The Pizza Day is here! On May 22, 2010, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz purchased two pizzas for 10,000 bitcoins, completing the first real-world transaction in Bitcoin's history. At the time, those bitcoins were worth about $41, and he only did it to validate the practicality of virtual currency.
Thirteen years later, when the price of one bitcoin surpassed $100,000, the value of those 10,000 bitcoins had skyrocketed to over $1 billion. Hanyecz's pizza has been dubbed the 'most expensive fast food in history,' yet he calmly responded, 'I don’t regret it; it promoted the development of Bitcoin.'
Although netizens calculated that 'each bite of pizza is worth $1 million,' this 'Bitcoin Pizza Guy's' accidental act forever changed the historical trajectory of cryptocurrency. Now, May 22 has become a commemorative day in the crypto community known as 'Bitcoin Pizza Day,' witnessing this crazy yet romantic technological carnival. 3263067698636458412332