Fran Finney on Enduring Love for Hal, Early Days of Bitcoin and the Running Bitcoin Challenge

In this episode with Fran Finney, the widow of Hal Finney, we discuss:
The early days of Bitcoin
The claims that Hal Finney is Satoshi Nakamoto and how that has impacted the Finney family
Hal Finney's character and origin story
Running Bitcoin Challenge: https://t.co/BwXaetsG1z
How to cope with the loss of a loved one

Fran FInney, the wife of Hal Finney, met Hal when they were both undergraduate students at Caltech in the early 1970s. Fran pursued a career as a Physical Therapist, while enjoying the challenge of trying to keep up with her active, energetic, and brilliant husband on some of his many hobbies, which included running. On August 5, 2009, one week after their 30th Anniversary and seven months after Hal’s now famous Bitcoin transaction, Hal was diagnosed with ALS. Their lives changed forever. Now Fran is determined to help find a cure for this horrific disease. The graduate of Caltech, Occidental College and USC graduate is leading The Running Bitcoin Challenge, raising funds and awareness to help defeat ALS. The challenge is to run, walk, roll or hike the equivalent of a half marathon (all at once or throughout the year) in 2024. Sign up for the challenge and join the Coin Stories team at: https://t.co/BwXaetsG1z

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🗒️ IN THIS EPISODE:

00:00 Who is Fran Finney?
2:19 Met Hal at Caltech
5:19 Holocaust survivor Jewish family
7:52 Bitdeer Technologies Group promo
8:56 Early days of Bitcoin
11:17 Hal ahead of the curve
16:34 Communicating with Satoshi
18:42 What are symptoms of ALS?
22:37 What is a treatment for ALS?
25:55 Hal working through ALS
26:55 Bitcoin community
28:05 Bitcoin 2024 promo
28:32 Coinkite Cold Card Wallet promo
28:51 CrowdHealth promo
29:20 Fran's thoughts about Bitcoin
30:27 Hal Finney is not Satoshi Nakamoto
33:56 Harassment, extortion
37:50 How is Hal Finney remembered?
41:47 What is The Bitcoin Running Challenge?
46:16 Fran's hope for the future
47:26 Fran's advice for struggling families

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