People · 2009
Hal Finney
Hal Finney was a cryptographer, cypherpunk, creator of RPOW, early Bitcoin contributor, and recipient of the first known person-to-person Bitcoin transaction from Satoshi.
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Why it matters
Finney connected the cypherpunk digital-cash tradition directly to Bitcoin’s earliest use.
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What California Bitcoin maintains
- Hal Finney was a cryptographer, cypherpunk, creator of RPOW, early Bitcoin contributor, and recipient of the first known person-to-person Bitcoin transaction from Satoshi.
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