Hal Finney

Hal Finney was a programmer and game designer who, in the 1980s, was responsible for developing games such as Adventures of Tron, Space Attack and Space Battle.

After that, he ended up developing software in other areas such as PGP, an encryption software to ensure privacy and authenticity of data in digital communications.

He is also known for being the first user of Bitcoin, being one of the first people to receive the currency directly from the creator of the currency: Satoshi Nakamoto.

He died at the age of 58 on August 28, 2014 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).