He was a true pioneer and gentleman of the early cryptographic community.
Reading about how he kept coding even as ALS took away his physical abilities is deeply humbling, a post he made in this forum on the 19th of march, 2013.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=155054.520We stand on the shoulders of giants, and Hal was undoubtedly one of the tallest.
A true believer of bitcoin indeed, it’s such an inspiring story reading about him being the first man to actually embrace bitcoin and receive the first bitcoin transaction from the creator of bitcoin himself satoshi Nakamoto after running a bitcoin node says a lot about the early pioneer himself as he never looked back afterwards. He was so involved and dedicated to a point that many started speculating he might just be satoshi himself, and despite passing away his wife continues with most of his legacy, It’s really worth the remembrance.