Bitcoiners on Twitter recently pleaded with the CEO of the social media platform, Elon Musk, to preserve the account of late computer scientist and bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney.
Crypto Twitter Speaks Up for Hal Finney's Account, SBF Was Reportedly Told by Binance CEO: Stop Causing 'More Damage' — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review
The outcry came after Musk announced that a mass of inactive accounts would be purged. Finney’s wife has since jumped in, and tweeted from Hal’s former account to ensure it survives. In other news, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was reportedly told by other crypto execs to “stop trying to depeg stablecoins.” This and much, much more, just below in the latest Bitcoin.com News Week in Review.
While Elon Musk Plans to Purge 1.5 Billion Inactive Twitter Names, Bitcoiners Beg Him to Preserve Hal Finney’s Account On Dec. 9, 2022, Twitter’s owner Elon Musk told the public that the social media company plans to purge 1.5 billion accounts. Musk further added that the deletions would be obvious accounts that have no tweets or that haven’t logged in for years.
However, after Musk announced this plan, a great number of cryptocurrency proponents have grown concerned that Hal Finney’s account would be among the purged names. Finney, who passed away in Aug. 2014, was the first to mention bitcoin in a tweet on the public forum.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Hal Finney's wife resumes activity on Bitcoin pioneer's Twitter account to avoid potential purgeHal Finney’s Twitter account registered activity for the first time in more than 12 years as the result of his wife's intervention.
Read more »
Hal Finney’s Twitter account sees new activity in attempt to preserve a piece of bitcoin’s cultureHal Finney’s Twitter, an important part of Bitcoin’s history and culture, is seeing new activity carried out by his wife Fran to ensure the account doesn’t get deleted.
Read more »
Germany on Twitter suspensions: 'We have a problem, @Twitter'The German Foreign Office tweeted screenshots on Friday of the accounts of journalists suspended by Twitter, warning the platform that the ministry had a problem with moves that jeapordised press freedom.
Read more »
FBI notified Twitter about users 'potentially' violating terms: Twitter FilesFBI employees regularly contacted Twitter workers to notify them of accounts that might be violating the company's terms of service, Twitter Files reveal.
Read more »
Twitter chaos too much? There are plenty of other optionsTwitter has been engulfed in chaos since billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the helm.
Read more »
Musk be joking: Elon slammed by some of his biggest supporters after booting reporters from platformTwitter CEO Elon Musk's recent suspension spree has splintered his supporters who initially cheered his $44 billion takeover, even drawing backlash from journalists behind the Twitter Files.
Read more »