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May 08, 2022, 06:25:32 PM |
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Lately I'm interested in reading the history of digital money and find out who was one of the first recipients of bitcoins sent directly by Satoshi Nakamoto. and of course as many people already know it is Hal Finney who appears in search engines.
I am also interested in reading about this important person. which I thought after reading Hal Finney's biography and life history. so I conclude that Hal Finney really deserves to be considered one of the heroes or important people in the development of digital money or Bitcoin. In addition, Finney also developed digital money before the birth of bitcoin (possibly) which he named Reusable Proof of Work (RPOW). From this RPOW project, Finney's interest and love for cryptographic payment systems is very visible. Reusable Proof-of-Work (RPOW) itself is an invention by Hal Finney intended as a prototype for digital money based on Nick Szabo's collection theory. although it's said it was never meant to be more than just a prototype, RPOW is a truly very sophisticated piece of software and is said to be capable of servicing very large networks, if it succeeds.
oh yes and about Finney also allegedly as the second person, besides Satoshi, who runs and mines Bitcoin. maybe you all have read about this. but for people who are new to crypto I think they will be interested in the life story of Finney and his services to the development of bitcoin. and because Finney was the one involved in the first Bitcoin transaction. which is said that Satoshi sent 50 BTC Bitcoin to Finney as a test on January 12, 2009. And after that, Finney and Satoshi had a correspondence via email where Finney reported a bug in Bitcoin and Satoshi fixed it.
and many interesting stories about Finney in relation to the development of digital money and bitcoin.
how do you all think about this important person? and maybe there is additional information from all of you. whether it's about RPOW or Finney.
I also made this post to accommodate additional information related to the above which I will read in order to increase my knowledge about bitcoin. and besides Finney, of course there are other important people who contributed to the development of digital money and bitcoin.
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