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Harold Thomas Finney II (May 4, 1956 – August 28, 2014) 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 .
Feb 23, 2024 · The mysterious inventor of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, initiated the first-ever transaction on the blockchain on Jan. 12, 2009, when they sent 10 Bitcoin to Hal Finney, a well-known computer...
Aug 30, 2014 · Hal Finney, a cryptographer and one of the earliest users and developers of the virtual currency Bitcoin, died on Thursday in Phoenix. He was 58. Mr. Finney had been paralyzed by amyotrophic...
Jan 12, 2021 · At the receiving end was computer scientist Hal Finney, who got the 10 Bitcoin from Satoshi Nakamoto, the network’s mysterious, pseudonymous creator. The transaction on the now-historic date proved that Bitcoin—as a money network—did indeed work in reality and set the foundation for its future growth.
Apr 19, 2024 · The Human Rights Foundation has announced that computer scientist and privacy advocate Hal Finney, who played a role in getting Bitcoin going 15 years ago, will posthumously be the first...
Aug 19, 1993 · Hal Finney was a software engineer and an early member of the Cypherpunks. Finney was a notable advocate of cryptography and digital privacy. He worked for the PGP Corporation, where he developed some of the earliest PGP code.
Sep 5, 2014 · A computer scientist, he became a pioneer in data encryption, which cypherpunks saw as essential to ensuring personal freedom in the face of the government control that computerisation...
