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Ideologies / Crypto-Anarchist / Hal Finney
Hal Finney — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1956–2014 · United States · Cryptographer

Hal Finney

Running bitcoin

The first transaction.

Heterodox Crypto-Anarchist →
Economic+70
SocialistMarket
Governance−90
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+35
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The cryptographer who received the first Bitcoin transaction and built early digital-cash tools — a foundational cypherpunk who helped turn crypto-anarchist theory into working code.

social

Optimistic individualist technologist.

economic

Built early digital-cash and proof-of-work systems.

governance

Cypherpunk faith in code over coercion.

Notable for
  • First Bitcoin transaction
  • Reusable proof-of-work
  • PGP development
digital-cashproof-of-workcypherpunk
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