Hal Finney was a mastermind of Easter Eggs.
The number "12.5" is a very important number in the Bitcoin world.
It is the mathematical bridge that connects Bitcoin's Supply schedule, logo design, and its code.
The Bitcoin Issuance Model is an infinite geometric series that bounds neatly to 100:
(50+25+12.5+6.25+3.125+... = 100)
The 21M Cap: When you multiply that 100 by the 210,000 blocks built into each halving era, you get the absolute hard cap of the network:
21 million total Bitcoin.
In the years 2016-2020 - following US President Barack Obama's final term, the supply issuance was 12.5.
How this ties to the original design of the Bitcoin logo:
The creator 'Bitboy' (not who you think) tilted the "B" 14 degrees which is also the unrounded result of an infinite geometric series powered by 12.5 entirely.
If you take 12.5, continuously divide it by 10, and sum the results, the number converges on 13.88888888.
12.5+1.25+.125+.0125...= 13.8888
If you do this 10 times you get 13.8888888875 (which is 8 8s)
Why is 12.5 the baseline of this loop? Because 100 / 8 = 12.5.
A tilted B looks like an 8
A sideways 8 represents infinity.
Structurally, Bitcoin achieves immortality by dividing its block rewards and splitting its tokens across humanity down to exactly 8 decimal places (1 Satoshi = 0.00000001 BTC).
The year in which issuance of ceases is 2140.
The worldview of this lore, this matrix symbolizes that Bitcoin was designed to be absolute, immortal permanence
But we haven't even gotten to the good part yet....
From date of which the Bitcoin Whitepaper was written (October 31, 2008) to the date of Hal Finney's death (August 28, 2014), is 2127 days. 2,128 if counting both start day and end date.
2127 + 12.5 = 2140 which is the year Bitcoin ends issuing mining rewards.
Now Hal is cyropreserved in Phoenix and when the day comes medicine can cure 'ALS', he will rise again like a Phoenix to see what Bitcoin has become.
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