It's such an awe inspiring thing for Hal to say that computers are a tool for liberation and not repression, only goes to show what kind of optimist he is to us, it's awesome that his legacy lives on too through these prizes and I love the idea that this will eventually become like that of a Nobel Prize where it's not just 2 areas that we're talking about, that we're also going to bitcoin literature and the other stuff that's present in a Nobel Prize. It's also a good thing that they've chosen to award people with 1 bitcoin, there's no way that you'd want to miss out on that prize if you know that you can get that as a reward too.
I have the same hopes too that we might see people from the forum getting nominated at the least for an award, it's going to explode the popularity of the forum if there's some chance one member of this forum becomes a nominee if not a winner, we'd see new generations of forum users that will make the community even bigger.
Topic: Finney Freedom Prize (Read 25 times)
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In 2024, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) created the Finney Freedom Prize with the blessing and approval of Fran Finney, wife and partner of the civil liberties advocate, software developer, and Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney.
The Finney Freedom Prize will be awarded to the person who does the most for Bitcoin and human rights in each halving era. Hal thought that the computer could be a tool to liberate people, not to repress them. He was a pioneer of digital privacy and electronic cash systems, and eventually stood alongside Satoshi Nakamoto to help develop Bitcoin in its earliest days. The Prize was created to honor Hal for his lifelong dedication to digital liberty, and to recognize those who, like him, strive to help make Bitcoin a better tool for freedom.
The Prize will come in two parts: first, a physical award, and second, a monetary prize of 1 BTC / 100,000,000 satoshis.
The Finney Freedom Prize will be awarded to the person who does the most for Bitcoin and human rights in each halving era. Hal thought that the computer could be a tool to liberate people, not to repress them. He was a pioneer of digital privacy and electronic cash systems, and eventually stood alongside Satoshi Nakamoto to help develop Bitcoin in its earliest days. The Prize was created to honor Hal for his lifelong dedication to digital liberty, and to recognize those who, like him, strive to help make Bitcoin a better tool for freedom.
The Prize will come in two parts: first, a physical award, and second, a monetary prize of 1 BTC / 100,000,000 satoshis.
https://hrf.org/finney-prize/about-the-prize/
It is nice to see Hal Finney memorial awards. You can see the nominees chosen for these four years, so I hope that someone from the forum will be on the list of nominees for the award next time.
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