Ten years have passed since the death of Hal Finney, the first recipient of Bitcoin

Ten years ago today, Hal Finney, one of the pioneers of Bitcoin (BTC), passed away. Finney, born in 1956, was instrumental in the early development of Bitcoin. He was one of the first to see the potential of Bitcoin and received the first Bitcoin transaction from Satoshi Nakamoto. Finney’s contributions to Bitcoin were notable, including anticipating the need for second-layer scalability solutions such as the Lightning Network. He also suggested introducing a block size limit to protect against attacks, which is an important feature of Bitcoin’s architecture. He was one of the first to use Bitcoin software and has been associated with Satoshi Nakamoto. Despite speculation, Finney has always denied being Satoshi himself. His legacy in the Bitcoin community lives on a decade after his death.