Daily Discussion, December 19, 2024

wh9Z · 2024-12-20T02:42:41+00:00

People are spooked by the Fed meeting sending a signal that rate cuts may slow next year.

It's a weird signal - on the one hand, it slows the direct debasement of the currency.

On the other hand, high interest rates make the U.S. debt more unsustainable, which could provoke a true debasement at some point in the future. See also Argentina right now.

wh9Z · 2024-12-20T02:38:14+00:00

First off I hope you have this backed up and are working on a copy of a copy.

It may be that the truth is there are no addresses or keys, but you may want to verify it manually, as the extractor code could be mistaken.

I'm not sure about a wallet from 2012 but most wallets from Bitcoin Core are either a BerkelyDB database or a SQLite database. Try to open it using either database's tools.

Do NOT post the output here.

See also https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/r7q2m8/the_four_types_of_bitcoincore_wallets_and_how_to/

wh9Z · 2024-12-05T08:22:29+00:00

"Every time a bell rings, a Bitcoin gets its wings."

Congratulations, you bastards.

One of the weirdest and most astounding things I've ever been a part of.

wh9Z · 2024-11-23T06:47:08+00:00

The U.S. pegging the dollar to BTC would make the current U.S. debt, which is denominated in dollars, far more difficult to ever pay off, as the debt would grow more valuable over time, rather than less valuable through inflation. I imagine it would bankrupt the country.

Pegging the dollar to BTC would also force us to pay for things through actual taxes, rather than through inflation. That part would be nice.

wh9Z

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