The day has become part of folklore not because. May 22 2018 marks the eight year anniversary of the first bitcoin transaction in which a florida man paid for two pizzas with the cryptocurrency. I ll pay 10 000 bitcoins for a.
I t s a transaction that went down in crypto history two pizzas exchanged for 10 000 bitcoin btc a deal that today would be worth a mind boggling 83m 60m. Funnily enough it took a while for someone to take him up on his offer. Laszlo hanyecz now forever known as bitcoin pizza guy made a legendary post on 18 may 2010 on crypto website forum bitcointalk in which he stated he wanted to exchange 10 000 btc for 2 pizzas.
On may 22 2010 hanyecz traded 10 000 bitcoin for some pizza. The story reported by anderson cooper includes the first television interview with the legendary bitcoin pizza guy laszlo hanyecz. Regarded as the first bitcoin purchase for real world goods the may 22 2010 transaction has entered crypto folklore.
Today is the 10th anniversary of bitcoin pizza day when florida man laszlo hanyecz paid 10 000 btc for two pizzas. The true story behind bitcoin s famous pizza day of may 22 2010 is quite different to the one you ve been fed. It s widely believed to be the.
Eight years ago on may 22 2010 a programmer purchased two large papa john s pizzas for 10 000 bitcoins worth about 30 at the time. Today is bitcoin pizza day. What some of those raising a slice to hanyecz don t know is that after his first transaction he.
Each may 22 people all over the world celebrate bitcoin pizza day in honor of his transaction. Ten years ago yesterday programmer laszlo hanyecz paid 10 000 bitcoin for two papa john s pizzas in a trade that took place publicly on the bitcoin talk forum. The 90 million bitcoin pizza story has an unexpected silver lining.
Bitcoin for pizza story. The answer of course is yes multiple times over.
The answer of course is yes multiple times over.