Series III · Card 15 of 21 · THE MAILING LIST

Running bitcoin

HAL FINNEY · TWITTER @HALFIN · 10.01.2009

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Source

Twitter @halfin, 10 January 2009, 7:33 pm in California (11 January 2009, 03:33 UTC)

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About the author

American cryptographer and software developer (1956–2014). A pioneering cypherpunk, early PGP contributor, and the first known recipient of a Bitcoin transaction. One of Bitcoin’s earliest and most respected builders.

About the source

Twitter, now X: the short-message service where Hal Finney posted “Running bitcoin” in January 2009.

The question on the back

Do you just start, or plan forever?