Export wallet from Multibit to Electrum So, MultiBit is not updating the transactions in my wallet, I can see the transactions in the blockchain etc, so the money is there but its just not quite working...

I'm hoping to load that wallet with another client, and have been looking at Electrum.

I read another post on here but it seems to be for an older version and while it tells you how to export keys, which I've done, I can't work out how to import it in to Electrum properly.

Can anyone help me out?
In the current version 2.8.3 of Electrum it's very easy to import Multibit wallets (meaning, migrating from Multibit to Electrum). An important reason to migrate is because Multibit (not HD but the classic one) does not allow to change network fees, which makes it very hard or even unreliable to move funds.


Select wallet in Multibit and choose Tools &gt; Export Private Keys and export without password to a .key file.
Open the .key file with a text editor (e.g. Sublime Text) and copy the private key(s) from the text file.
Create a new wallet in Electrum from menu File &gt; New/Restore, give it a name, a location to save and create as Standard Wallet (other options may also work but haven't tried).
When asked for Keystore, choose Use public or private keys. In the next screen, you can paste your private key(s) from step 2.
You now have a Electrum Wallet with the addresses previously used in Multibit and you can send/receive BTC from this wallet.


Note: The addresses will still be accessible from Multibit, since you can use the same wallet (private keys) from various apps/wallets. I use Multibit now as 'watch only' and not transfer anymore from it.