14 years ago, a programmer bought pizza for 10,000 bitcoins, and now there's going to be a sequel?! Papa John's officially announced a plan to send pizza to the moon, and it even hides a bitcoin Easter egg, which completely stunned the crypto community...

A historic scene: Are those two pizzas worth 4.8 billion going to space?

On this day 14 years ago (May 22), programmer Laszlo shouted the classic line on a bitcoin forum: "I can pay 10,000 bitcoins for two pizzas!" No one expected that this Papa John's pizza would later become a "relic" in crypto history — based on the current price, it would be equivalent to spending 4.8 billion RMB on fast food!

What’s more intriguing is that NASA's Artemis program is set to implement manned moon landings in 2025, and Papa John's marketing strategy has been humorously dubbed as "preparing to set up a DAO community on the moon" by netizens.

"I suggest using bitcoin on the moon's surface to spell out the Papa John's logo, letting extraterrestrial civilizations witness humanity's most hardcore advertisement"

"14 years ago, buying pizza with BTC, and 14 years later, using pizza to mine BTC, that’s called a closed-loop economy"

"If the moon landing rocket fuel costs can be paid with the Lightning Network, I’m willing to crowdfund 10 satoshis"

Moreover, seasoned players have uncovered some juicy details: Papa John's applied for an NFT trademark as early as 2021, and this time it is likely to issue "Moon Pizza NFT" taking advantage of the moon landing event, making a stunning leap from the physical economy to Web3.

From Domino's accepting bitcoin payments to McDonald's launching virtual restaurants in the metaverse, fast food giants are igniting a "blockchain arms race." Papa John's chose to focus on the most relatable bitcoin-native MEME, essentially competing for the attention economy of Generation Z.

Interestingly, Laszlo himself still insisted on buying pizza with bitcoin in 2018, and will he make an appearance in the moon landing live stream this time? If the blockchain address of those two pizzas from 14 years ago is engraved on a lunar monument, does it count as humanity's first interstellar MEME?