Tag: Finney
Bitcoin Pioneer Hal Finney Posthumously Wins New Award Named for Him
The first four awards, including Finney’s, are meant specifically to retroactively reward those who made the biggest contributions to Bitcoin within t [...]
Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney couldn’t be Satoshi Nakamoto, new analysis suggests
Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney was competing in a 10-mile race at the exact time Satoshi Nakamoto was responding to emails and transacting on Bitcoin, new [...]
Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney talks zk proofs in 25-year-old unearthed footage
Early Bitcoin (BTC) pioneer Hal Finney shared his vision for zero-knowledge proofs more than 25 years ago, a full decade before the launch of the firs [...]
Remembering Hal Finney on the 14th Anniversary of the First Bitcoin Transaction
It’s been 14 years since the first bitcoin transaction was sent. On Jan. 11, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of the Bitcoin system, s [...]
Wife of Hal Finney announces Bitcoin charity event
Fran Finney, the wife of crypto pioneer Hal Finney, has announced a charity event to benefit victims of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Discussin [...]
Just as Hal Finney Predicted, Bitcoin Is Being Purchased to Act as a Reserve Currency
While Terraform Labs is not exactly a bank, it is issuing its own digital cash to make paying for things easier – and it’s about to be backed by bitco [...]
13-year anniversary of transaction between Satoshi and Hal Finney
It’s been exactly 13 years to the day since computer scientist Hal Finney became the recipient of the first transaction on the Bitcoin blockchain from [...]
Sirin Labs Founder Sued Over Unpaid $20M Manufacturing facility Invoice for Finney Blockchain Telephone
Moshe Hogeg, the chief government of the blockchain smartphone startup Sirin Labs, was sued by Hong Kong-based cell phone producer Foxconn Worldwid [...]
Famend Cryptographer Says His Patent Was an Impediment for Hal Finney
Tatsuaki Okamoto explains why his “digital money” patent may need offered an impediment to Hal Finney in his ambition to create his personal digita [...]
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