[Today marks the 17th anniversary of Hal Finney's famous Bitcoin tweet 'Running bitcoin'] BlockBeats news, January 11: On January 11, 2009, Hal Finney posted the tweet 'Running bitcoin' on Twitter. Behind this brief message was Hal Finney, who became the recipient of the first Bitcoin transaction in history: just one day later, Satoshi Nakamoto directly sent him 10 BTC. Although debates about Satoshi Nakamoto's identity remain intense, one fact is indisputable: without Hal Finney, Bitcoin might have remained as an obscure white paper rather than the financial revolution we know today. Additionally, the timing of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's approval of the first Bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) coincides with the 15th anniversary of Finney's historic tweet, on January 11, 2024.