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Former Bitcoin coder and ALS patient is now being cryonically frozen

01
Sep
2014

Renowned cryptographer Hal Finney, known for his work on PGP encryption software and on early Bitcoin development, has passed away on Thursday following a five-year battle with ALS – a terrible disease that’s currently enjoying a viral funding campaign thanks to the “Ice Bucket Challenge” meme – but the programmer hoped that one day technology […]

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Tender portrait of a dying cryptographer

26
Mar
2014

The famous cryptographer Hal Finney, the second user of the virtual currency Bitcoin, lives in the same town as Dorian Nakamoto, the man Newsweek says is responsible for creating Bitcoin. Andy Greenberg of Forbes had a hunch that Finney might be the ghostwriter who polished Dorians non-native English prose. But when he went to meet […]

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