The pizza bought with 10,000 bitcoins has skyrocketed to a value of over 1.1 billion dollars after 15 years, and the price of BTC today has broken through 110,000 dollars, witnessing history once again.

Can you imagine? The two large pizzas bought for less than 1,300 NTD at the time have turned into nearly 30 billion NTD after 15 years! Today, May 22, 2025, is the annual Bitcoin Pizza Day, and the BTC price has appropriately soared past 110,000 dollars. This article will take you back to revisit this memorable day.

The most expensive pizza in history, the magnificent transformation of 10,000 bitcoins.

To start from the beginning, in 2010, a programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz from Florida was hungry, so he posted an article on the Bitcoin forum (BitcoinTalk Forum), stating that:

I wanted to pay 10,000 bitcoins to buy 2 large pizzas, so I could save some for the next day. You could make the pizzas yourself and bring them to my house or order some to be delivered, but my goal was to exchange Bitcoin for food that I didn't have to order myself, somewhat like ordering a 'breakfast platter' service at a hotel or elsewhere, those things that bring you food and joy!

He also made a selection of pizza flavors in the article and told anyone interested to contact him quickly. He exchanged two pizzas worth 25 dollars from the American chain Papa John's with Jeremy Sturdivant (online name Jercos), who was just 19 years old and had mined Bitcoin himself at the time.

－ source: Blockchain.com －

At that time, 10,000 bitcoins were worth about 40 dollars, which means each one was only 0.004 dollars. Fast forward to 2025, these 10,000 bitcoins are now worth 1.1 billion dollars.

Not just an anniversary, but also an important milestone for Bitcoin.

This pizza transaction seemed trivial at the time, but it holds significant meaning in the history of cryptocurrency. It was the first time that Bitcoin transitioned from a virtual concept on the internet into the real world, proving that Bitcoin can be used to buy things! As Laszlo Hanyecz himself said in a later interview:

I have no regrets about this transaction; I believe it was a historic moment in the evolution of Bitcoin.

Fifteen years have passed, and Bitcoin has become an undeniable force in the global financial market. I wonder what new heights Bitcoin will reach in the next 15 years?