Bitcoin Pizza Day: Celebrating the Pizzas Bought for 10,000 BTC
Today, bitcoiners the world over will celebrate the anniversary of the most expensive pizzas in history. Bought on 22nd May 2010 by Laszlo Hanyecz, the programmer paid a fellow Bitcoin Talk forum user 10,000 BTC for two Papa John's pizzas. Back then - when the technology was just over a year old - that equated to roughly $25, but is $5.12m by today's exchange rate. At bitcoin's all-time high last December, the pizzas would have been worth an eye-watering $11.47m, making them likely candidates for the most expensive pizzas of all time. Now widely recognised as the first real-world....
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It’s that time of year. The anniversary of the notorious Bitcoin Pizza Day. On May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz, a developer, paid 10,000 BTC for two pizzas from the Papa John’s franchise. Every year on this date, people celebrate this historic transaction that would cost $4.4 million USD at today’s current rates for 16 slices of pizza. Bitcoin Pizza Day....
Bitcoin aficionados from all over the world have today been celebrating Bitcoin Pizza Day, which marks the five year anniversary of what is believed to be the first real-world transaction in bitcoin, which took place on 22nd May 2010.bLaszlo Hanyecz, a programmer paid a fellow Bitcoin Talk forum user 10,000 BTC for two Papa John's pizzas - at the time the order set him back approximately $25. Today, a 10,000 BTC purchase would cost Hanyecz a hefty $2.3m. The excitement around the event began a few days early, with some commentators eagerly pushing the #BitcoinPizzaDay hashtag on social....
Laszlo's pizza. May 22 marks the annual "Bitcoin Pizza Day," an anniversary of the day in which one of the most expensive pizzas in the history of the world was purchased. The Story. Laszlo Hanyecz purchased the so-called Bitcoin Pizza on 22 May 2010. The programmer paid a Bitcoin Talk forum user 10,000 BTC for two Papa John's pizzas. The value at the time of the bitcoins was approximately $25. When based on today's exchange rate, that value skyrockets to $2,330,000. Here is the original post on the Bitcoin Talk forum: Here is confirmation of the exchange, which is considered by many the....
The famed Bitcoin Pizzas. May 22 is a big day in Bitcoin history. In 2010, Florida programmer and BitcoinTalk user Laszlo Hanyecz offered to pay 10,000 Bitcoins for pizza. This transaction is famously known throughout the cryptocommunity as the first real world transaction/purchase used with Bitcoin. It is now known as Bitcoin Pizza Day. This was his post on BitcoinTalk on that day: 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. I like having left over pizza to nibble on later. You can make the pizza yourself and bring....