Hal

Hal Finney is the Bitcointalk user with profile u=2436. He was a pioneering figure in Bitcoin and cryptography, a longtime cypherpunk, and an early contributor to Bitcoin who posted on Bitcointalk and (according to forum history) received the first Bitcoin transaction from Satoshi Nakamoto. Finney’s Bitcointalk profile has activity linked to posts up to 2017, and his legacy is widely cited in discussions about Bitcoin’s early development. (bitcointalk.org)