
Bitcoin Pizza Day: 15 Years Since Historic $1.1 Billion Mistake
Bitcoin Pizza Day marks the first real-world Bitcoin purchase, showing how 10,000 BTC for pizzas in 2010 is now worth over $1.1 billion.
Bitcoin Pizza Day marks the first real-world Bitcoin purchase, showing how 10,000 BTC for pizzas in 2010 is now worth over $1.1 billion.
May 22 marks a unique and storied anniversary in the cryptocurrency world – Bitcoin Pizza Day, the date of the first documented transaction involving Bitcoin in exchange for a real-world item.
While many may count the Florida programmer’s Bitcoin transaction as a huge loss, Hanyecz feels very proud, stating that he contributed to Bitcoin history.
Bitcoin Pizza Day has now grown to become a symbolic day for the entire cryptocurrency space and is celebrated with several events every year.
Get ready to join the global Bitcoin community at PizzArt in celebrating Bitcoin Pizza Day, the momentous occasion when Bitcoin was first used in payment in 2010 to buy pizzas, and now it has become an industry holiday.
Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day! Ten years ago, a programmer from Las Vegas made the first-ever purchase with Bitcoin. The deal has made it into history, 22 May has become a great day, and the programmer will be forever known as “Bitcoin Pizza Guy”.
The Bitcoin pizza guy doesn’t regret having spent 10,000 BTC in the course of 9 years and is even proud of being among the first Bitcoin supporters.
Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day! Eight years ago Laszlo Hanyecz made a history buying two pizzas for 10,000 Bitcoins. It was the first ever purchase with BTC.
Laszlo Hanyecz, the first BTC pizza purchaser does it again, but this time through a Lightning Network.