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Bitcoin Pizza Day! Two Pizzas Bought For 10K BTC On May 22, 2010
Bitcoin You are here: Home / News / Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Pizza Day! Two Pizzas Bought For 10K BTC On May 22, 2010 May 22, 2022 by Lipika Deka It’s Pizza Time! Today marks the world’s first Bitcoin trade- 2 Large Papa John’s pizzas bought for 10,000 BTC, exactly 12 years ago. On May 22, 2010, a programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz from Florida, US never knew that his craving for pizza would go down in history. What’s even more interesting is that he paid 10,000 BTC, which today is worth more than $80 million, for the two pizzas. The road, […]
How Pizza Day Relates To Bitcoin Mining
Memes aside, what is the significance of Bitcoin Pizza Day? When Bitcoiners buy pizza on May 22 every year, what exactly are they celebrating? We all know the story, and we’ve all probably wondered, “Does Laszlo Hanyecz regret buying two pizzas for 10,000 bitcoin in 2010?” Hanyecz says no, he doesn’t regret it, but most normal people would argue that he’s post-rationalizing. “Of course he’d say that, it’s a coping mechanism. He can’t go back in time and change it. But of course he regrets it. Who wouldn’t?! He could’ve been a multimillionaire today!” In fact, considering Hanyecz did the […]