Today we celebrate the moment one man traded 10,000 BTC—now worth over $600 million—for two pizzas. Not even good pizzas. Just regular, probably slightly sad, Papa John’s. Thus was born Bitcoin Pizza Day, and with it, the accidental founding of the world's most volatile religion.
Laszlo Hanyecz, the unsuspecting prophet of this cult, tossed the golden goose straight into garlic sauce. And honestly? Respect. He did it before anyone knew BTC would become the financial equivalent of black magic and chronic anxiety.
Meanwhile, I’ve spent endless hours trading futures, only to emerge with nothing but a graveyard of liquidated longs and a lovingly assembled guidebook of mistakes titled “Don’t Do This, Idiot.” Laszlo lost a fortune by accident. I’ve lost small amounts... very deliberately.
So happy Bitcoin Pizza Day. Some people change history. Some of us just chart it badly until something somehow clicks and we start doing it... less badly.