Hal Finney’s Wife Resume Twitter Leading Bitcoin Account to Avoid Possible Purge

Fran Finney, the wife of computer scientist Hal Finney — the beneficiary of the first transaction on the Bitcoin blockchain from Satoshi Nakamoto — has reactivated her late husband’s Twitter account amid concerns that Twitter CEO Elon Musk may purge content from the social media platform due to inactivity.

Several Crypto Twitter users reported on December 16 that Finney registered For the first time in over 12 years. Some have speculated that a hacker may have taken control of a Bitcoin (BTC) pioneer’s account of over 71,000 followers, but Fran quickly intervened to dispel the rumors.

“I’m tweeting for Hal […] To avoid having his account purged by Elon,” He said pastry chef.

I want to keep Hal’s account active, and sometimes I’ll post from his account. When I post, I will continue to tag myself as the poster.

– Fran Finney (@franfinney) December 16, 2022

It is unclear if Fran Finney’s intervention could save the crypto pioneer’s social media presence. And amid Musk’s $44 billion purchase of Twitter which was completed in October, he said claimed He supported freedom of expression as “the cornerstone of a functioning democracy”.

However, under Musk’s leadership, the social media platform on December 15 purged a number of accounts controlled by prominent journalists at organizations such as CNN, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. Accounts tracking Musk’s private travel movements as well as promoting social media platform Mastodon – which attracted many Twitter users after the billionaire’s takeover – have also been suspended. Twitter CEO claimed Previous “My exact location is doxxed in real time.”

Why were journalists’ accounts suspended on Twitter? Please explain. It would have been better to have a good explanation.

– Stephen King (@StephenKing) December 16, 2022

Musk’s net worth was more than $300 billion in October 2021 before the Twitter acquisition. Around the same time, Tesla’s share price hit an all-time high of $407.36 in November 2021. The index showed that the Tesla CEO had fallen to second The richest person on the planet, with a net worth of $169 billion at the time of publication.

As CEO, Musk oversaw a number of controversial decisions at Twitter that had many in the business world questioning his acumen. He fired several senior executives, including several members of the platform’s content moderation team, and attempted to charge users for “verified” blue checkmarks – resulting in many fake accounts with a veneer of legitimacy. The social media platform has also seen a spike in tweets containing hate speech and misinformation about vaccines, putting advertisers’ revenues at risk.

Twitter users seem to be very supportive of Fran Finney’s efforts to show that the account is still active and useful to the crypto community. Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, too schemed On the platform to express his surprise at the account reactivation.

“There has to be a way to protect historically significant accounts,” He said Twitter user 0xAphelion on Hal Finney’s account. “But you better be safe.”

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One of the most recognizable names in cryptography has been Hal Finney, who was one of the first people to respond to Satoshi’s post on the cypherpunks mailing list. He passed away from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease – in 2014 at the age of 58.