Bitcoin Wallet is an open source client that gives you full control over your money and does not rely on any central services to operate. It is available for Android and BlackBerry OS, support for Chrome OS is planned.
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How to decode private key from Android Bitcoin Wallet?
I want to import my private key from the android's Bitcoin Wallet (the one created by Andreas Schildbach) but it can export it only in an encrypted way.
How do I decrypt the file so I can import the key to my Bitcoin Qt?
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How to backup Android Wallet?
I'm finally getting ready to install an Android client.
I believe Android Wallet is the most popular one.
How do I back up the bitcoins stored on it?
Also, is there a thin native Android client being developed?
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How do I extract my private keys from a protobuf wallet?
Recent changes to Andreas Schildbach's Bitcoin client for Android have removed the option to export private keys. This has been replaced by an option to back up the entire wallet. Unfortunately, the wallet data of the Schildbach client is stored in…
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What is an "insecure transaction type", as mentioned by Bitcoin Wallet for Android?
I am running Bitcoin Core v0.11.0.0-gd26f951 (64-bit) at home on Ubuntu, and have installed the Bitcoin Wallet for Android on my phone. I sent two transactions from home to my phone: First, Second. One had a very low fee and took days, so I sent…
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Import android mobile wallet to desktop
I have an android wallet (The Andreas Schildbach one).
Is it possible to import this wallet into my desktop wallet?
I would like to be able to manage my funds using my mobile or my desktop - both looking at the same wallet.
I have been digging…
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How to move Bitcoins from desktop wallet to mobile wallet?
I have Bitcoins on my desktop wallet client.
And i now have the Bitcoin Wallet by Andreas Schildbach installed on my Android device.
IS it possible to move the desktop wallet to Android wallet?
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Private key to WIF process
I have a private key for a storage bitcoin wallet (there's not much in there I'm just testing methods) but it is in private key form and to import it to my main wallet I need to convert it into WIF.
My 2 questions are, what does the process to…
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How to estimate/get network fees via blockchain.info API?
I am using blockchain.info API to send payments. but i need to know that what will I be charged by the network. So any way to get the network fee with specific amount to sent.. or how to generate it to show to user.
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How can I transfer my Bitcoin Android wallet to another platform?
I have the wallet backup and I was able to decrypt it using these instructions: https://github.com/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet/blob/master/wallet/README.recover
When I went to do the withdrawal the system hung and I now recieve an error telling me…
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How to restore from backup of Android Bitcoin Wallet
Bitcoin Wallet for Android allows you to back up your wallet. It asks for a password when doing so.
After much faffing, I finally managed to.. dum, dum, dum! .. copy the file to the SD card, and then I removed the SD card and mounted on a Linux…
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Using funds that have not been completely transferred yet for a new transaction
What happens if I start a new transaction with funds from a transaction which isn't 100% complete?
Let's say, the incoming transaction shows 2/3 of the green dot, but the sum is counted as full by my Bitcoin Wallet for Android.
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Can I have multiple working public keys per wallet?
My Android Bitcoin wallet changes the Public key (the one I give to others) after every transaction for security.
However, I want to put up a Public key online for donations.
Does this mean that my one wallet has multiple public keys (and I keep…
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What is proofOfWorkLimit?
Look at the code below from android bitcoin wallet:
proofOfWorkLimit = Utils.decodeCompactBits(0x1d00ffffL);
And look at the code from bitcoin qt wallet:
static CBigNum bnProofOfWorkLimit(~uint256(0) >> 32);
I assume that in second case…
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How do I fully uninstall the Bitcoin Wallet app for Android?
My phone is rooted and I'm not going to use the Bitcoin Wallet app anymore since I'll be switching to another one. My problem is, I can't seem to find where the downloaded blockchains are stored. If I'm not mistaken it's supposedly gigabytes big but…
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How to remove a wallet from Android Bitcoin Wallet
I'm using Bitcoin Wallet for Android. I recently backed up my wallet's keys and did a fresh install to a new device and restored my wallet there. All great so far..
I'd now like to remove the fresh empty wallet that the app created for me when I…
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