Hal Finney · life event
2014-08-28 secondary
📌 Died, aged 58
Hal Finney
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Cryptographer, first person besides Satoshi to run Bitcoin, recipient of the first transaction
Cypherpunk and PGP developer who built RPOW, his own proof-of-work currency. He ran Bitcoin from day one and received 10 BTC from Satoshi in block 170.
In memoriam · 2014
Joined: 2008-11-07 · First Bitcoin post: reply on the Cryptography list, 7 Nov 2008 · metzdowd.com ↗ primary
🕯 Died on 28 August 2014 after years with ALS. Cryopreserved at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. · en.wikipedia.org ↗ secondary
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Hal Finney
2013-03-19 · via BitcoinTalk ↗ primary
From “Bitcoin and me (Hal Finney)”
“When Satoshi announced the first release of the software, I grabbed it right away. I think I was the first person besides Satoshi to run bitcoin.”
Hal Finney · life event
Aug 2009 primary
📌 Diagnosed with ALS (as he wrote in 2013)
Hal Finney · life event
2009-01-12 primary
📌 Received 10 BTC from Satoshi in block 170
Hal Finney
2009-01-11 · via Twitter ↗ primary
03:33 UTC (10 Jan in California)
“Running bitcoin”
Hal Finney
2008-11-07 · via Cryptography mailing list (metzdowd) ↗ primary
“Bitcoin seems to be a very promising idea.”