<p>MultiBit developer here. You should be able to simply spend from your Classic wallet into your new HD wallet. Don't try moving private keys around - that's really easy to get wrong and is one of the reasons we wrote HD in the first place.</p>

<p>There are full instructions on upgrading on the MultiBit website: <a href="https://multibit.org/en/help/hd0.1/how-to-upgrade-from-classic.html" rel="nofollow">https://multibit.org/en/help/hd0.1/how-to-upgrade-from-classic.html</a></p>

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2015-11-03T20:50:04.193Z
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Gary
<p>Well I'm not totally sure about the password situation but you can easily send a 1 cent transaction fee and send the rest of your bitcoin to another wallet if that is an option. You don't even technically need a transaction fee it will just take much longer for the transaction to be confirmed if you do not send a fee.</p>

<p>1 cent currently is ~ 0.00004 BTC</p>

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2015-10-21T14:47:34.040Z
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Charles S
<p>Trying to upgrade. I can open my wallet in Multibit classic without entering a password. I have never needed a password to open it and don't remember ever setting one up. I certainly have none recorded. But I can't export a key without entering a password. I tried sending the contents of the wallet to a new wallet in Multibit-HD but I don't know how much to send to allow for the transaction fee. There does not seem to be an "empty wallet" option.</p>

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Upgrading from classic to hd
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# Upgrading from classic to hd

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-21)

Trying to upgrade. I can open my wallet in Multibit classic without entering a password. I have never needed a password to open it and don't remember ever setting one up. I certainly have none recorded. But I can't export a key without entering a password. I tried sending the contents of the wallet to a new wallet in Multibit-HD but I don't know how much to send to allow for the transaction fee. There does not seem to be an "empty wallet" option.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-11-03. Score: 3

MultiBit developer here. You should be able to simply spend from your Classic wallet into your new HD wallet. Don't try moving private keys around - that's really easy to get wrong and is one of the reasons we wrote HD in the first place.

There are full instructions on upgrading on the MultiBit website: <https://multibit.org/en/help/hd0.1/how-to-upgrade-from-classic.html>


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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-10-21. Score: 0

Well I'm not totally sure about the password situation but you can easily send a 1 cent transaction fee and send the rest of your bitcoin to another wallet if that is an option. You don't even technically need a transaction fee it will just take much longer for the transaction to be confirmed if you do not send a fee.

1 cent currently is ~ 0.00004 BTC


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