2024-8-30 18:22 |
Ten years after his passing, Hal Finney's pioneering work in cryptography and computer science continues to inspire the Bitcoin community.
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2024-8-30 18:22 |
Ten years after his passing, Hal Finney's pioneering work in cryptography and computer science continues to inspire the Bitcoin community.
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HRF Chief Strategy Officer Alex Gladstein says the Finney Freedom Prize should inspire people to be like Hal Finney, the first major Bitcoin advocate.
2024-4-20 01:03 | |
Jameson Lopp, a significant figure in the Bitcoin community, published a detailed blog post on Oct. 21 dismissing the speculation that programmer Hal Finney was Satoshi Nakamoto. The anonymity of Satoshi Nakamoto has been a matter of intrigue since Bitcoin’s (BTC) debut in 2009.
2023-10-25 23:00 | |
The investigator, Jameson Lopp, compiled archived emails from 2010, data from a 10-mile race in California in 2009 and other evidence to make the argument.
2023-10-23 06:34 | |
According to Lopp, it would have been impossible for Hal Finney to initiate a Bitcoin transaction while focused on a race in Santa Barbara, California.
2023-10-22 23:36 | |
A previously little-seen video of the late Hal Finney is shedding light on his groundbreaking work on cryptographic protocols and sparking emotional reactions.
2023-9-21 20:08 | |
Was Hal finney Satoshi Nakamoto? The celebrated cryptographer was certainly interested in technologies like Bitcoin and admitted to being around around at its inception. The post Satoshi Nakamoto Unmasked: Have We Known the Truth From the Start? appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2023-8-5 18:44 | |
Hal Press, the founder of North Rock Digital, has criticized MicroStrategy's Bitcoin acquisition strategy, noting its dangers. The post Crypto Fund Founder Highlights Dangers in MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Approach appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2023-4-9 13:30 | |
Blockstream CEO and Bitcoin core developer Adam Back believes BTC could be worth $10 million by 2032. The bold projection is based on a theory by Hal Finney which rests on mass adoption of thThe post Blockstream CEO believes Bitcoin could reach $10m by 20.... appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2023-2-13 14:09 | |
The legendary cypherpunk was the first to download, receive and walk away from Bitcoin.
2023-1-13 20:17 | |
Fran Finney, the widow of Hal Finney (who some people speculated could be Satoshi Nakamoto), recently surprised the Bitcoin community by announcing on Twitter that she will be hosting a charity half marathon in his honor.
2022-12-29 15:13 | |
Fran Finney, the widow of early Bitcoin contributor Hal Finney, announced a charity half marathon in honor of her husband via Twitter on December 27. The post “Running Bitcoin” half marathon will commemorate Hal Finney appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-12-28 03:00 | |
She said that the event seeks to raise funds to provide assistance for victims of ALS.
2022-12-28 23:48 | |
The Bitcoin community has been caught off guard by an announcement from from Hal Finney's wife, Fran Finney
2022-12-28 21:10 | |
The Twitter account belonging to early Bitcoin contributor and adopter Hal Finney has been reactivated after twelve years of inactivity. The post Early Bitcoin contributor Hal Finney’s Twitter account is back after 12 years appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-12-17 05:00 | |
Under Elon Musk’s leadership, Twitter suspended a number of accounts including those controlled by high-profile journalists and social networking platform Mastodon.
2022-12-18 01:15 | |
Under Elon Musk’s leadership, Twitter suspended a number of accounts including those controlled by high-profile journalists and social networking platform Mastodon.
2022-12-17 01:15 | |
Bitcoin-backed credit built with DeFi represents a stronger and more practical vision of "bitcoin free banking" originally described in 2010 by Hal Finney.
2022-12-7 05:39 | |
With a plan to buy up $10 billion of bitcoin, Do Kwon’s UST stablecoin project may be fulfilling a prophecy by the late recipient of the first BTC transaction.
2022-3-27 17:50 | |
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.
2022-1-13 00:00 | |
Today marks the thirteenth anniversary of the very first bitcoin transaction. On the receiving… The post 13 years ago today: the first Bitcoin transaction from Satoshi to Hal Finney appeared first on Coin Journal.
2022-1-13 19:44 | |
Raise money and run a half marathon between January 1-10 to win prizes and honor the memory of early Bitcoin supporter Hal Finney.
2021-12-30 20:59 | |
On January 17, 1993, Hal Finney, the person known for receiving the first Bitcoin transaction from Satoshi Nakamoto, wrote an email with the subject “Crypto trading cards” on the online service CompuServe to the Cypherpunks members, where he mentioned a more interesting way of exchanging digital cash through cryptographic trading cards, as referenced below.
2021-12-14 12:30 | |
August 28th marks the day in which one of the earliest Bitcoin users passed away: Hal Finney. Finney was born on May 4th, 1956 in Coalinga, California. Born as the son of a petroleum engineer, Finney attended the California Institute of Technology where he graduated with a BS in engineering. Though his upbringing and origins […]
2021-9-1 03:01 | |
Seven years ago today, Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney passed away from complications of ALS. He’ll always be remembered for “running bitcoin.”
2021-8-28 16:00 | |
The cypherpunk was one of the first people besides Satoshi Nakamoto to mine Bitcoin blocks, and reported many of the early bugs.
2021-5-5 00:47 | |
A touching sculpture dedication pays tribute to the legendary cryptographer Hal Finney and his love of running.
2021-5-4 18:03 | |
Last night, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted the phrase “running Bitcoin,” as both a nod to computer scientist Hal Finney and to reveal to the world he is running a full node. Here’s what this means for the first ever cryptocurrency along with a look a how it all started, and where Bitcoin is going […]
2021-2-6 23:00 | |
Bitcoiners are celebrating the 12th anniversary of Hal Finney's "running Bitcoin" tweet
2021-1-11 17:53 | |
Just recently three previously unpublished emails from Bitcoin’s inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, have been made public. The emails reveal the correspondence between Satoshi and the early Bitcoin developer Hal Finney.
2020-11-28 05:30 | |
The emails between Satoshi and Hal Finney come from Bitcoin’s earliest days. They show how closely the cryptocurrency’s creator collaborated with early supporters at the time.
2020-11-27 20:03 | |
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.
2020-9-29 00:03 | |
Hal Finney battled ALS until his death on August 28, 2014. Six years later, we’re working with the Bitcoin community to continue that fight. The post Our Hero Hal: Fundraising For A Bitcoin Visionary appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
2020-8-29 19:17 | |
Pioneering cryptographer Hal Finney saw the need for an untraceable form of digital cash, and his work ultimately fostered the creation of Bitcoin. The post The Genesis Files: How Hal Finney’s Quest For Digital Cash Led To RPOW (And More) appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
2020-8-28 18:11 | |
According to cypherpunk and bitcoin contributor, Adam Back, Hal Finney's $10 million price point for bitcoin isn't too far fetched. The post Adam Back: $10 Million Bitcoin Prediction Is ‘Closer Than It Sounds’ appeared first on CCN.com
2020-1-14 20:00 | |
Bitcoin celebrates the 11 year anniversary of its first clear use case, a peer-to-peer trustless transaction. The first transfer happened between the wallets of now-legendary Satoshi Nakamoto and cryptographer Hal Finney.
2020-1-13 18:00 | |
Hal Finney, one of the early Bitcoin (BTC) developers and idea leaders, may have predicted the age of hard forks. In an early Bitcointalk discussion, Finney suggested Bitcoin cannot be replaced, as it would undermine trust in the new coin.
2020-1-13 16:00 | |
Popular analyst PlanB who first used the stock-to-flow model to determine Bitcoin price shared a note written by Hal Finney, a computer scientist and noted cryptographer known in the crypto community for his contribution to the development of the Bitcoin network.
2020-1-13 01:21 | |
It has been a little over two days that marked the anniversary of Hal Finney downloading the Bitcoin software following the now-popular 'Running Bitcoin' Tweet. The king coin solved the double-spend dThe post Bitcoin advocate: 'A 51 percent isn’t a win-or-take scenario' appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-1-13 19:00 | |
Computer programmer Hal Finney received 10 BTC from Bitcoin's creator Satoshi Nakamoto on Jan. 12, 2009
2020-1-12 14:45 | |
Hal Finney received the first Bitcoin in a transaction from Satoshi Nakamoto himself. Jack Dorsey, who is in charge of Twitter, is a massive fan of Bitcoin. Twitter is a massive social media platform, allowing millions of users to sign up for accounts to post to their friends, family, and other followers. Recently, the platform announced […]
2019-11-28 01:11 | |
As Twitter prepares for a massive cleanup of inactive accounts, the crypto community urged the company to memorialize the account of legendary programmer and early Bitcoin adopter Hal Finney. Finney, who died in 2014 due to complications of ALS, had his body cryogenically frozen in hopes to be revived in the future.
2019-11-28 20:36 | |
The crypto community asks Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey not to delete the account of Hal Finney, the very first Bitcoin recipient
2019-11-27 19:04 | |
The identity of Bitcoin’s pseudonymous founder is the subject of endless and dedicated speculation among the hardcore crypto crowd, and for good reason: the mystery truly is enticing. While the oft-cited candidates are many, there’s something special about avid runner, cypherpunk and early Bitcoin contributor Harold Thomas Finney II, better known simply as Hal, that […] The post The Many Facts Pointing to Hal Being Satoshi appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-11-20 14:45 | |
Five years on from the untimely demise of Hal Finney, a pioneer in Bitcoin development, the community is planning a run in remembrance of him on Friday, 6th September 2019. Bitcoin enthusiasts are urged to join the run through posting pictures of their run on social media using the tag #RunForHalFinney. Hal Finney, Pioneer in […]
2019-9-4 20:36 | |
Bitcoiners around the world are vowing to run this Friday in memory of the late bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney.
2019-9-4 16:00 | |
On September 6, 2019, Bitcoiners will celebrate Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney by taking up one of his favorite past times: running. The post Celebrating a Pioneer, Bitcoiners Will #RunForHalFin appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
2019-9-6 21:11 | |
Over the years many people have speculated on what the price of 1 BTC could be if the world switched to Bitcoin. If a large amount of global wealth moves into Bitcoin, the price would skyrocket.
2019-8-26 00:00 | |
For a long time, there have been lots of people coming up with their own predictions in regard to the future price of Bitcoin. People like Tim Draper and Tom Lee has estimated Bitcoin to hit above $100k in the coming years.
2019-8-26 22:01 | |
Just a week after the bitcoin genesis block in January 2009, computer scientist Hal Finney published a price prediction model of $10,000,000 per coin based on it becoming the world’s dominant payments system.
2019-8-25 16:00 | |