Early Bitcoin contributor Hal Finney’s Twitter account is back after 12 years
Hal Finney, an early Bitcoin contributor and adopter, has reactivated his Twitter account after a 12-year hiatus.
Finney was the first individual to receive a blockchain transaction from Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009. He continued to use and contribute to Bitcoin until his death from complications of his ALS in 2014.
Finney’s Twitter account has been dormant since 2010. Concerns surfaced recently that accounts could be deleted under Elon Musk’s plan to remove his 1.5 billion inactive accounts, inadvertently erasing part of Bitcoin’s history in the process. was done.
Finney’s account became active again around 12:00 PM PST on December 16th, so we seem to have realized these concerns. According to Bitcoin advocate and software engineer Jameson Lopp, the resurrection of accounts was initially met with skepticism. warned A malicious individual may have taken over Finney’s account.
However, Hal’s wife, Fran Finney, quickly admitted that she was managing the account on behalf of her husband. She addressed her Lopp in a tweet. write in:
this is [Fran Finney]I’m tweeting for Hal…to avoid having his account deleted by Elon.
she later I have written:
I like to keep Hal’s account active, so I post from his account from time to time. When posting, keep tagging yourself as the poster.
The news comes on the heels of another development related to early Bitcoin activity. Martin Shkreli, Tuesday, December 13 tried to show Based on the encrypted signature, the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto is actually former cartel boss and programmer Paul Le Roux.
This transaction was made by Paul Leroux to Hal Finney on January 12, 2009 #bitcoin
The signature was supposedly made with Finney’s real name. However, one commentator points out that the type of signature used for validation in Bitcoin was not implemented until after Finney’s death. Therefore, that signature statement was not made at the time of the 2009 transaction. Finney’s private key was likely stolen, and the statement could be false.
As such, today’s genuine reopening of Finney’s account appears to have nothing to do with the apparently fake Bitcoin signatures seen earlier this week.
