The Twitter account of one of the biggest names in Bitcoin was reactivated after twelve years of inactivity. “This is Fran Finney,” tweeted the profile of Hal Finney, on Friday (16). “I tweet to prevent the account from being deleted by Elon.”
Hal Finney was one of the first Bitcoin testers to connect with Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. He received 10 Bitcoins from Satoshi on January 12, 2009, becoming the first person in history to receive a Bitcoin transfer.
The fact that Satoshi Nakamoto chose Finney as the first recipient of Bitcoin comes as no surprise. Satoshi had great respect for Hal Finney, who established himself as one of the world’s most brilliant programmers and cryptographers after developing the cryptography system. PGP🇧🇷
Hal also laid a critical foundation for the reusable proof-of-work, which Satoshi would build upon when creating Bitcoin.
As one of the best cryptographers in the world, Hal knew as soon as he found it that Bitcoin was a game changer. In 2008, he described Bitcoin as a “promising idea”.
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Finney’s Twitter account had been inactive since 2010, and in recent days concerns have been raised that it could be taken down as part of Elon Musk’s plans to erase 1.5 billion inactive accounts – inadvertently destroying part of Bitcoin’s history. the process is cleared.
Recently, Elon Musk announced that Twitter will soon release the usernames of 1.5 billion accounts. “These are obvious account deletions with no tweets and no login for years”said Musk.
Twitter will soon begin clearing the namespace of 1.5 billion accounts
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2022
Apparently these concerns were noticed as the account came back to life this Friday (the 16th) around 12pm PST. The account’s return was met with skepticism, with Bitcoin lawyer and software engineer Jameson Lopp warning that the account could have been hacked.
WARNING: Someone has taken control of Hal’s Twitter account. Remember, we don’t know the intentions of the new owner; it may be compromised. pic.twitter.com/JO7TDxqzZy
— Jameson Lopp (@lopp) December 16, 2022
However, Hal Finney’s wife, Fran Finney, soon confirmed that she was running the account on behalf of her late husband.
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I want to keep Hal’s account active and will occasionally post from his account. When I post, I will continue to mark myself as the author of the post.
I want to keep Hal’s account active and will occasionally post from his account. When I post something I will continue to tag myself as the poster.
— Fran Finney (@franfinney) December 16, 2022
Hal Finney
Hal Finney was a software engineer and an early member of the Cypherpunks. Finney was a notable proponent of cryptography and digital privacy.
He worked for the PGP Corporation where he developed some of the first PGP codes. He also built the first anonymous mailerthe first digital money system based on proof of work, RPOW (Reusable Proofs of Work), and received the first Bitcoin transaction sent by Satoshi Nakamoto.
Hal died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2014 and was cryopreserved by the Alcor Life Extension Foundation.
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