The $1 Billion Lunch That Made Crypto History
I still can’t get over this story.
Back in 2010, a guy named Laszlo Hanyecz unknowingly made history. He posted on a forum saying he’d give 10,000 BTC in exchange for two pizzas.
Yep—10,000 bitcoins… for two pizzas.
At the time, that was worth about $25. Someone on the forum took him up on it, ordered two Papa John’s pizzas, and had them delivered to Laszlo’s place in Florida. Laszlo sent over the BTC using a fresh command-line wallet—and just like that, the first real-world crypto transaction happened.
Two pizzas. 10,000 BTC.
Fast forward to today? That’s around $1 billion, with Bitcoin trading close to $100,000.
Now every May 22 is known as Bitcoin Pizza Day—a tribute to how far the crypto world has come… and a reminder of how brutal hindsight can be.
Can Laszlo ever truly forgive himself?
Who knows.
But let’s be honest: most of us will never know what it feels like to have eaten the most expensive lunch in history.