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Fran Finney's account of Hal Finney's life — Cryonics Magazine profile

Cryonics Magazine published an extensive profile of Hal Finney based on interviews with his wife Fran Finney. The profile covered their meeting at Caltech, Hal's career at PGP Corporation, his excitement about Bitcoin's launch, his ALS diagnosis, and his cryopreservation by Alcor.

Previously unpublished Satoshi-Finney emails revealed

CoinDesk published previously unpublished emails between Satoshi Nakamoto and Hal Finney, obtained from Hal's personal computer via his widow Fran Finney. The emails included Finney asking Satoshi about network scalability in November 2008, Satoshi personally notifying Finney of the v0.1 release on January 8, 2009, and a follow-up where Satoshi mentioned being unable to receive incoming connections.