0 sats \ 3 replies \ @nullama 28 Aug 2023 \ parent \ on: Musings of Hal Finney bitcoin
Hal is not SN.
Hal received the first Bitcoin transaction from SN though.
By the way, Len Sassaman lives on in the blockchain:
https://imgprxy.stacker.news/gzbTtcp1EHvsR-TufWIIQot4NwKVQCKgkmgPizXT4ew/rs:fit:600:500:0/g:no/aHR0cHM6Ly91cGxvYWQud2lraW1lZGlhLm9yZy93aWtpcGVkaWEvY29tbW9ucy9hL2EzL0xlblNhc3NhbWFuLUJpdGNvaW4tVHJpYnV0ZS5wbmc
Why can't Hal be SN?
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There were many written interactions between the two.
They also were clearly different personalities. You can read the posts from both at Bitcointalk.
And the idea that SN was both just doesn't fit at all with how SN was.
SN mentioned for example that the license of the Bitcoin client should be the most permissive one because if it wasn't then other people would implement it with that license, therefore duplicating work.
SN usually was very efficient and didn't want to waste efforts in anything. Creating a whole different persona makes no sense.
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Not conclusive, but makes sense I guess.
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