Hal Finney's wife has announced a Bitcoin charity event.

She stated that the purpose of the event is to raise money to help ALS victims.

Hal Finney's wife Fran has announced a fundraising event for those suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). When discussing the occasion on Twitter, Finney urged users of Bitcoin to participate in a half-marathon and post about their experiences there between January 1 and January 10, 2023, in order to support the cause and raise money.

Fran Finney shared the news on Hal Finney's official Twitter account. She had previously reactivated the account to prevent Twitter from deleting old accounts.

The "Running Bitcoin" event is being held in collaboration with the ALS Association Golden West Chapter and is named after the first Bitcoin tweet, which was sent by Hal Finney only a few days after it went live in 2009. The group, according to its website, offers educational resources and equipment loans to ALS patients.

According to the charity, it hopes to raise money from the event by giving some contributors official Running Bitcoin T-shirts and rare Hal Finney collectibles.

An early proponent of cryptocurrencies was Hal Finney. Reusable Proof of Work (RPOW), a system that enabled recipients to reuse Hashcash coins, was developed by him in 2004. Although it operated on a centralized server rather than a decentralized network, RPOW is frequently regarded as a type of proto-cryptocurrency.

Prior to its public release in January 2009, Finney also contributed code to the Bitcoin codebase in 2008 and early 2009. In the very first Bitcoin transaction, Satoshi Nakamoto sent him 10 BTC, making him the recipient.

Prior to receiving an ALS diagnosis in August 2009, Hal Finney had been an avid runner for most of his life. He battled the illness for many years before being cryonically preserved in 2014.