re: Man in SF has 2 password tries left before he loses forever 220 million dollars

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How the frick do you steal something from a computerized banking system?

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If you can hack and take $ from a bank account electronically, I'd imagine you could do it with any form of currency.

The only issue with this is that Bitcoin is not anywhere near as widespread or available like the $, so it's not as easily replaced by the institution from which is was stolen.

Also, I would imagine using Bitcoin as a replacement for gold is a better use of it than actually spending it to purchase items.