Ο Hal Finney έφυγε από την ζωή.

Ο Hal Finney ένας από τους πρώτους developer του Bitcoin και αυτός που δούλεψε στενά με τον Satoshi στα πρώτα βήματα του κρυπτονομίσματος δυστυχώς σήμερα έφυγε από την ζωή. Ο Hal Finney ήταν από τους πρώτους που ανταποκρίθηκαν στο δημόσιο κάλεσμα του Satoshi για την δημιουργία του bitcoin καθώς και ο ίδιος ενεργό μέλος της Cypherpunk κοινότητας

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. When Wikipedia started I never thought it
would work, but it has proven to be a great success for some of the
same reasons.

Συνεργάστηκε στενά με τον Satoshi στα πρώτα βήματα του Bitcoin ενώ ήταν και ο αποδέκτης της πρώτης καταγεγραμμένης μεταφοράς bitcoin που έγινε στο Blockchain με αποστολέα τον Satoshi. Δυστυχώς λίγο αργότερα διαγνώστηκε με την ασθένεια ΑLS και αναγκάστηκε να αποχωρήσει τελείως από το προγραμματισμό του Bitcoin.

Ο ίδιος σε ένα από τα τελευταία του μηνύματα στο Bitcointalk είχε δηλώσει

Today, I am essentially paralyzed. I am fed through a tube, and my breathing is assisted through another tube. I operate the computer using a commercial eyetracker system. It also has a speech synthesizer, so this is my voice now. I spend all day in my power wheelchair. I worked up an interface using an arduino so that I can adjust my wheelchair’s position using my eyes.

It has been an adjustment, but my life is not too bad. I can still read, listen to music, and watch TV and movies. I recently discovered that I can even write code. It’s very slow, probably 50 times slower than I was before. But I still love programming and it gives me goals. Currently I’m working on something Mike Hearn suggested, using the security features of modern processors, designed to support “Trusted Computing”, to harden Bitcoin wallets. It’s almost ready to release. I just have to do the documentation.

And of course the price gyrations of bitcoins are entertaining to me. I have skin in the game. But I came by my bitcoins through luck, with little credit to me. I lived through the crash of 2011. So I’ve seen it before. Easy come, easy go.

That’s my story. I’m pretty lucky overall. Even with the ALS, my life is very satisfying. But my life expectancy is limited. Those discussions about inheriting your bitcoins are of more than academic interest. My bitcoins are stored in our safe deposit box, and my son and daughter are tech savvy. I think they’re safe enough. I’m comfortable with my legacy.
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Όπως ανακοίνωσε η γυναίκα του το σώμα του μπήκε σε κρυοσυντήρηση.