Hal Finney Bitcoin Fund Allows Users to Donate Toward ALS Research
If you haven't been living under a rock this summer, you may have seen people close to you dumping ice water on their heads in support of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or better known as Lou Gehrig's Disease) research. Sadly, this week, the topic of ALS hit close to home with the loss of Hal Finney, a bitcoin pioneer, and the very first person to receive a bitcoin from Satoshi Nakamoto. Finney was diagnosed with ALS, and in the final years of his life, was confined to a wheelchair, unable to move. And while the ice bucket challenges has done great things for ALS research, members of....
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In the wake of bitcoin groundbreaker Hal Finney's passing a few days ago, some prominent figures in the bitcoin community have teamed up in a campaign to raise funds for research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Erik Voorhees, co-founder of Coinapult, Jason King of Sean's Outpost, bitcoin evangelist Roger Ver, BitPay and the Bitcoin Foundation have collaborated to provide a way to donate bitcoin to ALS research. Bitcoin Foundation chief scientist Gavin Andresen made the video above to kick off the campaign, named the Hal Finney Bitcoin Fund for ALS Research. The main donation....
Armory Technologies has extended its ongoing donation drive in honor of late bitcoin developer Hal Finney. Finney, a pioneer in the field of cryptography and the first person to receive a bitcoin transaction, passed away last Tuesday at the age of 58 after a long battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The open-source bitcoin wallet management platform announced today that it would match up to 10 BTC in donations made to the Hal Finney Bitcoin Fund for ALS Research through its 'simulfunding' (simultaneous funding) platform. Originally scheduled to end 1st September, the donation....
The Bitcoin Foundation website has a post by guest bloggers Tony Gallippi, Jason King, Roger Ver, Erik Voorhees and Gavin Andresen, all very well known names in the Bitcoin community, to announce the Hal Finney Bitcoin Fund for ALS Research. Hal Finney, one of the pioneers of Bitcoin, lost his 5-year battle with ALS on August 28th, 2014. He is now in cryopreservation awaiting the advent of new technologies that might cure him. Also read: Remembering Hal Finney: Bitcoin Pioneer With ALS. ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder characterised by....
The bitcoin community has hit full-force with their kindness once again. If a massive donation drive to benefit Dorian Nakamoto, the man pegged by Newsweek as the Satoshi Nakamoto (you know, the one who created bitcoin) wasn't enough, the community has turned to help Hal Finney. Hal Finney was one of the first few users to embrace the bitcoin technology. He was extremely active in helping make the technology better, but has been suffering from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) - a terminal disease which affects muscle usage. Andy Greenberg of Forbes decided to start a fundraiser to help....
August 28th marks the day in which one of the earliest Bitcoin users passed away: Hal Finney. Finney was born on May 4th, 1956 in Coalinga, California. Born as the son of a petroleum engineer, Finney attended the California Institute of Technology where he graduated with a BS in engineering. Though his upbringing and origins […]