Who is Peter Todd, the man HBO identified as Satoshi Nakamoto?
[Oct 9 4:24 AM] Peter Todd was an early figure in Bitcoin and is a core contributor to the blockchain today.
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Polymarket Sees Shifts in Satoshi Nakamoto Betting Odds Ahead of HBO Film Release
[Oct 7 4:05 PM] With the HBO documentary set to release on Wednesday, claiming to reveal the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, Polymarket bettors are actively speculating on who it might be. As of this writing, Len Sassaman, who previously led the wagers, has…
Polymarket odds on who HBO will out as Satoshi Nakamoto favor Len Sassaman
[Oct 4 7:20 PM] Hal Finney and Adam Back have held the second and third spots since betting opened.
No, You Won't Find Out Who Satoshi Nakamoto Is Next Week
[Oct 4 2:46 PM] As a longtime Bitcoiner, I had to roll my eyes when I saw HBO release a trailer for an upcoming documentary, teasing to reveal Satoshi's identity. Speculation arose that it would reveal who is Satoshi Nakamoto. After seeing many half-baked attempts…
The Other Satoshis: Bitcoin's Most Important Early Contributors
[Aug 28 6:38 PM] This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Halving Issue”. Click here to get your copy.If, in 2021, the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto remains a mystery, so too does the two-year period from 2008 to 2010 when Bitcoin’s creator served as the
Remembering Hal Finney: A Decade Since His Passing, His Legacy in Bitcoin Lives On
[Aug 28 3:22 PM] Today marks the tenth anniversary of the passing of Hal Finney, a renowned cryptographer and computer scientist who played a pivotal role in the early days of Bitcoin. Finney, who passed away in 2014 due to complications from ALS, is celebrated for…
Remembering Hal Finney’s Vision: The 20th Anniversary of Reusable Proofs of Work
Human Rights Foundation Announces Finney Freedom Prize On Fourth Bitcoin Halving
[Apr 19 4:03 PM] Today, on the day of the fourth Bitcoin halving, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) announced the Finney Freedom Prize, commemorating the work of Hal Finney, one of the earliest public champions of Bitcoin.Today HRF launches the Finney Freedom Prize…
Bitcoin Pioneer Hal Finney Posthumously Wins New Award Named for Him
[Apr 19 3:24 PM]
Bitcoin ETFs Secure Approval Exactly 15 Years After Hal Finney’s Iconic ‘Running Bitcoin’ Tweet
[Jan 11 1:21 AM] Finney, who died in August 2014, was also the first person besides Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, to download and run Bitcoin’s software.
New Research Suggests Hal Finney Was Not Satoshi Nakamoto
[Oct 22, 2023 11:30 AM] In an extensive analysis, the American software engineer and columnist Jameson Lopp tackles the enduring mystery of Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. While many have speculated that computer scientist Hal Finney was behind the pseudonym…
Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney talks zk proofs in 25-year-old unearthed footage
[Sep 20, 2023 8:48 PM] A recently resurfaced video shows Hal Finney discussing the possibility of zero-knowledge proofs at an annual cryptology conference in California some 25 years ago.
Another Mysterious Signed Message Appears Associated With the 2009 Bitcoin Block 1,018
[Jun 8, 2023 8:00 AM] This week, the number of Ordinal inscriptions has exceeded 11 million, with one inscription in particular, numbered 11,035,214, standing out. The inscription bears a message that has been signed with the private key associated with block 1,018, and…
Debate Intensifies Over Significance and Implications of Ordinal Inscriptions on Bitcoin Blockchain
[Feb 4, 2023 1:00 PM] During the past two weeks, members of the cryptocurrency community have discussed the non-fungible token (NFT) concept known as Ordinals. Since the 3.96 MB block (#774,628) was mined, there has been a significant increase in Ordinal inscriptions on…
7 people who could be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto
[Jan 24, 2023 9:34 AM] To this day, the exact identity of Satoshi Nakamoto remains a mystery.
Crypto Twitter Speaks Up for Hal Finney’s Account, SBF Was Reportedly Told by Binance CEO: Stop Causing ‘More Damage’ — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review
[Dec 18, 2022 7:00 AM] Bitcoiners on Twitter recently pleaded with the CEO of the social media platform, Elon Musk, to preserve the account of late computer scientist and bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney. The outcry came after Musk announced that a mass of inactive accounts…
Hal Finney’s Wife Fran Activates Her Husband’s Twitter Account to Protect It From ‘Being Purged’ by Elon Musk
[Dec 16, 2022 6:30 PM] Roughly seven days ago the owner of Twitter, Elon Musk, disclosed that the social media platform planned to purge 1.5 billion Twitter names if they were inactive or the accounts haven’t logged in for years. After the statement, bitcoiners…
Hal Finney's wife resumes activity on Bitcoin pioneer's Twitter account to avoid potential purge
[Dec 16, 2022 4:15 PM] Under Elon Musk’s leadership, Twitter suspended a number of accounts including those controlled by high-profile journalists and social networking platform Mastodon.
Another Mysterious Person Signs a 2009 BTC Address, Message Shared by Martin Shkreli Mentions Convicted Felon Paul Le Roux
[Dec 15, 2022 12:30 PM] Just recently, the crypto community discovered a bitcointalk.org forum user who signed a message from bitcoin block 1,018, and the signer associated the signature with an address first seen in 2022. Moreover, further investigation and evidence have…
Recently Signed 2009 Bitcoin Block Reward Linked to Hal Finney’s Set of BTC Transactions
[Dec 14, 2022 8:00 PM] At the end of November, an unknown person signed a signature tied to an extremely old block reward mined on Jan. 19, 2009, and the user published a message and verified signature linked to the reward on the forum bitcointalk.org. The message was…
While Elon Musk Plans to Purge 1.5 Billion Inactive Twitter Names, Bitcoiners Beg Him to Preserve Hal Finney’s Account
An Unknown Individual Signed a Message Associated With BTC Block 1,018, Reward Was Minted 16 Days After Satoshi Launched Bitcoin
[Dec 3, 2022 12:30 PM] On Nov. 15, 2022, a post was created on the forum website bitcointalk.org and the thread’s creator asked people to share signatures tied to some of their oldest mined bitcoin blocks. 11 days later, a newly created bitcointalk.org profile…