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10 years ago Hal Finney (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Finney_(computer_scientist)) exclaimed that he was "Running bitcoin" and would later go on to receive the first bitcoin transaction (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/01/03/hal-finney-received-the-first-bitcoin-transaction-heres-how-he-describes-it/).  Thanks Hal!  Truly a legend.

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link: https://twitter.com/halfin/status/1110302988 (https://twitter.com/halfin/status/1110302988)

That is truly an epic tweet; Halfin was a real Bitcoin pioneer, we can thank him and other early adopters for where bitcoin are now, apparently  the day after that tweet he mentioned that one Bitcoin cut end up with a price of 10 million dollars.

https://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg10152.html

“As an amusing thought experiment, imagine that Bitcoin is successful and
becomes the dominant payment system in use throughout the world.  Then the
total value of the currency should be equal to the total value of all
the wealth in the world. Current estimates of total worldwide household
wealth that I have found range from $100 trillion to $300 trillion. With
20 million coins, that gives each coin a value of about $10 million.”

8:33:33 PM ?  ;D

Still, "Running bitcoin" ... Thanks Hal !

Can't believe it's been 10 years since that tweet. Time really flies when you're having fun [with Bitcoin].
I really hope that at some point in the future, we'll be able to bring cryogenically frozen people back.

Imagine a hundred years from now, people would be able to bring Hal back.

For those who don't know what I'm talking about:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Finney_(computer_scientist)#Death

Indeed. It would be awesome to bring Hal back and let him know he’s a billionaire legend. I’m sure it’ll be possible someday.

This guy was courageous, even paralyzed he continued to code. Thanks for his contribution. Seeing how the technology progress who knows if Hal will come back.
I'm sure I read a few months ago that since then the CIA has been covering the expenses for his body storage. (and I'm sure because I was wondering what's in it for the CIA) Can't find the article currently

Also assuming that fiat currencies are still in existence at the time you can bring him back. If BTC becomes the world currency there can never be another billonaire. Unless Satoshi's become the commonly accepted figure.

I admire Hal! While reading his story on Bitcoin and me (Hal Finney) (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=155054.0). He did great though he's struggling with his condition.

His contribution to the community and as a pioneer was worth it. If he's just alive right now, I wonder what he'll say when he see on how big the community is now. Thank you very much Hal.

An interview to his children would be a good content.

I hadn’t heard that before. I’d need to see a source on that one to believe it.

in 10 years no one will care, who the hell cares today who created first ever paper zertified money? no one.

It is an independent and creative person, a pioneer who is able to introduce bitcoin well. Satoshi has helped him and until now bitcoin has value and continues to grow. We thank him for his struggle and opened the world to the benefits of bitcoin.

Let's see then. I personally will remember him, probably for the rest of my life. I admire him and want to be a coder like him. Still, at this moment really struggled with Javascript and economy. Hopefully next year will be better.

we are talking about a cryptography expert/god not some random dude who knew a thing or two. in fact some people even theorize that Hal Finney is the Satoshi Nakamoto. and someone like that has surely been using bitcoin the "correct way".

Though in 10 years everyone will remember you are a dick.

Somebody posted this artwork on reddit as an homage to Finney.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/aevq8u/i_created_an_artwork_paying_homage_to_hal_finneys/

https://i.imgur.com/kq13FoQ.jpg

Very cool and for a good cause!

yup Hal is one of the bitcoin contributors who is quite inspiring for me. his struggle to continue developing bitcoin brought this industry to a higher place today. I think he is the only person who can represent the ideas of Bitcoin to this day, when Satoshi Nakamoto has not been identified. Hal, deserves an honor from the bitcoin community, even in the future.

Finney was a great man, a person ahead of his time, something unique. We owe much to this man and all his ideas

10 years and bitcoin has given us so much more after that. One of the great contributors on the modern blockchain technology.


That one great artwork needs some upvote.

A man who is able to pass on his knowledge to all of us, with bitcoin we have better progress and have many benefits.
We as the next generation will maintain and take advantage of bitcoin for the future.

It is cool when you look at his next two tweets. Within a couple weeks he was thinking about adding anonymity and reducing CO2 emissions.

I think that it really was a historical event that completely turned the story around and gave us the opportunity to see Bitcoin now

And Bitcoin is still running...

I think the worst thing we have ever experienced for Bitcoin, is Hal Finney's death. I wish he could live. I think he would help to all of us now.

As I understand it, he received a transaction from Satoshi Nakamoto. It turns out that he knew him personally or am I confusing you ?) Was he the first person to mine bitcoin after Satoshi ?)

we have no way of knowing whether Hal knew Satoshi personally or knew him like the rest of us as an anonymous person online who only contacted others through emails,...
as for him being the first to mine, i think he was since back then "running bitcoin" was equal to also mining with your CPU and the tweet from Hal Finney is 7 days after first bitcoin block so it is safe to assume he was the first.

Is there any record in Bitcointalk of how he intended to add anonymity to Bitcoin? What did he think was necessary for greater anonymity?

And I found it curious that he almost at the end of the year decided to learn Haskell. Would he be interested, if still alive, by a cryptocurrency that used Haskell, like Cardano(ADA)?

Speaking of Hal, months ago I requested that his Bitcoin and me (Hal Finney) - thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5028687.0/) be lock or at least stickied.

The man is truly a legend and one the biggest contributor/collobarator in cryptocurrency.

Right cause no body cares about things like the printing press being created. I forgot that every time a coin from some fallen empire is unearthed people just melt it down right. The difference being that we live in an age of extreme documentation; to effectively loose records of BTC's creation and progress requires a near extinction level event not just a fire in a city.


Appreciate the thread. It's pretty cool to look back on all the milestones along the way. To see where icons started out and watch them catch the bug and want to grow and nurture the system.

Even cooler to see some of his early ideals live on, much like your green project.


It would be awesome if it was earlier, but hopefully some of us can remain old and gray long enough to see the world catch up with his hope of revival from cold storage to a cure.

Hal Finney is a man who has superior crypto knowledge, he is a crypto creator who has introduced bitcoin and this is very good for its development, even though he has a disease that is able to make him helpless but intellectual thinking is quite high, and such conditions are still able to produce a lot of knowledge and very useful.

I haven’t dug through his old posts, but I’m sure he was discussing it somewhere.

He was not alone and so many people has joined to crypto community. Professionals who beleived to cryptocurrencies spend their years to realize improvements that we enjoy. By their tremendous efforts, we reach this level right now. Thank you all...

A lot of people wish they got into bitcoin back then but I doubt anyone would have thought it would reach any substantial value and most would probably dismiss the whole thing as a scam.

There are a lot of people that think Hal was actually Satoshi and the communication between the two was all just an act, who knows.

C'mon man!
Stop ruining the moment here with those sudden advertisements.

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Thank you very much, Hal. You are missed.
Those who does great for the future are being taken away in a sudden. It is sad but it is the truth.

They might have a little time in this world but stretched it with better things done.

I think it was the 10th anniversary of bitcointalk when I first read about Hal Finney and all his posts here.
Just want to know his background and it really made me tear when I read some of it. It's heartbreaking.

Although I didn't know about this.

So, thanks Hal.
May you rest in peace knowing bitcoin is in good hands now.
You will never be forgotten.

10 years ago Journey start Bitcoin . Now Bitcoin Still Running, bitcoin never stop upcoming future all world depended bitcoin. some worlds biggest country already use payment method bitcoin. so bitcoin never stop. all time still running................

Maybe I start journey with bitcoin in three third year where bitcoin still lower price under $200, I can't expectation bitcoin will raise higher price like now where I joined with many project investment accepting bitcoin as my payment transaction but never have ideas to hold my bitcoin assets reach more than 10 bitcoin so far I joined with investment project, now very disappointed when looking bitcoin could raise above $10,000.