Network Activity – Satoshi & Hal

On January 8th, 2009 Satoshi announced the release of Bitcoin v0.1 to The Cryptography Mailing List – a group of enthusiasts that included Hal Finney, one of its earliest contributors and the first person to receive a Bitcoin transaction. Just as a digital network of nodes was coming online, Hal was beginning to lose his motor neurons to ALS. Audio: original composition.