CoinDesk(@CoinDesk):HISTORY: Today marks 12 years since Hal Finney passed away. He built digital cash before Bitcoin existed, received the first $BTC transaction from Satoshi, and kept coding with eye-tracking software after ALS left him paralyzed. One of the architects of what crypto became.

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HISTORY: Today marks 12 years since Hal Finney passed away. He built digital cash before Bitcoin existed, received the first $BTC transaction from Satoshi, and kept coding with eye-tracking software after ALS left him paralyzed. One of the architects of what crypto became.