12 Years Later, Bitcoin Remembers the Man Who Got There First
Twelve years ago today, cryptographer Hal Finney died after a five-year fight with ALS, six years after he became the first person on Earth to receive a bitcoin transaction. His story is still one of the strangest, most human threads running through Bitcoin’s history. A Signature Before Bitcoin Had a Price Before bitcoin had a […]
Key Takeaways
- Twelve years ago today, cryptographer Hal Finney died after a five-year fight with ALS, six years after he became the first person on Earth to receive a bitcoin transaction.
- His story is still one of the strangest, most human threads running through Bitcoin’s history.
- A Signature Before Bitcoin Had a Price Before bitcoin had a […]
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