{"id":441900,"date":"2022-05-04T15:56:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T12:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/happy-birthday-hal-finney-crypto-community-honors-worlds-first-known-bitcoiner\/"},"modified":"2022-05-04T15:56:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T12:56:55","slug":"happy-birthday-hal-finney-crypto-community-honors-worlds-first-known-bitcoiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/happy-birthday-hal-finney-crypto-community-honors-worlds-first-known-bitcoiner\/","title":{"rendered":"# Happy birthday, Hal Finney: Crypto community honors world&#8217;s first known Bitcoiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a414f8ff1bc3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a414f8ff1bc3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/happy-birthday-hal-finney-crypto-community-honors-worlds-first-known-bitcoiner\/#%E2%80%9D_Happy_birthday_Hal_Finney_Crypto_community_honors_worlds_first_known_Bitcoiner_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Happy birthday, Hal Finney: Crypto community honors world&#8217;s first known Bitcoiner &#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Happy_birthday_Hal_Finney_Crypto_community_honors_worlds_first_known_Bitcoiner_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Happy birthday, Hal Finney: Crypto community honors world&#8217;s first known Bitcoiner &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-2a0745c6>Finney was also the first person to publicly run Bitcoin (BTC), going down in the annals of crypto <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> history with a famous tweet that often resurfaces.<\/p>\n<p>Raise a glass to the world\u2019s first Bitcoiner Wednesday. Hal Finney, the first person to receive a Bitcoin\u00a0transaction from none other than Satoshi Nakamoto would have celebrated his birthday Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Running bitcoin<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 halfin (@halfin) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/halfin\/status\/1110302988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2009<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nOn Bitcointalk.org, Hal Finney <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcointalk.org\/index.php?topic=155054.0\">explained<\/a> that when Satoshi first released the software, he \u201cgrabbed it right away.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think I was the first person besides Satoshi to run Bitcoin. I mined block 70-something, and I was the recipient of the first Bitcoin transaction when Satoshi sent ten coins to me as a test.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The wallet address for the 10 Bitcoin transaction <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitinfocharts.com\/bitcoin\/address\/1Q2TWHE3GMdB6BZKafqwxXtWAWgFt5Jvm3\">tells<\/a> the story of BTC surging to 10 Bitcoin in value in 2009 (roughly $400,000) before Bitcoin had a dollar-denominated value.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-05\/1bad4101-428f-443e-97d0-eb73692c7926.png\"><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\">Finney&#8217;s wallet address which received 10 Bitcoin in 2009. Source: Bitinfocharts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For Pete Rizzo, editor at Kraken and Bitcoin magazine, Finney was a \u201cvisionary\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2728 Today is Hal Finney\u2019s 66th birthday. RIP to a true legend \u2014 the recipient of the first <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> transaction and a visionary who embraced its invention when others wouldn\u2019t dare <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rKNJ0m3ftI\">pic.twitter.com\/rKNJ0m3ftI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RIZZO (@pete_rizzo_) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pete_rizzo_\/status\/1521791809713754113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Finney passed away from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease, in Phoenix in 2014. However, an eternal technologist, he was cryopreserved by the Alcor Life Extension Foundation and may be brought back to life via a technological medium in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prior to being diagnosed , Finney was known for more than just running Bitcoin \u2014 he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/halfin\/status\/3476739277\">ran<\/a> half-marathons up until Sept. 6, 2009. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">H<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y Birthday to the one and only Hal Finney!!<\/p>\n<p>Your spirit shall always live on&#8230;<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/halfin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@halfin<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/franfinney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@franfinney<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GHkODO8sqM\">pic.twitter.com\/GHkODO8sqM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PU\u20bfLORD (@publordhodl) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/publordhodl\/status\/1521767976994852864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As a part of his legacy, many Bitcoin foundations and charities <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/secure2.convio.net\/alsa\/site\/TR\/Endurance\/GoldenWest;jsessionid=00000000.app20097b?sid=11540&amp;type=fr_informational&amp;pg=informational&amp;fr_id=14584&amp;NONCE_TOKEN=D381CB87F231108D0FFB711278C275FF\">organize<\/a> running events including \u201cRunning Bitcoin\u201d to fight ALS.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u2018How I met Satoshi\u2019: The mission to teach 100M people about Bitcoin by 2030<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For some Bitcoin supporters, it\u2019s a time to look back on his life and celebrate his achievements. But in typical Bitcoin Twitter fashion, it\u2019s also an opportunity to make light of the situation:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just imagine what we could have done with a Full Inney<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bitcoin Lebowski (@DudeJLebowski) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DudeJLebowski\/status\/1521768691930890240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\"><\/template><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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