{"id":109849,"date":"2021-01-23T21:50:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T21:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=109849"},"modified":"2021-01-23T21:50:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T21:50:31","slug":"losing-a-bitcoin-password-can-cost-hundreds-of-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/losing-a-bitcoin-password-can-cost-hundreds-of-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"Losing a Bitcoin password can cost hundreds of millions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bitcoin can make you extremely rich. But it's worthless for owners who have lost their passwords.<\/p>\n
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A computer programmer living in San Francisco has only two more chances to guess his password. If he fails, he won’t be able to access Bitcoin that, as of this week, is worth about $220 million, according to the New York Times.<\/p>\n
His problem isn’t that unusual. People forget passwords all of the time. But there is typically a procedure provided by a bank or online store to allow you to get back into your account.<\/p>\n