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'''Harold Thomas Finney II''' (May 4, 1956 – August 28, 2014) was an American [[Software development|software developer]]. In his early career, he was credited as lead developer on several [[console games]]. Finney later worked for [[PGP Corporation]]. He was also an early [[bitcoinBitcoin]] contributor and is known for receiving the first Bitcoin transaction from Bitcoin's creator [[Satoshi Nakamoto]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/01/03/hal-finney-received-the-first-bitcoin-transaction-heres-how-he-describes-it/?noredirect=on|title=Hal Finney received the first Bitcoin transaction. Here's how he describes it|last=Peterson|first=Andrea|date=January 3, 2014|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=August 27, 2019}}</ref>
 
== Early life and education ==