The Future of Crypto Isn’t With Wall Street
Why innovation is likely to come from unexpected places.
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Jan 22, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
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Remembering Hal Finney on the 14th Anniversary of the First Bitcoin Transaction
The legendary cypherpunk was the first to download and receive bitcoin – helping to prove the system worked.
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Jan 12, 2023 at 5:17 p.m. UTC
Jan 12, 2023
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Just as Hal Finney Predicted, Bitcoin Is Being Purchased to Act as a Reserve Currency
With a plan to buy up $10 billion of BTC, Do Kwon’s UST stablecoin project may be fulfilling a prophecy by the late recipient of the first bitcoin transaction.
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Mar 27, 2022 at 2:50 p.m. UTC
Mar 27, 2022
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Hal Finney’s ‘Bitcoin and Me’
A reading of a touching BitcoinTalk post by the late Hal Finney, from exactly eight years ago.
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Mar 21, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
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Previously Unpublished Emails of Satoshi Nakamoto Present a New Puzzle
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.
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Nov 26, 2020 at 5:03 p.m. UTC
Nov 26, 2020
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'Team Satoshi' Is Running Again – This Time for Bitcoin Pioneer Hal Finney
Bitcoiners around the world are vowing to run this Friday in memory of the late bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney.
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Sep 4, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 4, 2019
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Did Mathematician John Nash Help Invent Bitcoin?
Digital money researcher Travis Patron explains why the late American mathematician John Nash may have influenced the creation of bitcoin.
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Jun 13, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
Jun 13, 2015
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Armory to Match 10 BTC in Donations to Hal Finney Bitcoin Fund
Armory Technologies has launched a new donation initiative in honor of late bitcoin developer Hal Finney.
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Sep 2, 2014 at 10:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 2, 2014
Community Honors Hal Finney with Bitcoin Fund for ALS Research
A group of prominent bitcoin figures and companies have teamed up raise funds to combat the disease ALS.
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Aug 30, 2014 at 2:10 p.m. UTC
Aug 30, 2014
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Hal Finney on Bitcoin: In His Own Words
Here are some of the late Hal Finney's most memorable quotes from his years in the bitcoin community.
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Aug 29, 2014 at 7:25 p.m. UTC
Aug 29, 2014