Meet Laszlo Hanyecz — The Man Behind the Most Expensive Pizzas Ever!
Once upon a crypto time, Laszlo Hanyecz made history by trading 10,000 BTC for just two pizzas.
He casually posted on a forum:
“I’ll give 10,000 BTC for two pizzas.”
At that time, those 10,000 bitcoins were worth a mere ~$25. A fellow user accepted the offer, ordered two Papa John’s pizzas, and had them delivered straight to Laszlo’s home in Florida.
Laszlo used an early command-line BTC wallet to send the coins — and just like that, dinner was served!
Fast Forward to Today
With Bitcoin hovering around $100,000, those 10,000 BTC would now be worth $1,000,000,000+ (yes, billion with a "B")!
This iconic moment has been immortalized and is celebrated every May 22 as
“Bitcoin Pizza Day” — a tribute to one of the first real-world uses of cryptocurrency.
Regret or Revolution?
One can’t help but ask:
Can Laszlo ever truly forgive himself?
Most people can't imagine the weight of watching a $25 pizza turn into a billion-dollar decision.
But then again — without pioneers like Laszlo, would Bitcoin have ever become what it is today?
Sometimes a slice of pizza changes the world.
