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Bitcoin enthusiasts remember Hal Finney as the first to receive a BTC transaction. Besides this, Finney is also remembered for his iconic two-word post on Twitter (now X), “Running Bitcoin.” The tweet he posted in January, 2009, has become a celebrated moment in Bitcoin history. Finney’s Early Days With Bitcoin For clarity, Hal Finney was a computer scientist renowned for his work on cryptographic advancements. The famous scientist battled Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) with positivity and excelled in his career. As an early adopter of Bitcoin, his famous quote on the asset came seven days after Satoshi Nakamoto launched BTC. Finney took to Twitter to announce he had fired up a Bitcoin node with those iconic words. – Advertisement – Source: X The scientist projected Bitcoin as a digital asset to the global audience. Two days later, Satoshi sent Hal Finney the first Bitcoin transaction. At the time, exactly 16 years ago, Bitcoin’s price was $0 as it had no monetary value and was still unknown globally. Despite this, Finney believed in the project and predicted that if BTC became a global payment system, its value would reach astronomical levels. According to him, Bitcoin’s worth should equal the total value of all the wealth in the world. Finney also put a price of $10 million on Bitcoin, emphasizing how strongly he felt about the digital asset. Hal Finney did not live to see Bitcoin record the staggering figures it boasts of today. He died in August 2014 as he succumbed to ALS. Finney’s wife organizes an annual half-marathon in his memory for the battle with ALS. However, in the year he died, BTC hit an all-time high (ATH) of $1,042, a remarkable feat within 5 years given that the assets climbed from $0. At his death, BTC exchanged hands for…