Hal Finney: Potential Satoshi
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Shaan Puri discusses the theory that Hal Finney could be Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin.
"Hal Finney is one of the people many think might be Satoshi. The case for Hal is compelling. He was a brilliant cryptography mind and the first recipient of Bitcoin. The first transaction was Satoshi sending to Hal, which if you're a programmer, it's like, 'Did you send to yourself?' That's usually how programmers start things.
Hal gets Lou Gehrig's disease and dies around the same time as Satoshi's last messages. The fact that this person has resisted the temptation to move or touch their $700 billion fortune sitting there - not a single coin has ever been used - maybe it's because the guy's dead. Maybe that's the only way to explain somebody who has the resistance to it.
And interestingly, Hal cryogenically froze his head. So if 1000 years from now cryonics are a thing and you can unfreeze, they're like, 'He's got the private key in his head and he'll come out as Satoshi.' It's got that sort of aura to it."
Shaan Puri
Host of MFM
Shaan Puri is the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Milk Road. He previously worked at Twitch as a Senior Director of Product, Mobile Gaming, and Emerging Markets. He also attended Duke University.