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Bitcoin: 12 Years Later, Hal Finney Still Fascinates the Crypto World

Cointribune·August 29, 2026·1 min read
Bitcoin: 12 Years Later, Hal Finney Still Fascinates the Crypto World

Hal Finney, the cryptographer who received the first Bitcoin transaction from Satoshi Nakamoto on January 12, 2009, remains a fascination 12 years after his death. Those 10 test bitcoins are now worth over $800,000, but the question of whether Finney knew Satoshi's identity remains unanswered.

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