2010's $41 Bitcoin Pizzas Are Worth $267 Million Today
There are a host of special days commemorated by people from the crypto space. April 1, for instance, is one of the most awaited days as community members get to play around with their puns and toss unrealistic predictions on account of April Fools’. April 20, or 4/20 has its own significance. On one hand, it is the day celebrated by cannabis smokers. On the other, it is also DOGE Day—a day quite significant for people from the ‘meme army.’ Likewise, May 22, or Bitcoin Pizza Day is another event that is exclusively celebrated by the community year after year. The Bitcoin Pizza Day Backstory Thirteen years back, Laszlo Hanyecz, a Floridian programmer bought two pizzas and paid for them in Bitcoin. The transaction was, notably, the first-ever recorded real-world crypto transaction. In the Bitcointalk.org forum on 18 May 2010, Hanyecz wrote that he planned to use BTC to buy pizza, preferably two large ones. He was ready to shell out 10k Bitcoin to anyone who could place the order and ...