GOAT Network(@GOATNetwork):Twelve years ago today, we lost Hal Finney. First to run Bitcoin after Satoshi. First to receive a Bitcoin transaction. And years before anyone built one, he saw that Bitcoin would need a secondary level of payment systems to scale. The story of second layers begins with Hal. It's why our BitVM story from earlier this year opens with his words. Still worth reading today:

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Twelve years ago today, we lost Hal Finney. First to run Bitcoin after Satoshi. First to receive a Bitcoin transaction. And years before anyone built one, he saw that Bitcoin would need a secondary level of payment systems to scale. The story of second layers begins with Hal. It's why our BitVM story from earlier this year opens with his words. Still worth reading today: