[ExI] Hal Finney twitter account just came back to life

[Will Steinberg]

Was anyone here on the zero state list?  I know there was some overlap
between here and there; we talked a lot about bitcoin over there around 2012

On Sat, Dec 17, 2022, 2:48 PM Gordon Swobe via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 8:14 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote
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>> Gordon weren’t you one of the dozen or so on that cryptocurrency sublist
>> we had in about 1998?
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> Hi spike. I don’t recall being on that sublist but I do recall meeting Hal
> on this list, which is why I posted.
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> It was here that I first heard of bitcoin. I did not take it seriously
> until it rallied in response to the Cyprus banking crisis on 2013. “Wow,” I
> thought. “Bitcoin is doing exactly what they said it would do!” It was at
> about $100 at the time. My life has never been the same. I’ve spent many
> years moderating and participating in cryptocurrency related discussion
> groups.
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>> I can think of Mike Butler and Robert Bradbury.  I haven’t heard from
>> Mike in probably 15 years and Robert passed in 2011
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> I don’t remember Mike but I have good memories of Robert. Sorry to hear he
> passed.
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> I’ve been trying to disentangle myself from Twitter and facebook to spend
> more time here.
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> (doesn’t that blow your mind?)
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> It sure does. What also blows my mind is that Exi is still mostly the same
> group it was way back when. Mostly the same names! This is a special group
> of people.
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> -gts
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>> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
>> Of *Gordon Swobe via extropy-chat
>> *Sent:* Friday, 16 December, 2022 10:57 PM
>> *To:* ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
>> *Cc:* Gordon Swobe <gordon.swobe at gmail.com>
>> *Subject:* [ExI] Hal Finney twitter account just came back to life
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>> https://decrypt.co/117477/hal-finney-twitter-just-came-back-life
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