The bottom line: XMR project is about to start getting wind under her wings and it will basically fly us to the moon.
For me the use of XMR is a store of value and for that purpose the marketcap need to be driven so high that one person cannot move the price of the coin to any direction.
Now it is time to start to fund the marketcap and slowly add more Moneros to your portfolio.

If you are like me, considering XMR as a store of value, I would not put any limits how many XMR I want at max (minimum limits I've put). The reason: I am not willing to put the upside limit of how much money I want to own (XMR is money).
My exit strategy is buying stuff with XMR and probably replace those XMR whenever I have funds to do so.

That's the real use of XMR for me. Obviously everybody need to figure out themselves what they want from it. Some people might want anon transactions, some people might need to transfer funds overseas fast but anon way or some people want XMR to be their safe haven and the ultimate money which they can give as inheritance to children.

My spouse comes from a large family and from home she has used to not to get everything.
That's actually helping us to grow the wealth as well... I think she spends outside of necessities like 100 euros/mo which is reasonable. Personally I use almost nothing (sometimes go out but very rarely).
We both are investing in real estate and we are about to pre-close one deal from Helsinki area which will be rented for short-term leases with higher ROI. Of course it employs a little bit as the appartment needs cleaning max 1-2 times a week.

Dont forget about Tutanota officially expressing interest in Monero:

https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/development_2016

How many new coins are created per day.

It decrease steadily and daily, not halve every few years like in Bitcoin.

I was was also thinking about that. Loans have to be repaid eventually so that can help with the rally on the way up if there are still a lot of short sellers remaining.

I don't lend or trade on margin but understand the impact it can have on markets.

Btcusd downspike

There could be a couple reasons for the error.

Are you running a released build or one you or someone compiled? What version?

It appears to be on height 0. Does that sound right, or had you previously had a database?

If the former, it would be easiest to start with a fresh database directory and see if that works.

To do so, you could remove the two *.mdb files in your current monero data dir's lmdb/ directory and then start the daemon.

If you want to leave your current database intact for further investigation, you can start the daemon with another data dir:
bitmonerod --data-dirpath/of/your/choice

If you want to follow up, it's better to use the support thread: https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/652305.new

Oh the nostalgia!

This is, gentlemen.