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2026-08-10 03:53:44 GMT

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That policy change invites abuse of the pre-existing consensus for using Bitcoin as a data carrier. We did not vote on that.
Segwit was about space efficiency, more transactions in one block, not unlocking how big one NFT could affordably be. Taproot dropping the script size limit was so we could have complex script, not images. Combined, we got Inscriptions and BRC-20.
V30 dropping payload limits was an endorsement at policy and social level for further abusing OP_RETURN, which can only be for non-Bitcoin purposes. To say "oh well at least they didn't change consensus" is a bit dishonest. They made a change we did not vote on to further establish Bitcoin as a data carrier, not a monetary system, they just didn't need to do anything to previous consensus to make that possible.
BIP-110 sought to plug the holes that have been slowly introduced over time, it just sent the wrong messenger.

2026-08-09 19:42:24 GMT

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And the pro-data changes in v30 were what, widely supported? Not rammed through? Not a small group of people making that decision?

2026-08-09 16:52:23 GMT

Did I think BIP-110 would succeed? No.
Did I hope that it would? Absolutely.
Something that is now clear to me is that Bitcoin can only get wider, more permissive, less restrictive - not narrower, or more focused, because people will cry about censorship, filtering, and some variation of "don't tell me what to do, Daddy". People want Bitcoin to do more, not less, and I think developers are cursed with this notion, like moths, gravitating to the Super App. I leave nostr for a while and come back to Amethyst which now has close to 50 (!) primary menu options now. The ratchet on Bitcoin only goes one way.
The gloating going on today is nauseating. We can argue over how this was approached, the mandatory bit flip, but what I hoped we would agree on is whether it should be done or not, in principal.
The main issue is that Bitcoin is becoming something other than just a monetary system. Every little tweak, and update, and expansion of its capabilities, limits, and restrictions, will cause issues down the line - guaranteed. Anyone who has done any work on any system knows that every change is a risk introduced.
I'm for ossification unless it's survival is at risk. Why expand Bitcoins capabilities? It is a system that embodies a finite asset whose value is determined by how hard it must be fought for by computational power. Why does it also need to store pictures and arbitrary data? It dilutes its purpose, goal, and available manpower.
People on nostr are here because they champion the idea of not being banned, restricted, or made irrelevant by some decision. Free speech. And it embodies this by letting you post notes to now thousands of nodes. Well, hello, what do you think happens when the number of nodes goes down? More or less likely to be blocked, or banned, or restricted?
Bitcoin is heading towards being 1 terabyte in size, and you guys are gloating over having the right to accelerate that. Less nodes will be available to service that growth. This is also aside from the 100's of GB of monthly network traffic it already demands. I'd have to drop R12k on a system that can do an IBD on Bitcoin today. Yeah, real accessible. Don't trust, verify - if you can afford to.
The duality of Bitcoin people is stunning. I've been genuinely shocked at how many people came out to mock 110 today, forgetting what it stands for. The same people who champion Bitcoin's virtues can't see how this will be slowly undone by this "wider Daddy" approach. Bitcoin "Unlimited" (BCH) got kicked to the kerb because it wanted to go wider, but we can't see it happening here. Frogs, boiling away. I wonder how BCH would have gone if done today?
Maybe you didn't like the approach, or the misfits involved, but I think if you're on the same side as people who want to graffiti Bitcoin and use it for other purposes, some of whom openly hate Bitcoin, you might want to reassess. Should Bitcoin be a monetary system, or a global immutable database for everything? BSV answered that question - you cannot be both.
Bitcoin is money, not a wall you draw dicks on.

2026-01-28 14:01:12 GMT

What are some good AI related news sources? Models, tools, new developer flows, service providers, that sort of thing.
#asknostr

2026-01-14 11:11:24 GMT

https://video.nostr.build/9c00a8ab4d048ca0883831eb77b42e4918f0104f243e0a50373ae119b0503ab1.mp4
#memes #meme #memestr

2026-01-05 05:44:48 GMT

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Oh no, demands!

2026-01-03 04:29:01 GMT

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Nov 25th

2026-01-03 04:27:15 GMT

Proponents of #GrapheneOS should probably mention that Pixel phones have a well documented issue with GPS accuracy and speed tracking since the Pixel 6, making it fairly useless as an activity or speed tracker

2025-12-31 05:25:46 GMT

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And the quantitative approach of using feedback to drive their roadmap has created 3 contact-related requests in their top row 7, all of which were created 3+ years ago. They offered Proton Contacts inside of Proton Mail and called it a day.
https://protonmail.uservoice.com/forums/284483-proton-mail-calendar/filters/top

2025-12-31 04:36:17 GMT

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Seems they're more obsessed with mimicking Google, now focusing on to the "Office" suite of apps. Contacts really is a glaring omission.

2025-12-12 10:54:23 GMT

Uhhh, when did Amethyst decide I want to connect to 260 relays?

2025-12-07 17:02:48 GMT

Obliterated the screen on my daily driver of almost 7 years. When's #GrapheneOS getting their own phone?

2025-11-28 12:32:42 GMT

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Not sure I'd keep a million rand in lightning, but shortly after such maniacs become common

2025-11-24 10:07:03 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/abb188caeb349d662aac4afa827de1d31de6816b1bb0058de097649405698238.jpg
#memes #meme #memestr

2025-11-19 20:08:46 GMT

" #FreeSamourai ", but Knots blocks Whirlpool transactions by default. Decide!

2025-11-17 16:30:14 GMT

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https://image.nostr.build/281be2d3a9139568b2467cb266b495e343a524c911da89199cb551a7c5684095.jpg

2025-11-07 09:25:12 GMT

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Needs moar Grok

2025-07-31 13:14:45 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/5d0c4a810035b1bb7f1c1c59f8cf507eecbd10dba74232123191c67a9d9c247d.jpg
#memes #meme #memestr

2025-07-22 11:20:33 GMT

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https://image.nostr.build/ad8d37ef1cca8d0bac8728f237a6891c6b0d4e8e690172b61711c6a2bf634cf3.jpg
#memes #meme #memestr

2025-07-01 20:25:15 GMT

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Which guy

2025-06-16 21:14:22 GMT

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I think with all this ETF nonsense, it's not really Bitcoin people are buying any more, they're settled in cash. Exchanges are going to do to Bitcoin what fiat/banks did to gold. Fake their balances and absorb any real capital, since most won't bother to self-custody. Strategy isn't going to market buy on Bitfinex either.
And even if it were genuine, as the price gets higher, it can absorb more capital without ripping our faces off.

2025-06-16 13:32:29 GMT

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Whatsapp continues to slowly morph into Facebook and Instagram combined. Makes no sense to keep them all separated
#nevent1q…68r9

2025-06-16 12:10:30 GMT

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"Holds"

2025-06-16 11:49:05 GMT

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I think you meant No Change

2025-06-14 20:38:12 GMT

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Wait until near the end of next year, go all in

2025-05-30 22:43:18 GMT

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https://image.nostr.build/3abd9224a21b83f21c9a50f8b260c5593c57dad0f32b1eb1c955f47edb5c3485.gif

2025-05-30 22:39:28 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/10fd6ec0b07cbf74dd4515cd5af9fb40a45bc893ef9bcadb8377aad47b0bfe6d.jpg
#memes #meme #memestr

2025-05-28 12:00:12 GMT

Who cares about bits and sats? Weren't we arguing about what Bitcoin is and what should be allowed on-chain? Serious case of bike-shedding going on

2025-05-20 05:59:44 GMT

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Wall Street hedging on homes

2025-05-19 15:38:23 GMT

Some good ol' fashion leverage wrecking going on. Stay humble folks, stack those sats slowly and consistently. Let the whale algo's play their own games
https://image.nostr.build/5e8d9eaee7d245a63b29f5fee2d02cf323d99e2acf1d0eff659cbdfe3cc57517.jpg

2025-05-18 21:13:16 GMT

How about we call them Bitcoins and Coins?

2025-05-17 17:51:24 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/15ce472c6962ec41c2f267f828a1b600232c4db70b848b12f60aa9bd1fd75544.jpg
#memes #meme #memestr

2025-05-13 21:31:59 GMT

Whoever thought dragging up in a WhatsApp group chat should start a group call needs to be taken outside at dawn and shot

2025-05-12 15:52:09 GMT

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Home

2025-05-12 15:04:45 GMT

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#nevent1q…8lap

2025-05-12 15:04:29 GMT

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#nevent1q…8lap

2025-05-12 15:03:56 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/b57272a58266a0bf7198730a559131180d9587be4643305173ec8446816fdccc.jpg

2025-05-12 14:50:08 GMT

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Knots operators in disbelief

2025-05-05 13:35:29 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/af4b80dbfb178b9bbca184cb12489c6274e8f9b006ad9a450f8927a477152d3d.jpg
#memes #meme #memestr

2025-05-05 11:53:01 GMT

I reckon, to deal with tourists driving up the price of everything in Cape Town with their first-world currencies, everyone should offer a 25%+ discount if you can show your ID/driver's license. I'm not paying R160+ for a pizza while hearing tourists marvel at how cheap we are.
#SouthAfrica #CapeTown

2025-05-05 11:42:33 GMT

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Seems a bit odd that the future, global unit of account and store of value is so quiet
#nevent1q…t52u

2025-04-29 08:31:53 GMT

What if there's a "dark" market for Bitcoin? Strategy, all these governments and companies starting Bitcoin reserves, etc, do you really think they're going to be buying it on open markets like Binance? No. They'll be buying directly from miners, or whales, "over the counter". Retail dictates the public price, but all of these massive deals are not happening on public platforms. Whose to say they even use the public price as a reference point? Governments, individuals, companies, are free to exchange bitcoin at whatever price they agree on. I just don't see big corporations and governments boosting the Bitcoin price "authentically" by using open markets. They get their supply elsewhere. Keep in mind as well, that exchanges can overstate their bitcoin balances and absorb any money coming in without letting the price skyrocket. This will only become apparent when these big players settle to onchain addresses.

2025-04-28 12:36:27 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/ae2e58f18f585d210691a3e92b655a6ad18ff92ad616b48778e51329ef5aa899.jpg
#memes #meme #memestr #SouthAfrica

2025-04-24 19:48:46 GMT

https://video.nostr.build/81366249389456f92a16d57e0a2a2dd8e13afdd892a7152590d88f625a430242.mp4
#meme #memestr #memes

2025-04-21 11:20:07 GMT

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https://image.nostr.build/3af2c3a046ad2385bca756103f927de1a70889b4de6f44572f0e9341191a34da.gif

2025-04-21 03:55:09 GMT

In the spirit of Easter Monday, Bitcoin has risen

2025-04-18 10:00:36 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/5336e0db7287f90a4935530081c4feb111625493b987d94133395af38a967700.jpg

2025-04-17 18:55:09 GMT

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That's the idea Elizabeth, no more fake money injections

2025-04-15 17:10:32 GMT

Oh for crying out loud...
https://image.nostr.build/0078c0ca212c5922eb7b15608033b4edec247c242e52452e9977ef3d9064f0e8.jpg
How many companies are going to fire up their own versions of "Login with XYZ", communication (email and/or messaging), social media, and eventually payments?
Nostr needs to win, really, and it will do if we go out and build it into everyday things and make it the standard ourselves. Posting on it is not enough, it must be how we authenticate with digital services, and so part of how we communicate and create data.

2025-04-15 16:24:12 GMT

Kauai wraps getting to R129 is madness. This is what happens when you strap banking rewards to something, the price goes up to match this "free" money. Banking rewards are inflationary.

2025-04-15 15:55:22 GMT

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Yup, immediately after tapping it

2025-04-15 13:08:47 GMT

It has been months since I've been able to tap the Search button in #Amethyst without it immediately crashing @nprofile…pyug por favor ma familia

2025-04-15 12:53:40 GMT

Really getting tired of every single retailer, coffee shop, corner store and parking lot trying to get you onto their app. Oh, why, is it precisely the same app as everything else, just with a different skin and data policy? And I'm not suggesting some uber-alles rewards or customer app either.
We seriously need to move past this phase of appifying every single possible customer experience. There is surely one way, that everyone can use, without going down some app lane. There should be client on one side, seller or service on the other, some core functionality in the middle, and the parties are completely interchangeable, without having to burden the client with another damn app.

2025-04-14 20:38:55 GMT

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Money IS debt, it cannot be paid off

2025-04-13 20:44:23 GMT

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Walk to the shops, don't drive.
Meet up with friends, catch up over a walk.
Prayer walks.
Play Ingress.
Pick up running.

2025-04-12 20:47:15 GMT

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He just wants to track down whoever hit him in the face with a cream pie

2025-04-11 21:10:02 GMT

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https://video.nostr.build/c6b042829d168bfa40a26aeb9335564d2a2eb395afe528f30644200cb2d34e0a.mp4

2025-04-11 20:26:24 GMT

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All I need now are 200 bitaxes

2025-03-29 16:55:20 GMT

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Somewhere in the 3 TH/s range at the time
https://image.nostr.build/c79eb66ca7bad660be4470d5089b0fa65deee8f96d691209a9e9a42c705eb45b.jpg
https://solostats.ckpool.org/users/bc1qq926qlrhc2pvxzc5f0zswnvqqddqqj3tz2amla

2025-03-25 14:19:17 GMT

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Till Thursday

2025-03-25 10:38:06 GMT

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Wonder how much of this is to create awareness of and squeeze out BEE laws for Starlink

2025-03-22 14:21:14 GMT

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Still idles, carry on

2025-03-21 13:32:04 GMT

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No GPS 😔

2025-03-17 18:16:51 GMT

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It's more like 75% 😂

2025-03-13 08:43:49 GMT

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https://image.nostr.build/94c5d96f699d022ec7e8a69e355cd2188d6dc7bc4699275f92c65a33065d333b.gif

2025-03-12 11:36:51 GMT

https://video.nostr.build/b6b22415e27b8d5ec7e2e902ed676b0016a986fcbef6efcbe7b307f20497bb9f.mp4
#memes #meme #memestr

2025-03-03 20:31:50 GMT

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Red Candle Sale

2025-03-01 10:52:00 GMT

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https://image.nostr.build/b1b37c76151fab7afca827e424d065dabc4a6d91707120fbb886ab7c30b0c955.gif

2025-02-27 12:03:01 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/299f8cd7d9c5170eacdb1d56ce2d2f1017619ff99dd483ff16b0dd122b33ba62.jpg
#meme #memestr #memes

2025-02-21 12:36:20 GMT

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The problem is when I actually want to work late, I have to ditch all this orange/night light stuff to stay awake 😆

2025-02-18 20:38:27 GMT

The unbearable cringe of #F1 launch events

2025-02-17 19:25:47 GMT

https://open.spotify.com/track/1b3qzPiOsoGOJvNRSLWJ6u

2025-02-17 11:16:04 GMT

Looks like the Please Call Me saga is about to end. Badly.
https://techcentral.co.za/vodacom-ceo-offloads-r20-million-shares/259202/
#SOUTHAFRICA

2025-02-16 06:21:41 GMT

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You will zap me 615 sats

2025-02-15 20:26:13 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/7f55908e88cb70b1fa0634bea4005f52f5783a191f62d30d0d7e078b14124e61.jpg
#memes #meme #memestr

2025-02-10 08:31:15 GMT

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ChatGPT being above Netflix!

2025-02-09 21:11:36 GMT

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When Whirlpool return?

2025-02-09 15:09:07 GMT

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@nprofile…lnl5

2025-02-05 08:40:13 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/9ac5be4dbe5b6d12227d382dc2cd9fec4d7cf18232106c1fa59d542709a4e855.jpg
#meme #memes #memestr

2025-02-05 03:53:50 GMT

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#baitchain

2025-02-01 20:22:12 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/73dc03986286beacebecde2a055bfa84c5c8da4da4be4e3c8f309170a213e75b.jpg
#memes #meme #memestr

2025-02-01 20:21:52 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/d68724edd16c079036b372ecb1fb948ec098b35e72f08c0f8fde25f30e967deb.jpg
#memes #meme #memestr

2025-02-01 20:21:26 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/8ab6cd0743c1cb2256eb269b257b5573434a5ef5d3c3d91e77691cc6f09b4dcc.jpg
#memes #meme #memestr

2025-01-30 12:33:56 GMT

Call me a statist, but someone needs to step on toes about local gym fees. In what, twisted universe is it reasonable to charge R1400/month for a single club membership? Seems to be the norm across Virgin Active and Planet Fitness nowadays. Who's paying these fees, companies subsidising it for job perks? Insane.

2025-01-28 22:05:49 GMT

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But sir, my generational wealth

2025-01-28 21:55:48 GMT

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Eat meats, don't beat meats

2025-01-27 14:56:21 GMT

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Japan raised rates again late Friday... see market from end July 2024 for reference

2025-01-27 11:42:48 GMT

Guys, the last time Japan raised their interest rates (end July 2024) markets also took a nasty dump, this has nothing to do with Deepseek
https://image.nostr.build/aa17d86912d7ed28dead894bf7716a54421ce6cd6a87501156b85bfef57160dd.jpg

2025-01-27 09:18:07 GMT

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Aren't the liquidations thanks to Japan raising rates again? Deepseek news is coincidental

2025-01-27 06:50:43 GMT

Last time we had less than 100k transactions in the #bitcoin mempool was 10 months ago 😅

2025-01-24 08:00:06 GMT

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Oh honey, they were their dollars all along

2025-01-24 07:58:19 GMT

If our Reserve Bank Governor can compare a national Bitcoin Reserve to a Beef Reserve, then that's all you need to know really

2025-01-23 20:12:44 GMT

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Bills, mostly

2025-01-23 17:27:18 GMT

Am I losing my mind, or would lowering the inflation target not require _raising_ interest rates? If you drop rates at the same time as the target, you don't achieve it because inflation spikes, since more loans (at higher values) become more likely, raising money supply and increasing overall exposure to defaults.
If you want lower inflation, ie "harder money", it should be harder to aquire, which means _increasing_ interest rates. No?
https://businesstech.co.za/news/property/808296/what-a-big-change-for-the-reserve-bank-could-mean-for-r10000-per-month-home-loans-in-south-africa/
#asknostr #SouthAfrica

2025-01-21 22:32:42 GMT

Good visuals of the gains and losses experienced over time hodling Bitcoin.
If you're buying Bitcoin this year, when it will be peaking, you can expect as much as a 75% drop in value within a year, and that would be considered normal. If you can survive 5 years without gains, at most, everything is upside after that.
https://unchained.com/features/hodl-cave

2025-01-21 20:40:07 GMT

The 21m cap of Bitcoin does not apply if people are buying wBTC or keeping BTC on exchanges. They might as well be IOU's. The fact that this fake Bitcoin will absorb real capital is concerning. People will get burnt, and this will affect the value of actual BTC. People will exchange fake BTC with each other, and not realise the bait and switch, and the true value of Bitcoin will not be realised.

2025-01-21 19:29:44 GMT

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Oh Lord who convinced them to go with wBTC 😂 The rugpull will be astronomical

2025-01-21 17:31:13 GMT

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Damn, what you bathing your kids in, rain water? Urine? A nearby stream?

2025-01-21 17:03:07 GMT

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French climate activists wish to have a word

2025-01-21 16:52:54 GMT

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Wasn't this how it worked in the beginning? wallet.dat files?