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#767: The First Bitcoin Miner with Alex Waltz
Marty sits down with Alex Waltz to discuss his forensic investigation into Bitcoin's first seventy-two hours, which uncovers that Satoshi Nakamoto likely ran both a clearnet and Tor node to bootstrap the network, reveals Hal Finney as the third node but second person to join, and exposes how the nascent blockchain ground to a halt eight separate times.
Alex on X: https://x.com/raw_avocado
Alex’s Website: https://alexwaltz.com/
Alex on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AlexWaltz21/
Alex’s Findings: https://1stbitcoinminer.com/
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
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