RIP Hal.
Your legacy will live on.
Also enjoying reading this article by Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2014/03/25/satoshi-nakamotos-neighbor-the-bitcoin-ghostwriter-who-wasnt/#125406db4a37
Topic: Bitcoin and me (Hal Finney) - page 13. (Read 280256 times)
it is an honor to be part of the environment in which you take components in realizing lifestyles, and an honor to be part of the community you take as the element that brings existence.
Reading this, is completely inspirational. It gives us hope, ambition and positive energy and i’m glad that i’m here cuz i can read these kinda things whener i want. I’m really impressed by this.
I think Bitcoin is involved with many people. I'm also involved with Bitcoin for about two years. I have seen that Bitcoin is the most profitable and popular in the crypto market. That is why I want to say that those who are involved with Bitcoin must surely be successful.
In my opinion. I'm impressed and inspired by your attitude in the face of adversity. I've been programming for 30 years and I hope I can continue as long as I am able. I have wondered before to what extreme efforts I would take to continue programming under conditions such as yours. I'm glad you are able to continue your love for programming. It makes me realize how much I take for granted. 
News flash, watervo1999 - Hall has been dead going on four years now but I guess that doesn't matter as long as you're fulfilling your sig campaign commitment, eh?
In my opinion. I'm impressed and inspired by your attitude in the face of adversity. I've been programming for 30 years and I hope I can continue as long as I am able. I have wondered before to what extreme efforts I would take to continue programming under conditions such as yours. I'm glad you are able to continue your love for programming. It makes me realize how much I take for granted.
If Hal = Satoshi then don't you think he would have left his private keys for his wife and children?
I am of the opinion that Satoshi was not an individual but a collective of DARPA scientists that released their creation into the wild. Crypto is in its "wild west" infancy stages still. Just like when the military released the internet. It was a "wild west" freedom too and now it has become the world's greatest spy tool.
Blockchain can be used to turn you into a government slave if applied nefariously. For example, your Social Security number could be put on the blockchain and a certain service or product could be limited or denied if you didn't pay your taxes.
Give this tech another 10 years and you will see government blockchain controlling your life.
I am of the opinion that Satoshi was not an individual but a collective of DARPA scientists that released their creation into the wild. Crypto is in its "wild west" infancy stages still. Just like when the military released the internet. It was a "wild west" freedom too and now it has become the world's greatest spy tool.
Blockchain can be used to turn you into a government slave if applied nefariously. For example, your Social Security number could be put on the blockchain and a certain service or product could be limited or denied if you didn't pay your taxes.
Give this tech another 10 years and you will see government blockchain controlling your life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Finney_(computer_scientist)
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Harold Thomas Finney II (May 4, 1956 – August 28, 2014) ...
Extortionists have demanded fees of more bitcoins than Finney had left after using the majority of them to cover medical expenses in 2013.
Extortionists have demanded fees of more bitcoins than Finney had left after using the majority of them to cover medical expenses in 2013.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/01/03/hal-finney-received-the-first-bitcoin-transaction-heres-how-he-describes-it/?utm_term=.3911531ba241
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Here's how he described his initial involvement in Bitcoin in a forum post in March of this year: ...
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"My bitcoins are stored in our safe deposit box, and my son and daughter are tech savvy. I think they're safe enough. I'm comfortable with my legacy."
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"My bitcoins are stored in our safe deposit box, and my son and daughter are tech savvy. I think they're safe enough. I'm comfortable with my legacy."
So, which is it? All of Hal's bitcoins went toward medical expenses or they were passed to his tech-savvy heirs?
Also gleaned from the last link ...
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But he also had worked on cryptographic digital currencies -- having met and corresponded with Wei Dai and Nick Szabo, the people generally acknowledged to have come up with the intellectual precursors to Bitcoin, and attempted to create his own cryptocurrency.
I content that Hal, Wei, Nick and perhaps a couple other cypherpunks were secretly recruited by James Simons, a former NSA employee who claims to dislike the Federal Reserve (a must read, occurring less than two weeks after the creation of the Bitcoin White paper), the [Renaissance Technologies LLC] mantle passed to Robert Mercer and Peter Brown.
I further postulate that Nick Szabo was the [online] voice of Satoshi and that Renaissance has complete control of early mined bitcoins under the auspices of Satoshi Nakamoto.
Speakin' of control, [on a side note] did you ever notice that all the monologues of late night comedians when referencing Trump (or any other topic fresh in the news) never employ the exact same jokes, albeit the theme is consistent? Them writers are very bright dudes and could've easily pen jokes virtually echoing verbatim what their counterparts penned for their comedian host. To me it's like they're sharing copy with one another, rotating the best jokes on a show-by-show basis. But I digress.
If Hal = Satoshi then don't you think he would have left his private keys for his wife and children?
I am of the opinion that Satoshi was not an individual but a collective of DARPA scientists that released their creation into the wild. Crypto is in its "wild west" infancy stages still. Just like when the military released the internet. It was a "wild west" freedom too and now it has become the world's greatest spy tool.
Blockchain can be used to turn you into a government slave if applied nefariously. For example, your Social Security number could be put on the blockchain and a certain service or product could be limited or denied if you didn't pay your taxes.
Give this tech another 10 years and you will see government blockchain controlling your life.
I am of the opinion that Satoshi was not an individual but a collective of DARPA scientists that released their creation into the wild. Crypto is in its "wild west" infancy stages still. Just like when the military released the internet. It was a "wild west" freedom too and now it has become the world's greatest spy tool.
Blockchain can be used to turn you into a government slave if applied nefariously. For example, your Social Security number could be put on the blockchain and a certain service or product could be limited or denied if you didn't pay your taxes.
Give this tech another 10 years and you will see government blockchain controlling your life.
I would be interested, and would find value, in knowing the identity of one person who Hal Finney felt most closely shared his own vision for the future of the internet as it relates to empowerment firstly, and to distributed crypto-currency solutions as a important but secondary consideration.
To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice. ~ Khalil Gibran
Thank you good sir for what you have done for us and future generations to come. Such an inspiration to read your story.
May Your Soul Rest In Peace
Thank you good sir for what you have done for us and future generations to come. Such an inspiration to read your story.
May Your Soul Rest In Peace
"Thank you, Guvn0r. WAIT!!! I don't have a soul.
I paid mega bucks to be put in this state so to return on the day Bitcoin moons.
On a side note, is it getting warm in here?"
I share the same dream, 1$ = 1 Satoshi
Hope to see him again soon
Me too, seeing Hal and Stephen Hawking racing their motorized wheel chairs while in neutral down the streets of Sans Francisco.
To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice. ~ Khalil Gibran
Thank you good sir for what you have done for us and future generations to come. Such an inspiration to read your story.
May Your Soul Rest In Peace
Thank you good sir for what you have done for us and future generations to come. Such an inspiration to read your story.
May Your Soul Rest In Peace
"Thank you, Guvn0r. WAIT!!! I don't have a soul.
I paid mega bucks to be put in this state so to return on the day Bitcoin moons.
On a side note, is it getting warm in here?"
I share the same dream, 1$ = 1 Satoshi
Hope to see him again soon
You guys really changed the world and now a lot of people gain benefits from your hard work.
Today many people are using bitcoin and can support their daily living with the innovations that you made guys.
"Hats off" "Respect"
Today many people are using bitcoin and can support their daily living with the innovations that you made guys.
"Hats off" "Respect"
To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice. ~ Khalil Gibran
Thank you good sir for what you have done for us and future generations to come. Such an inspiration to read your story.
May Your Soul Rest In Peace
Thank you good sir for what you have done for us and future generations to come. Such an inspiration to read your story.
May Your Soul Rest In Peace
"Thank you, Guvn0r. WAIT!!! I don't have a soul.
I paid mega bucks to be put in this state so to return on the day Bitcoin moons.
On a side note, is it getting warm in here?"
To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice. ~ Khalil Gibran
Thank you good sir for what you have done for us and future generations to come. Such an inspiration to read your story.
May Your Soul Rest In Peace
Thank you good sir for what you have done for us and future generations to come. Such an inspiration to read your story.
May Your Soul Rest In Peace
You guys really changed the world and now a lot of people gain benefits from your hard work.
Today many people are using bitcoin and can support their daily living with the innovations that you made guys.
"Hats off" "Respect"
Today many people are using bitcoin and can support their daily living with the innovations that you made guys.
"Hats off" "Respect"
Thanks for sharing your story. It's very inspiring and fun. You have a good perspective. No one knows what will happen with Bitcoin and we still do not know. This is a great experiment. I hope I can live according to the example you set for all of us. And I hope that Bitcoin lives longer than all of us.
wow very inspirational story, thank you for sharing
Are you expecting a "your welcome" after they thaw the Popsicle?
wow very inspirational story, thank you for sharing
I was just browsing the forum only, when I saw these impressive threads.
To write a grateful story for you. At first you looked nice. You can trust for your good. You are enjoying a complementary existence despite facing numerous obstacles. Best wishes for you.
To write a grateful story for you. At first you looked nice. You can trust for your good. You are enjoying a complementary existence despite facing numerous obstacles. Best wishes for you.
I was just browsing the forum only, when I saw these impressive threads.
To write a grateful story for you. At first you looked nice. You can trust for your good. You are enjoying a complementary existence despite facing numerous obstacles. Best wishes for you.
To write a grateful story for you. At first you looked nice. You can trust for your good. You are enjoying a complementary existence despite facing numerous obstacles. Best wishes for you.
We should really lock this thread...he passed away in 2014...RIP Hal...
Then we can lock Satoshi's threads. Atlas' threads. paraipan's threads. str4wm4n's threads.
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