Hal Finney

In Memoriam of a Bitcoin Pioneer

[Hal Finney @HaroldTFinney]

"Today, Satoshi's true identity has become a mystery. But at the time, I thought I was dealing with a young man of Japanese ancestry who was very smart and sincere. I've had the good fortune to know many brilliant people over the course of my life, so I recognize the signs." #Hal

[Hal Finney @HaroldTFinney]

"When Satoshi announced the first release of the software, I grabbed it right away. I think I was the first person besides Satoshi to run bitcoin. I mined block 70 (...) and I was the recipient of the first BTC transaction, when Satoshi sent 10 coins to me as a test." #Halfinney

[Hal Finney @HaroldTFinney]

"When Satoshi announced Bitcoin on the cryptography mailing list, he got a skeptical reception at best. Cryptographers have seen too many grand schemes by clueless noobs. They tend to have a knee jerk reaction."
- #HalFinney march 19, 2013

[Hal Finney @HaroldTFinney]

"Lois Lane:

How do you find someone who has spent a lifetime covering his tracks?

For some, he was a guardian angel. For others, a ghost, who never quite fit in.

What's the S stand for?" - #HalFinney comparing #superman with #SatoshiNakamoto on #Bitcointalk - June 15, 2013

[Hal Finney @HaroldTFinney]

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[Hal Finney @HaroldTFinney]

“Bitcoin has a couple of things going for it: one is that it is distributed, with no single point of failure, no ‘mint’, no company with offices that can be subpoenaed and arrested and shut down.” – #HalFinney about #bitcoin

[Hal Finney @HaroldTFinney]

“I see Bitcoin as ultimately becoming a reserve currency for banks, playing much the same role as gold did in the early days of banking. Banks could issue digital cash with greater anonymity and lighter weight, more efficient transactions.” – #HalFinney #bitcoin

[Hal Finney @HaroldTFinney]

“Bitcoin actually has the balance and incentives center, and that is why it is starting to take off.” – #JulianAssange about #bitcoin

[Hal Finney @HaroldTFinney]

“Stay away from it. It’s a mirage, basically. In terms of cryptocurrencies, generally, I can say almost with certainty that they will come to a bad ending.”  #WarrenBuffett about #bitcoin

[Hal Finney @HaroldTFinney]

“It’s a fraud” and “worse than tulip bulbs” – #JamieDimon, CEO of JP Morgan, about #bitcoin

[Hal Finney @HaroldTFinney]

“If you don’t believe it or don’t get it, I don’t have the time to try to convince you, sorry.” #SatoshiNakamoto about #bitcoin

[Hal Finney @HaroldTFinney]

"The computer can be used as a tool to liberate and protect people, rather than to control them." #HalFinney #bitcoin

[Hal Finney @HaroldTFinney]

"Since we're all rich with bitcoins ... we ought to put some of this unearned wealth to good use." #HalFinney #Bitcoin

[Hal Finney @HaroldTFinney]

"Bitcoin seems to be a very promising idea. I like the idea of basing security on the assumption that the CPU power of honest participants outweighs that of the attacker. It is a very modern notion that exploits the power of the long tail." #HalFinney #bitcoin