On January 11, 2009, Hal Finney sent the second tweet in Bitcoin history. Just two simple words: "Running Bitcoin."
While most people ignored this strange new digital money, Hal saw the future. He downloaded the software and became the first person besides Satoshi to run a Bitcoin node. This cryptographer understood what others missed.
Hal received the very first Bitcoin transaction from Satoshi himself. Ten bitcoins that would later be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. But the real treasure wasn't the coins - it was participating in monetary revolution.
That tweet marks the exact moment Bitcoin stopped being one person's experiment. Two nodes became a network. One believer became two. The revolution had begun.
Today millions run Bitcoin. But Hal Finney was first to answer freedom's call.
While most people ignored this strange new digital money, Hal saw the future. He downloaded the software and became the first person besides Satoshi to run a Bitcoin node. This cryptographer understood what others missed.
Hal received the very first Bitcoin transaction from Satoshi himself. Ten bitcoins that would later be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. But the real treasure wasn't the coins - it was participating in monetary revolution.
That tweet marks the exact moment Bitcoin stopped being one person's experiment. Two nodes became a network. One believer became two. The revolution had begun.
Today millions run Bitcoin. But Hal Finney was first to answer freedom's call.
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