Switching from Bitcoin-Qt: How can I import my wallet.dat?

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forbun (OP)

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Switching from Bitcoin-Qt: How can I import my wallet.dat?

October 23, 2013, 04:59:34 AM

Hi,

I used Bitcoin-Qt a long time ago (before it supported encryption) and I have a few wallet.dat files with a few coins in them. How do I safely/securely import these wallet files into MultiBit?

Thanks!

What name would you give to the smallest unit of bitcoin (0.00000001)? sat. What name would you give to 100 sats? bit. 1 bit = 1 uBTC. 1,000,000 bits = 1 BTC. It's bits

mjb

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Re: Switching from Bitcoin-Qt: How can I import my wallet.dat?

October 23, 2013, 10:10:36 AM

Easy:
Just transfer the coins with bitcoin-qt to a new Multibit wallet (you can create several in the same MultiBit instance and keep them open at the same time).
This is the safest way to do it.

Hard:
Export each private key and import it into MultiBit. There is no automated procedure AFAIK.

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