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== Cryopreservation ==
 
== Cryopreservation ==
  
Hal Finney was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in August 2009<ref>[http://lesswrong.com/lw/1ab/dying_outside/ Dying Outside]</ref>. Much of his [[Bitcoin]] savings was used on medical bills as his ALS progressed<ref>[http://www.wired.com/2014/08/hal-finney/]. He made arrangements with Alcor Life Extension Foundation to be cryopreserved upon being declared legally dead<ref>[http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/2014-August/082585.html</ref>.
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Hal Finney was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in August 2009<ref>[http://lesswrong.com/lw/1ab/dying_outside/ Dying Outside]</ref>. Much of his [[Bitcoin]] savings was used on medical bills as his ALS progressed<ref>[http://www.wired.com/2014/08/hal-finney/ WIRED : Bitcoin’s Earliest Adopter Is Cryonically Freezing His Body to See the Future]</ref>. He made arrangements with Alcor Life Extension Foundation to be cryopreserved upon being declared legally dead<ref>[http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/2014-August/082585.html (Extropy Mailing List) Hal Finney being cryopreserved now]</ref>.
  
 
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Revision as of 21:21, 24 November 2014

Hal Finney
Names/AliasesHal
BornMay 4, 1956
DiedAugust 28, 2014(2014-08-28) (aged 58)
ActiveJan-Feb '09, Nov '10-Jul '11
Known forFirst transaction recipient
Early miner
 BitcoinTalk 

Hal Finney was the recipient of the first bitcoin transaction.

Cryopreservation

Hal Finney was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in August 2009[1]. Much of his Bitcoin savings was used on medical bills as his ALS progressed[2]. He made arrangements with Alcor Life Extension Foundation to be cryopreserved upon being declared legally dead[3].


References