In May 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz ordered two pizzas with the new and rising currency, Bitcoin, paying 10,000 BTC. At that point, Bitcoin had almost no value and people weren’t sure what it might develop into. Still, for Laszlo, it was bigger.

Now, the same number of those Bitcoins are valued at more than $1 billion. According to a news report, that was the purchase. The priciest meal anyone has paid for. But was it really something everyone just got wrong—or a brilliant and misunderstood idea?

Let’s pretend you open your wallet today and see 10,000 BTC inside. Would you intervene?

Would you keep your gold close, knowing it was getting more valuable?

Would you use your money to help others—your own family, your community or the whole world?

Would you in fact buy something, making Bitcoin feel genuine, the way Laszlo did?

For many, his action is viewed as something he probably regrets. Yet to people who really understood Bitcoin, Laszlo was an early leader. He made sure the 10,000 BTC he had wouldn’t go to waste—he discovered how they could be used. We learned from him that Bitcoin can be spent as well as stored.

Ever since people paid for that pizza with Bitcoin, it has grown into a worldwide phenomenon.

Now, you have the chance to buy ordinary goods using your cryptocurrency.

Many big brands welcome it.

People all over the world are discussing it.

With the lightning network, sending bitcoin payments is now very quick.

All the same… we’re not above shedding a few tears.

Not because he wasn’t able to hold on to his bitcoins—but because his boldness made an impact.

Perhaps Bitcoin would be nothing more than a theory written in a whitepaper if Laszlo hadn’t ordered those pizzas.

The main issue raised today is:

Is it possible that we will one day use Bitcoin as real money in ordinary transactions?

Is the future one where BTC is as popular for products and services as credit cards?

Maybe. Mostly, it rests on our shoulders. On what we decide to do with it.

What would you choose to do with 10,000 BTC these days?

Would you use that money? Save it? Or do something that could be seen as history?

Let’s talk. Let’s imagine. Let’s recognize the brave individuals who were willing to do great things for others.

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