Magnetic hard drives degrade over time. A single flipped bit can corrupt the Berkeley DB structure, rendering the file unreadable by standard Bitcoin Core software.
Fast forward to 2024/2025. A single Bitcoin is worth tens of thousands of dollars. That wallet.dat sitting on a corroded USB stick in a Florida garage might contain 200 BTC.
Magnetic hard drives degrade over time. A single flipped bit can corrupt the Berkeley DB structure, rendering the file unreadable by standard Bitcoin Core software.
Fast forward to 2024/2025. A single Bitcoin is worth tens of thousands of dollars. That wallet.dat sitting on a corroded USB stick in a Florida garage might contain 200 BTC. old walletdat exclusive
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