The day 10,000 $BTC bought two pizzas đ
On May 22, 2010, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz made history by completing the first commercial transaction with Bitcoin. He paid 10,000 BTC for two pizzas from Papa John's, at a time when the cryptocurrency was still an experiment with little market value.
The transaction took place on a Bitcoin forum, where Hanyecz posted a request: could someone send him two pizzas in exchange for 10,000 BTC? A user accepted the offer and ordered the pizzas for him. At the time, that amount of Bitcoin was worth about $40, but today it would be worth billions of dollars.
Despite this, Hanyecz never regretted it. He saw the transaction as a way to demonstrate that Bitcoin could be used as real money. This iconic event led to Bitcoin Pizza Day, celebrated every year on May 22 by cryptocurrency enthusiasts.
The story serves as a reminder of Bitcoin's exponential growth and how innovations may seem insignificant at first but end up transforming the world.
Would you use Bitcoin to buy a pizza today? Or would you save it for the future? đđ