1) the "wallet master key" cannot be exported with dump_private_key .. only with the in-app backup functions (that why we have that feature in the wallet btw)
2) you can only export the account owner key for a account - unless you made market transactions, the owner key is sufficient to regain access to the account
3) a account master key SHOULD NOT be imported with the "import WIF private key"!!! but using the console as described in http://wiki.bitshares.org/index.php/RecoveringFunds
4) is your account name registered on the blockchain?
5) if registered account name: go to console and type "wallet_import_private_key PRIVKEY"

Besides that:
6) why would you DELETE a wallet!?!?! ALWAYS keep a backup!! it's just a few 100kilo byte .. print it on paper if you don't have a usb stick

Quote from: crypto_prometheus_81 on October 29, 2014, 12:48:06 am

Are we so desperate for marketing "tricks" that the op now suggests we seriously debate engaging in such a transparently fraudulent measure?

Geez, I didn't realize our great experiment was in such peril....

I hold no degree in advanced economics, but the notion of an interest rate guarantee backed by inflation/dilution seems to me like some sort of twisted 'quantitative easing'. Am I missing something?

It was a proposed idea being met with a lot of resistance. I would say it's not going to happen. Which is exactly how this community is supposed to work.

Quote from: bytemaster on October 26, 2014, 02:35:22 pm

I suppose you value developers time a 0 then?    Are they supposed to transfer value of their time and opportunity cost to everyone else for free. 

Suppose developers went on strike you would want to hire new devs right?  Who should pay for it?  Doesn't the market cap grow as a result of developer effort?

It's complex. Do you consider time spent as "capital"? Also, if the developer owns shares already, then he can be compensated through profit/appreciation. If you went on strike it would not be in your benefit, as a shareholder. I'm all for compensating the work, however I think it may be unnecessary to throw loads more cash at the devs, at least at this point in the game. I think I3 has plenty of cash, and if they start spending it as if they had more funds, then all the shareholders could see that they're capable of results, and will give them more.

It would make sense for you to stop working only if you sold all your shares, or you felt that the amount of shares you own are not enough, both of which I think are not true.