“Running Bitcoin” is a sculpture in commemoration of Hal Finney — celebrating his 65th birthday and his contributions to Bitcoin.
I think I was the first person besides Satoshi to run bitcoin.” We know that Hal was doing this also due to his now-famous tweet which simply states, “Running bitcoin.” This sculpture was directly inspired by that tweet.
Hal wrote, “I’d lost a lot of weight and taken up distance running.” He had run half marathons and was looking forward to running a full marathon.
On January 11, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto are incorporated into this sculpture.
Prior to RPOW, proofs of work were not reusable — RPOW allowed for sequential reuse to pass on a token.
The wood was oiled first and then painted with oil paints that were cut with more oil to allow the wood grain to be seen.
Half of the sale price from this art auction will go to The ALS Association Golden West Chapter.