The trouble with bitcoin: Keeping it from getting hacked, lost or stolen

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak had bitcoins stolen. Chris Ratcliffe by Tim Johnson Here are the drawbacks with digital currencies : hackers and scammers can make them vanish. If an owner has a poor memory, the bitcoins can get locked for eternity in an electronic wallet, like a fly in amber.
Some high-profile people have admitted this year to losing cryptocurrency, among them Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak .
In another case last month, a cryptocurrency promoter doing a livestream on his YouTube …

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