Hal Finney, American cryptographer and programmer (born 1956)

Hal Finney (computer scientist)

Cryptograph and cypherpunk (1956–2014)

Harold Thomas Finney II was an American software developer. In his early career, he was credited as lead developer on several console games. He later worked for PGP Corporation. He was an early Bitcoin contributor, and received the first Bitcoin transaction from the currency's…