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name: Hal Finney
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# Hal Finney

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## Cultural Context

Hal Finney was the first person besides Satoshi to run Bitcoin software and received the first-ever Bitcoin transaction. A brilliant cryptographer and PGP contributor, he continued working on Bitcoin even after being diagnosed with ALS.

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## Justification

Received the first-ever Bitcoin transaction and kept building even after his ALS diagnosis. A foundational figure in the cryptographic lineage the collection traces.
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**Swag Score:** 5