Exactly 10 years ago, Hal Finney made his last post to Bitcointalk Forum – Know more this legend
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Exactly 10 years ago, Hal Finney, who was the first to download and receive bitcoin, posted his last message on the Bitcointalk forum on August 9, 2013.
His last post was:
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.
Do you know who sent those first bitcoins to Hal Finney? None other than the legendary Satoshi Nakamoto. This transaction, which happened on January 12, 2009, helped them prove to the world that the new system works.
In August 2009, months after the first Bitcoin transaction, Finney was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease and eventually passed away in August 2014.
When we are thriving in cryptocurrency, we should remember the people who helped this system work flawlessly. They are our heroes, not those influencers with baseless shills on social media.
Rest in peace, legend. You’re gone but not forgotten.
Learn more about Hal Finney: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/01/12/remembering-hal-finney-on-the-14th-anniversary-of-the-first-bitcoin-transaction/
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