OK, I think, thanks.

How's it going to get more mass-friendly when it's like this now though?

I had 2 'wallets' the full-size one and the Multibit thing. The full-size version took forever to finally catch up with the chain thing, then today when I opened it gave some error message and started again from the beginning. That's totally unacceptable, so I've uninstalled that version.

3 questions regarding the 'Multibit' version

1.  I can encrypt the main .exe using AxCrypt, so it cannot be run without a password. Does that help in the slightest, or not?

2. Regarding the private key/s, how does one actually use them? I tried exporting from Multibit, the resulting file seems to be a registry entry. I presume it isn't one - but what is it, exactly?

To use such a key (keys?) do you have to place that file in the folder Multibit is installed in? There doesn't seem to be any keys in the folder at present, so where exactly is the "key hole", so's to speak, for these keys?

Hang on... I can "import" keys? OK, so it's a ".key" file. But there are NO .key files in the folder at present, so what keys is/are it using NOW then?

3. How do you know which keys go with which address? I can't even see what keys it's using, so how do I know if it's the right key, or even which key?



I'm 46, been messing around with computers since I was 22, yet for some reason I'm having a really hard time understanding this system. My actual job is helping people understand technical systems and selling them on the benefits, yet here I am feeling clueless. As soon as I think I understand something it seems that's wrong, or even dangerous.

It's just paralyzing.