Quote from: HI-TEC99 on July 02, 2017, 08:06:42 PM

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Quote from: HI-TEC99 on July 01, 2017, 09:51:15 PM

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Quote from: HCP on July 01, 2017, 10:16:04 AM

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

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.

Quote from: HI-TEC99 on March 29, 2017, 08:58:52 PM

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!!