Harold Thomas Finney was a computer scientist and cryptographer who was born on May 4, 1956 and died on August 28, 2014. He is known as one of the first buyers of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin and one of the strongest candidates for the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto.
Finney started his career as a game programmer at companies such as Atari and Activision. He later joined PGP Corporation and contributed to the development of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) encryption software. Known for his work in cryptography and cybersecurity, Finney was an advocate of open source software and was known for his belief in freedom and privacy.