Armory to Match 10 BTC in Donations to Hal Finney Bitcoin Fund
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....
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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....
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....
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....
The First Bitcoin Transaction took place in 2009 January 12! Satoshi Nakamoto sent 100 BTC to Hal Finney. About Finney: Hal Finney (born May 4, 1956) is a developer for PGP Corporation, and was the second developer hired after Phil Zimmerman. In 2004, Finney created the first reusable proof of work system before Bitcoin. In January 2009, Finney was the Bitcoin network’s first recipient transaction.
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 […]