Bitcoin Pizza Day: The Story of a 'Priceless Takeout' Worth 1 Billion
On May 22, 2010, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz ordered two pizzas for 10,000 bitcoins (then valued at $41), marking the first real-world transaction using Bitcoin. Today, those two pizzas are worth over 1 billion dollars, and internet users jokingly refer to it as 'buying the entire crypto world’s youth with a meal'.
Every year on this day, the crypto community holds a 'Versailles Literature' contest:
Community Celebration: Exchanges give away pizza coins in airdrops, social media is filled with 'Bitcoin Pizza Day' and 'If only I had known...' memes;
Mystical Predictions: 'This year, the coin price must rise! After all, those who bought pizza back then are now legends' (and then the coin price plummets).
Laszlo's response can be called that of a 'Saint of the Crypto World': 'I don't regret it; at the time, Bitcoin was just an interesting experiment.' This transaction not only validated the practicality of Bitcoin but also became a 'spiritual totem' for the cryptocurrency community—reminding people that great innovations often begin with seemingly absurd moments, and history will ultimately reward those 'fools' brave enough to take risks.
So do you have Bitcoin this year❓
Do you eat pizza?
