It was May 2010. Laszlo Hanyecz, a programmer and pizza lover, had an ambitious dream: he wanted to buy two pizzas for #Bitcoin . After all, who needs conventional money when you have a cryptocurrency that no one knows?
He posted a request on the forum: 10,000 bitcoins for two pizzas. Today, that would buy a fleet of yachts and a private island, but at the time, it was worth a modest US$ 40. For a while, no one respondedâuntil Jeremy Sturdivant, a 19-year-old, decided he wanted to go down in history (or at least secure lunch for Laszlo).
Jeremy bought the pizzas, sent them to Laszlo, and received the bitcoins. All good!
The problem?
He didn't keep the coins. He spent everything quickly, not realizing that, years later, each slice of that pizza would be worth a luxury apartment. đ đ°
When the story became legend, Jeremy revealed that he had no regrets. After all, if you have 10,000 bitcoins but no pizza, who is the real loser? đ
May 22 became known as the #BitcoinPizzaDay , the day we learned that pizza is delicious, Bitcoin is volatile, and that saving some digital coins might be the best decision of your life. đđ
And from May 15 to 28, the #Binance will be celebrating the #BinancePizza , promoting special events and distributing prizes up to US$ 5M.
