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Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day! 🍕🚀
It is officially May 22nd, which means crypto enthusiasts all over the world are eating pizza and celebrating the most expensive dinner in human history.
Here is the hilarious, mind-boggling, and absolutely true story of how a hungry programmer turned two pizzas into a multi-million dollar legend.
The Craving That Changed History 💸
Back in May 2010, Bitcoin was just a nerdy internet experiment. It was barely worth a fraction of a cent, and you couldn't actually buy anything with it.
Enter Laszlo Hanyecz, a programmer from Florida. He was hungry, had a bunch of Bitcoin he mined on his computer, and wanted to see if he could use this "internet money" to get real food.
On May 18, 2010, he posted on a Bitcoin forum:
> "I'll pay 10,000 bitcoins for a couple of pizzas.. like maybe 2 large ones so I have some left over for the next day... You can make the pizza yourself and bring it to my house or order it for me from a delivery place..."
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The Deal Goes Down 🤝
For four days, nobody took him seriously. People thought he was crazy. But on May 22, 2010, a 19-year-old British guy named Jeremy Sturdivant (username: Jercos) decided to take the bet.
Jeremy ordered two large pizzas from Papa John's, delivered them to Laszlo’s house, and Laszlo transferred 10,000 Bitcoins to his wallet.
The total cost of the two pizzas? About $41.
The value of 10,000 Bitcoins back then? Roughly $0.004 per coin.
Everyone was happy. Laszlo got his cheese and pepperoni, and Jeremy got some cool digital coins.
💡 Fun Fact: If you divide the current value by the number of slices, each individual *bite* of that pizza cost more than buying a luxury mansion today.
Does Laszlo Regret It? 🤔
You’d think Laszlo wakes up crying every night, right? Surprisingly, no!
Laszlo has said in multiple interviews that he doesn't regret it at all. Back then, Bitcoin had no real-world value. By buying those pizzas, he proved to the world that Bitcoin could actually be used to buy real things. He literally jump-started the commercial use of cryptocurrency.
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