Hal Finney (born May 4, 1956) is a developer for PGP Corporation, and was the 2nd developer hired after Phil Zimmerman. In his early career, he is credited as lead developer on several console games.

Adam Back recalls Hal as a constructive personality who never engaged in squabbles. It's been six years since Hal Finney passed away from the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS. Finney is known as ...

The investigator, Jameson Lopp, compiled archived emails from 2010, data from a 10-mile race in California in 2009 and other evidence to make the argument. Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney was competing in ...

“Running bitcoin,” were the words of legendary cypherpunk Hal Finney on Jan. 11, 2009, shortly before becoming the first person to download and receive bitcoin [BTC] two days later. This tweet ...

On August 28, 2014, cypherpunk and Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney passed away due to complications with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which he had been fighting for nearly five years. Prior to ...

Hal Finney appeared to outline key principles behind Bitcoin more than a decade before its launch. A resurfaced 1993 article written by Finney has revived speculation about Bitcoin’s creator. Is Hal ...

In the ongoing quest to find the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous founder of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) , fresh evidence now questions the theory that Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney was, in ...

Donate bitcoin to fight ALS and win Hal Finney stickers. The Running Bitcoin Challenge runs from January 1-10. Run 13.1 miles and get a limited edition gaiter. Join the Running Bitcoin Challenge from ...