Hal Finney, a computer scientist and the world’s first publicly known Bitcoiner, would have celebrated his 66th birthday Wednesday.
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At the time the first BTC was sent, there wasn’t even a cash value associated with the crypto asset, compared to the more than $43,000 it is on Wednesday, Jan. 12.
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Gerald Votta from Quantum Economics has a theory on the true identity of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto: the author of the first reply to the white paper itself.
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Block after block, Bitcoin highlights the power of programmable monetary policy even as calls for its death grow louder.
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The cypherpunk was one of the first people besides Satoshi Nakamoto to mine Bitcoin blocks, and reported many of the early bugs.
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For all we don't know about Satoshi, we can tell he loved a touch of theatricality
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While Hal Finney may no longer be with us, one of his proposals from 2011 may soon find its way to Bitcoin thanks to an expired patent.
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Sign your email with a private key, just like in the good old days.
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Adam Back recalls Hal as a constructive personality who never engaged in squabbles.
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Evidence from 10 years old tweets helps eliminate Hal Finney as a viable Satoshi Nakamoto candidate.
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Did Satoshi Nakamoto just move the Bitcoins that the court documents say belong to Dr. Craig Wright?
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Fran Finney has confirmed that recent transactions from a 2009 Bitcoin wallet were not her husband's coins.
8973 A connection between the late computer scientist, Hal Finney, and Dorian Nakamoto could hold the answer to the creator of Bitcoin’s identity.
19056When we hear about the early development of Bitcoin we usually think of Satoshi Nakamoto. But the truth is that no one really knows who Nakamoto is but we do know who Hal Finney is and how much he meant to the development of Bitcoin.
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