Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day! May 22nd every year. What's the backstory & history? - 1 minute read
Bitcoin Pizza Day-May 22nd every year. What's the backstory & history?
May 22, 2020 marks the tenth-year anniversary of the first Bitcoin transaction, in which a Florida man paid for two pizzas with the cryptocurrency. The day has become part of folklore, not because of the transaction, but more the price: the man in question paid 10,000 Bitcoins, which today is worth over $80 million, for the two pizzas.
On May 22, 2010, now known as Bitcoin Pizza Day, Laszlo Hanyecz agreed to pay 10,000 Bitcoins for two delivered Papa John's pizzas. Organized on bitcointalk forum, the Florida man reached out for help. "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," Hanyecz wrote.
Check out the video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJYcTfkCblg