In his early career, he was credited as lead developer on several console games. He also was an early bitcoin contributor and received the first bitcoin transaction from bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto. … Hal Finney (computer scientist) Hal FinneyDiedAugust 28, 2014 (aged 58) Phoenix, ArizonaKnown forFirst Bitcoin recipientHal Finney (computer scientist) – Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Hal_Finney_(computer_scientist)