87DF864CD719B98E42C0AD92715502
BLAKE2sp: 5912D39405FE05623465280F247BDCE568935042D9D149B9C62E7F734131EA59
MD5: 7d7edf7d7c0bceb300aef7628a004cd9
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NOTES:

• Yes, I know distributing .exe's is not best practice... but if you read this thread from the start, you'll understand why I have chosen this solution.
• The source script is included in the github repository, so it can be peer reviewed and/or you can "compile" it yourself using pyinstaller.
• This package will ONLY work on Windows... it's just the way pyinstaller works... it was "compiled" on Windows, so it runs on Windows. If you want to compile it for Linux and/or MacOSX feel free... the source is there and pyinstaller apparently runs on Linux/MacOSX.

[eXpl0sive]

I hope OP isn't messing around with us. Every time we ask for some information, he comes up with something really absurd.

Now I think I was right. OP was just messing around. No response from him after we went through all this trouble of teaching him simple tasks like copy/pasting and even opening a file.

[HCP]

The OP hasn't been active on the site since the 6th... coming up 2 weeks now with no response...

No great loss either way... and I learnt a little about Tkinter

[Towdogs]

The OP hasn't been active on the site since the 6th... coming up 2 weeks now with no response...

No great loss either way... and I learnt a little about Tkinter

I'm still here.

  I have been on tractor brush hogging and mowing almost every day. it has been wet spring that makes a lot of weeds and grass to take care off.  That is how I make the money for the bitcoins.
 
did any of you hear what Mcafee said about bitcoin?  saying it could go to .5 mil in 3 years? http://www.gcnlive.com/JW1D/index.php/archivespage?showCode=1
 go to hour 4 on 7-24-17.  at 12:30.

[HCP]

Did you get a chance to try the little util I coded up for you?

If so, did it manage to extract any addresses/keys from your wallet? If not, did you get any errors?

[Towdogs]

The OP hasn't been active on the site since the 6th... coming up 2 weeks now with no response...

No great loss either way... and I learnt a little about Tkinter

I'm still here.

  I have been on tractor brush hogging and mowing almost every day. it has been wet spring that makes a lot of weeds and grass to take care off.  That is how I make the money for the bitcoins.
 
did any of you hear what Mcafee said about bitcoin?  saying it could go to .5 mil in 3 years? http://www.gcnlive.com/JW1D/index.php/archivespage?showCode=1
 go to hour 4 on 7-24-17.  at 12:30.

  where can I buy bitcoin with paypal or debit card - mastercard  and what is a good wallet to keep them in?

[Towdogs]

Did you get a chance to try the little util I coded up for you?

If so, did it manage to extract any addresses/keys from your wallet? If not, did you get any errors?
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 I tried a lot of things,  no errors.  I know my coins are safe in the backup file.  the address check show they are there.  that was a great help.   

  I'm on my way to the tractor, try to get back this evening.

[Towdogs]

I beginning to wonder if you have been hit with the MultiBit wallet corruption issues that a couple of other users have had...

Either that, or you've been hacked and don't actually have any bitcoins left... have you actually checked your addresses on a block explorer like blockchain.info to see if they still contain coins?

Also, check your PMs...

   Thank You for Your Help!

  It was a power shut down when the wallet was open.

  Yes I checked one address and it showed .1 bitcoin,  so I still have my coins. I just cant load them in the bitcoin wallet.

Did your multibit wallet have a password? If it's corrupted but didn't have a password then retrieving the coins will probably be easier than if it has a password.

  No password.  I live alone and no one around here knows what BitCoin is.  I didn't want to get locked out of it also.

I can't promise anything, but if your multibit wallet file is only a little corrupted you might be able to use the quoted instructions to get your coins back. Basically they explain how to open your multibit wallet file in something called a hex editor and use it to search for 08011220. If you find that number then the next 64 characters (32 bytes) could be a private key for your wallet.

You can change that private key to a format the electrum wallet accepts, and import it into electrum to get your coins back.

Since version 0.4.0 multibit classic wallet files are in a format called Google protocol buffer format (protobuf). Open a file with a .wallet extension in a hex editor and look for the following sequence of bytes 08 01 12 20. The next 32 bytes after that should be your private key in hex format. After you get your private key in hex format you can convert it to a normal format using an offline copy of the bitaddress website.

I tested this on an unencrypted wallet (one with no password) in multibit version 0.5.1.6 and it worked for me.

This is the hex editor I used, although any other is probably sufficient.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxhexeditor/

This is the bitaddress website. I advise you not to directly paste private keys into it.

https://www.bitaddress.org/

Instead look for this link at the bottom of the page and use it to download a zipped copy you can run offline.

https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org/archive/v3.3.0.zip



This is my multibit wallet file opened in the hex editor with the bytes 08 01 12 20 that precede a private key highlighted.






This is the 32 bytes of a private key (in hex format) highlighted.







This is the 32 bytes of a private key (in hex format) copied directly from the hex editor into notepad.






This is the 32 bytes of a private key after removing the spaces in notepad.






This is the private key copied from notepad and pasted into an offline copy of the bitaddress wedsite. Click the view details button to get the private key converted to normal formats.





This is my multibit wallet's address 1F84fkbMng6dJpGZmtycRbUe72B7XSYbeT shown on the right hand side of bitaddress. Every raw private key can convert into two different bitcoin addresses, which is why there's two.






This is my multibit wallet's address 1F84fkbMng6dJpGZmtycRbUe72B7XSYbeT shown in multibit.




You can import your private key into the wallet of your choice to get control of yours coins back. Electrum's a good choice.

I tried to install an Electrum wallet on my computer and Norton antivirus said it is unsafe and removed it.  wonderful!!

[eXpl0sive]

I tried to install an Electrum wallet on my computer and Norton antivirus said it is unsafe and removed it.  wonderful!!

If I were you, I would uninstall Norton instead   

[Towdogs]

I tried to install an Electrum wallet on my computer and Norton antivirus said it is unsafe and removed it.  wonderful!!

If I were you, I would uninstall Norton instead  

 
  Norton said "it only has 5 customers using it so it is unsafe."  what is wrong with me being #6?

[eXpl0sive]

I tried to install an Electrum wallet on my computer and Norton antivirus said it is unsafe and removed it.  wonderful!!

If I were you, I would uninstall Norton instead   

 
  Norton said "it only has 5 customers using it so it is unsafe."  what is wrong with me being #6?

Hundreds of thousands of people use Electrum everyday. And it is OPEN SOURCE. It is not a malware. Are you sure you downloaded it from their official site?

Maybe NORTON has only 5 people using it.   

[HCP]

Norton said "it only has 5 customers using it so it is unsafe."  what is wrong with me being #6?

Nothing, IF you downloaded Electrum from here: https://electrum.org/#download

Because Electrum contains some functions involving encryption... (which is something a lot of viruses and trojans do to try and prevent detection/removal) it is quite common for antivirus software to generate a "false positive"... Antivirus software isn't always 100% accurate (and Norton certainly isn't close to being the best either. )

There are a lot more than 5 people using Electrum... there are thousands if not hundreds of thousands... if there was a problem, we'd all know about it!

[Ladyofthecoins]

This is the the thread I just needed!

Like op I'm also strugling with an old Multibit wallet created back in 2013 when I first bought my bitcoin. As a holder I kept my btc safe in a pendrive but  recently I tryied to move them back to Multibit  0.4 and it didn't work. I have my prvtkeys and public adress. Is this enough? Can someone help me

[eXpl0sive]

This is the the thread I just needed!

Like op I'm also strugling with an old Multibit wallet created back in 2013 when I first bought my bitcoin. As a holder I kept my btc safe in a pendrive but  recently I tryied to move them back to Multibit  0.4 and it didn't work. I have my prvtkeys and public adress. Is this enough? Can someone help me

If you have your private keys, there is nothing to be worried about. You have tons of wallet options to import your private keys (including my favorite Electrum) and it is damn simple.

But if you're planning to spend these coins, I would advice to wait for a few days because of the ongoing drama about the Bitcoin fork (BCC).

PS: And by the way, congrats! You got free BCC for each BTC you own