Talk:Hal Finney (computer scientist)

Contested deletion
This page should not be speedy deleted because Finney created first RPOW system prior to Bitcoin; added to article. --Mike Linksvayer (talk) 13:58, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Cypherpunk?
Surely this term is too obscure to use for purposes of disambigution. Would "computer scientist" or something similar not be preferable?184.66.4.239 (talk) 17:02, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Agreed! Chris Arnesen 17:13, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I think this article should be titled Hal Finney. 65.26.252.225 (talk) 23:18, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

✅ Done. I just moved the article to "Hal Finney (computer scientist)". Although it was a little old, there was no opposition to the suggestion here in talk, and I agree that the disambiguator "cypherpunk" was far too obscure and narrow a facet of this person's life. -Thibbs (talk) 18:52, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Contradiction Between Infobox and Article Re: Graduation Date
The infobox states he received his BS in 1979, the article states 1981. Which is it? 75.159.137.85 (talk) 23:28, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 1979 is correct (verified from the Caltech Alumni Directory). I corrected the page.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flynwill (talk • contribs) 02:06, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Given his age, it should have been 1978. If I remember, from so many years, he didn't graduate on time, not satisfying the PE requirement. Maybe someone else knows this. Gah4 (talk) 22:55, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Given his age, it should have been 1978. If I remember, from so many years, he didn't graduate on time, not satisfying the PE requirement. Maybe someone else knows this. Gah4 (talk) 22:55, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Given his age, it should have been 1978. If I remember, from so many years, he didn't graduate on time, not satisfying the PE requirement. Maybe someone else knows this. Gah4 (talk) 22:55, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Satoshi Nakamoto
I just noticed that Hal is the first on the list of possibilities for the believe to be fictional Satoshi Nakamoto. Should that be mentioned here? Gah4 (talk) 09:04, 31 January 2020 (UTC)