first-transaction

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Hal Finney's famous tweet 'Running bitcoin' - marking him as the first known person besides Satoshi to run the Bitcoin software. The next day, he received the first Bitcoin transaction from Satoshi.

January 12, 2009 Aftermath

First Bitcoin transaction — Satoshi sends 10 BTC to Hal Finney

Satoshi Nakamoto ↔ Hal Finney

The first person-to-person Bitcoin transaction in history. Satoshi Nakamoto sent 10 BTC to Hal Finney in Block 170, confirming that Bitcoin's peer-to-peer electronic cash system worked as designed.

January 13, 2009 Private Correspondence 3 messages

Satoshi ↔ Dustin Trammell Correspondence

Satoshi Nakamoto ↔ Dustin Trammell

Satoshi informs Trammell that bugs are fixed in v0.1.3 and offers to send him some coins via the send-to-IP feature, one of the earliest known direct Bitcoin transfers.

March 19, 2013 Aftermath

Bitcoin and me (Hal Finney)

Hal Finney ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Hal Finney's famous retrospective on his early involvement with Bitcoin, his interactions with Satoshi, and his battle with ALS. One of the most celebrated posts in Bitcoin history.