Happy Birthday, Bitcoin

Hal Finney, RIP

Today is the 12th anniversary of a machine that showed the world a new way of transacting:

and which outlined a paper which is still relevant to this day [here]:

Hal Finney

So, with all the debate around the bitcoin creator, let’s not forget the not-to-be-forgotten researcher who actually helped to built and implement the original infrastructure — Hal Finney.

The memory of Hal Finney has been rekindled over the debate on the creator of Bitcoins. He was actually the person who received the first transaction of 10 BTC from Satoshi Nakamoto, and was the person who created the first proof-of-concept of the cryptocurrency. In helping to create Bitcoins, he helped create a fascinating jumble of crypto that works surprisingly well: