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@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ A bitcoin wallet must be protected by a password or passphrase. There are many b
Once Alice has downloaded and installed the Multibit application, she runs it and is greeted by a "welcome" screen, as shown in <<multibit-welcome>>.
[[multibit-welcome]]
.The Multibit bitcoin client - Welcome screen
.The Multibit bitcoin client—Welcome screen
image::images/msbt_0101.png["MultibitWelcome"]
Multibit automatically creates a wallet and a new bitcoin address for Alice, which Alice can see by clicking the Request tab shown in <<multibit-request>>.
@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ Next, Joe has to figure out the exchange rate so that he can give the correct am
* http://www.bitcoinwisdom.com/[bitcoinwisdom.com], another market data listing service
[[zeroblock-android]]
.ZeroBlock - A bitcoin market-rate application for Android and iOS
.ZeroBlock—A bitcoin market-rate application for Android and iOS
image::images/msbt_0103.png["zeroblock screenshot"]
Using one of the applications or websites just listed, Joe determines the price of bitcoin to be approximately 100 US dollars per bitcoin. At that rate he should give Alice 0.10 bitcoin, also known as 100 millibits, in return for the 10 US dollars she gave him.
@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ Once Joe has established a fair exchange price, he opens his mobile wallet appli
* The amount of bitcoin to send
[[blockchain-mobile-send]]
.Bitcoin mobile wallet - Send bitcoin screen
.Bitcoin mobile wallet—Send bitcoin screen
image::images/msbt_0104.png["blockchain mobile send screen"]
In the input field for the bitcoin address, there is a small icon that looks like a QR code. This allows Joe to scan the barcode with his smartphone camera so that he doesn't have to type in Alice's bitcoin address (+1Cdid9KFAaatwczBwBttQcwXYCpvK8h7FK+), which is quite long and difficult to type. Joe taps the QR code icon and activates the smartphone camera, scanning the QR code from Alice's printed wallet that she brought with her. The mobile wallet application fills in the bitcoin address and Joe can check that it scanned correctly by comparing a few digits from the address with the address printed by Alice.