On May 22 every year, cryptocurrency enthusiasts around the world raise their pizzas to commemorate the "most expensive" transaction in history—on this day in 2010, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz exchanged 10,000 bitcoins for two pizzas. This seemingly ordinary purchase ignited the wilderness of the blockchain revolution like a spark, and it was the first time Bitcoin experienced a taste of "human warmth".
【The Legendary Beginning: The Meeting of Two Pizzas and 10,000 BTC】
On May 18, 2010, young Florida programmer Laszlo posted on the Bitcoin forum: "I want to exchange 10,000 bitcoins for a few pizzas, preferably large ones!" Four days later, 19-year-old Jeremy Sturdivant took the order and ordered two Papa John's pizzas delivered to Laszlo's home using a credit card. This transaction was forever recorded in block 57043 of the blockchain. At that time, Bitcoin was worth only $0.004, and today, the value of those 10,000 bitcoins is enough to buy an island—but Laszlo has never regretted it: "That was the coolest pizza I ever ate."
【The Gift of History: From Code Experiment to Value Revolution】
Pizza Day is not only a commemoration of the "creation myth" in the cryptocurrency world but also symbolizes the ultimate ideal of cryptocurrency: to make code a symbol of value circulating in the real world. As Bitcoin moved from geek forums to Wall Street, evolving from a pizza transaction to a trillion-dollar digital gold, this experiment has overturned humanity's understanding of currency, trust, and decentralization. Just as Satoshi Nakamoto left the headline from The Times in the genesis block: "Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks"—Bitcoin was born with the DNA to resist the traditional financial system.
