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'''Hal Finney''' was the recipient of the first bitcoin [[transaction]]. | '''Hal Finney''' was the recipient of the first bitcoin [[transaction]]. | ||
Revision as of 15:34, 5 April 2015
Hal Finney
Names/Aliases | Hal |
Born | May 4, 1956 |
Died | August 28, 2014 | (aged 58)
Active | 2009, 2011 |
Known for | First transaction recipient Earliest identified miner |
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Hal Finney was the recipient of the first bitcoin transaction.
Death
Hal Finney was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in August 2009.[1] His bitcoins (which he mined in early 2009) were spent 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]
Hal died and was cryopreserved on August 28, 2014.[2]