1️⃣ A Coder Among Gods – Hal Finney wasn’t just a great programmer, he was the programmer. A mind 10,000x sharper than mine, crafting some of the most legendary code in the history of cryptography.
2️⃣ The Temple City Mystery – Almost nobody talks about this: Hal spent nearly a decade in Temple City — the exact same small town of 36,000 where Newsweek “found” Dorian Nakamoto. Coincidence? Or did two geniuses quietly sip coffee together, swapping cryptographic secrets that would rewrite the world?
3️⃣ The Pen Matches the Code – Hal’s writing was elegant, precise, and flawless — exactly like the Bitcoin whitepaper that appeared in 2008. Then, in August 2009, life dealt a cruel blow: an ALS diagnosis.
If Hal was Satoshi — or even part of the vision — then Bitcoin is more than code. It’s the greatest open-source gift humanity has ever received… left to us before ALS could steal his brilliance.
When Satoshi wrote in April 2011, “I’ve moved on to other things,” I believe those “things” were fighting ALS and spending every moment left with his beloved wife and son.
Hal, your genius will echo forever.
📜 Source: X @JimSixOneEight
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