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That second link is basically an admission that he is Satoshi -- or that he and Hal Finney together were Satoshi.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C.

The company was composed of numerous brilliant people (Hal Finney was one).

I remember reading about Hal Finney about a year ago, and then about the cypherpunks and all, including about PGP.

By that definition, Hal Finney might be dead now but nobody really knows for sure, because the reversibility of current cryopreservation techniques is unknown.

Trying another way, let's say the technology is created to bring Finney back, but it would only keep him alive for 4 hours, and after that there would be no chance of him ever returning.

Guys like Hal Finney - in the original HN post that I'm ashamed to have drawn attention away from - are brave.

Hal Finney did when he was paralyzed from ALS.

Hal Finney is sort of a bitcoin Walter White.

This place has people like Hal Finney and Ray Kurzweil as members and is the preeminent option in the field, but it feels like a tiny mom and pop shop.

But I completely respect and empathize with the wishes of Hal Finney to put hope into a future life, possibly without the burden of ALS that he was forced to deal with for a significant portion of his life.

"Ver, who was himself sentenced to 10 months in federal prison for illegally shipping explosive across state lines, believes that Savaged is not only the same person who swatted Hal Finney, but also the person who gained access to Satoshi Nakamoto’s email account earlier this year." --quote from OA...

My working hypothesis is that this is the market impact of the liquidation of Hal Finney's bitcoin estate.

From the article: >Just after his legal death was declared Thursday at 9 a.m., Finney’s body was flown to a facility...

Hal Finney, some time ago, discussed cryopreservation after his diagnosis of ALS, and Terry Pratchett discussed his views on assisted suicide publicly.