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August 28, 2014, 08:10:51 PM
Last edit: August 28, 2014, 08:48:59 PM by flatfly
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So long, exceptional person.

http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/2014-August/082585.html


Hal was a central figure of modern cryptography and will be remembered forever.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Finney_(cypherpunk)
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August 28, 2014, 08:32:12 PM
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I hope some day in the future there be a cure for ALS and a way to revive you Hal. RIP o/

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August 28, 2014, 08:39:24 PM
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Great man with an inspirational story. It is good to think he might come back to us someday.

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August 28, 2014, 08:44:49 PM
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Sad to hear. Hal did great work his entire career, and was one of the earliest bitcoin adopters: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=155054.0


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August 28, 2014, 08:47:33 PM
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RIP Hal.  Sad

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August 28, 2014, 08:47:54 PM
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Sad news...

Being quite new to BTC didn't know Hal very well, but remembered this post:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=155054.0

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August 28, 2014, 08:49:32 PM
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He last logged on to bitcointalk.org on April 9th, 2014.  I wonder what was going through his mind between then and now.  His last post:
We used checks. For high value transactions, cashier's checks. I don't know how this transfers to a bitcoin environment. Oh, there wasn't as much mail order back then. Most shopping was local.
In response to the question "Old people, how did you protect purchases before widespread use of credit cards?"
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August 28, 2014, 08:55:34 PM
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Long live his legacy.

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August 28, 2014, 08:59:22 PM
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RIP Hal.  You will be remembered.

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August 28, 2014, 09:06:39 PM
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RIP.

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August 28, 2014, 09:07:04 PM
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They say only the good die young. He was a very good man. Bitcoin won't be the same without him. With deep regret I wish peace of spirit and condolences to his family.

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August 28, 2014, 09:12:15 PM
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RIP Hal and thanks for helping pioneer this great experiment.   

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August 28, 2014, 09:12:49 PM
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RIP.

{ Imagine a sequence of bits generated from the first decimal place of the square roots of whole integers that are irrational numbers. If the decimal falls between 0 and 5, it's considered bit 0, and if it falls between 5 and 10, it's considered bit 1. This sequence from a simple integer count of contiguous irrationals and their logical decimal expansion of the first decimal place is called the 'main irrational stream.' Our goal is to design a physical and optical computing system system that can detect when this stream starts matching a specific pattern of a given size of bits. bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=166760.0 } Satoshi did use a friend class in C++ and put a comment on the code saying: "This is why people hate C++".
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August 28, 2014, 09:21:22 PM
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He will be remembered. I offer my prayer for peace and rest to his family at this sad time.

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August 28, 2014, 09:27:29 PM
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RIP

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August 28, 2014, 09:30:47 PM
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RIP Hal. You'll be remembered.
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August 28, 2014, 09:36:17 PM
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The world was made a better place thanks to Hal Finney's efforts.

I hope his family knows how much this community appreciates him.

Will they have a service even if he is being preserved?

If so, an address to send flowers would be good.

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August 28, 2014, 09:42:10 PM
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So long, exceptional person.

http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/2014-August/082585.html


Hal was a central figure of modern cryptography and will be remembered forever.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Finney_(cypherpunk)

RIP.  That is crazy he went under cryo.  Do you know how much they have to pay up front for that?  Easily $500,000. 
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August 28, 2014, 09:44:02 PM
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He died and was cryopreserved.

Hope one day in the future he gets thawed back to live and sees what btc has become.
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August 28, 2014, 09:50:54 PM
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Rest in peace Hal Finney. You and your work will always be remembered.

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