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On January 12, 2009, the creator of Bitcoin, known by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, sent the first transaction on the Bitcoin network to the developer Hal Finney.
Unlike Satoshi, much more is known about the first recipient of the cryptocurrency.
Hal Finney has worked with PGP Corporation for many years on encryption products. He launched the first anonymous remeyler and was on the cypherpunk early mailing list.
Six months before his death in August 2014, Finney described my experience of first interaction with bitcoin:
“When Satoshi released the software, I got involved right away. I think I was the first person besides Satoshi to launch Bitcoin. I mined a 70-something block, and became the recipient of the first bitcoin transaction. “
Satoshi sent ten coins for the test in the first transaction. Over the next few days, Finney corresponded with the creator of bitcoin by email, helping to troubleshoot errors.
Details of the first bitcoin transaction. Data: Blockchain.
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According to Finney, Satoshi’s identity was a mystery to him. The developer assumed he was dealing with “a young man of Japanese descent, very intelligent and sincere.”
“After a few days, bitcoin was working pretty stable, so I stayed online. These were the days when the difficulty was 1 and it was possible to mine on the CPU. In the following days, I mined a few blocks, but turned off the computer because it was heating up and I was annoyed by the fan noise, ”wrote Finney.
Describing his experience in 2014, the developer regretted his initially low interest in bitcoin. After helping with network testing and his first mining experience, Finney simply turned off the client.
The next time the developer returned to Bitcoin was in 2010, when Laszlo Heinitz bought two pizzas for 10,000 BTC and the cryptocurrency was first exchanged for dollars.
“I blew the dust off my old wallet and was relieved to find that my bitcoins were still there. My children are tech-savvy enough that I left the cryptocurrency as a legacy to them, “the developer wrote.
Read more about Hal Finney’s life and his contribution to the cryptoindustry. in our material.
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