In 2010, a Florida-based programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz made history by committing the most delicious financial mistake ever. He paid 10,000 Bitcoins — worth $41 at the time — for two Papa John’s pizzas. Today, those pizzas would be worth over $650 million. That’s not lunch, that’s a lost Lambo collection.
Back then, Bitcoin was just an internet experiment. Laszlo just wanted to prove it could be used for real stuff. And it worked — the pizzas were real, and so was the pain. He unintentionally became the crypto world’s most expensive foodie.
Now every year on May 22, we celebrate “Bitcoin Pizza Day,” the only holiday that tastes like cheese and regret. Laszlo says he doesn’t regret it, but let’s be honest — even the crust wasn’t worth generational wealth.
