The $500 Million Pizza – First Real-World Bitcoin Purchase

A programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz made history when he bought 2 pizzas for 10,000 BTC — the first real-world purchase using Bitcoin.

😱 The Crazy Part:

At the time, 10,000 BTC = $41

Today, 10,000 BTC = Over $500 million!

📦 The Deal:

Laszlo posted on a Bitcoin forum offering to pay 10,000 BTC for pizza. A guy in the UK accepted the deal and ordered him two Papa John's pizzas in Florida.

🎉 Result:

May 22 is now celebrated as “Bitcoin Pizza Day” every year by the crypto community.

Laszlo says he has no regrets — he just wanted to show Bitcoin could be used like real money.