SBS On The Money: US man's password plight to access bitcoin wealth

A secure password has locked one man out of his bitcoin fortunes

A secure password has locked one man out of his bitcoin fortunes Source: SBS

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SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Stefan Thomas from San Francisco who is on the verge of losing more than US$200m in Bitcoin on his computer because he can't remember his password.

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