Issue after importing private key to MultiBit

I followed another question here and imported my address from Bitcoin-QT to Multibit. The reason why I did so was because I had received some BTC but in Bitcoin-QT it was taking years to download the blockchain. So I simply took the private key and imported in Multibit.

Now even after Multibit imports it successfully, the BTC I had received to the address do not show up. I have confirmed from blockchain.info and other sources, the transacton does exist.

ALSO, I have set correct date of the transaction in the import file during import.

Please advise what's wrong?

Thanks.

Chirag

Posted 2014-01-02T21:38:02.777

Reputation: 11

The date should be the date the key was created...maybe you've got it set wrong, try setting it back to a few days before (instead of the day of, to avoid timezone complexities) its first transaction. – Tim S. – 2014-03-21T18:07:08.467

Answers

Set the date in the import file to the date the key was created (date and time are in UTC, not local time). Then do Tools -> Reset block chain and transactions. This will cause MultiBit to rescan the block chain from the earliest key creation time. It should then show your transactions.

ScripterRon

Posted 2014-01-02T21:38:02.777

Reputation: 2 023

"I have set correct date of the transaction in the import file during import" - I don't think you need to do this.

I believe the date is not the date of the transaction, but the date the wallet was created.

Try importing the private key again without changing the date.

T9b

Posted 2014-01-02T21:38:02.777

Reputation: 1 254