Hal Finney, pioneer of Bitcoin and cryonics Hal Finney, a computer scientist and cypherpunk widely considered one of the co-creators of Bitcoin, died on August 28, 2014, at the age of 58. He had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Lou Gehrig's disease. http://www.eblockmedia.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=1604