#BinancePizza trade sharing widget
**Bitcoin Pizza Day** is an important anniversary for the Bitcoin community, celebrated on **May 22nd** each year, to commemorate the first recorded physical transaction in Bitcoin history.
### **Background Story**
On May 22, 2010, a programmer named **Laszlo Hanyecz** posted on the Bitcoin forum (Bitcoin Talk), expressing his willingness to exchange **10,000 Bitcoins (BTC)** for two pizzas. At that time, another user, **Jeremy Sturdivant (username Jercos)**, accepted the proposal and ordered two **Papa John's pizzas** (worth about $25) delivered to Laszlo.
This transaction became a milestone in Bitcoin history, marking the first time Bitcoin was used as **currency for exchanging goods**, demonstrating its viability as a payment tool.
### **Subsequent Impact**
- **Starting Point for Bitcoin Price Calculation**: Based on this transaction, at that time 10,000 BTC ≈ $25, meaning **1 BTC ≈ $0.0025**. Today (2025), the price of Bitcoin has surged to tens of thousands of dollars, and this pizza is now worth hundreds of millions at current prices, becoming “the most expensive pizza in history.”
- **Symbol of Community Culture**: Bitcoin Pizza Day is widely celebrated by cryptocurrency enthusiasts, with many eating pizza, posting MEMEs, or discussing the development of Bitcoin on May 22.
- **Laszlo's Follow-Up**: Laszlo later purchased more pizzas with Bitcoin but did not keep the remaining Bitcoins. Despite “missing out” on immense wealth, he stated he has no regrets, as he helped drive early adoption of Bitcoin.
### **How to Celebrate?**
Common ways to celebrate in the Bitcoin community include:
- **Eating pizza** and sharing it on social media (tag #BitcoinPizzaDay).
- **Reflecting on Bitcoin's history**, discussing the development of cryptocurrency.
- **Joking about the “most expensive pizza”**, such as calculating how much $10,000 BTC would be worth today if not spent back then.
Today, Bitcoin Pizza Day is not just a fun anecdote, but also symbolizes the journey of cryptocurrency from a geek experiment to the global financial system. 🍕₿$
