BLOCK #57043 Β· 05/22/2010
May 22, 2010: The Day Bitcoin Bought Dinner
The story of the first real-world purchase made with Bitcoin, and the two pizzas that changed everything.
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Those 10,000 BTC today
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fetching the live Bitcoin price Β· then: about $41
01 Β· 05.22.2010
Programmer Laszlo Hanyecz posts on the BitcoinTalk forum, offering 10,000 BTC to anyone who will order him two pizzas.
02 Β· 05.22.2010
A fellow community member takes him up on it and has two pizzas delivered right to his door.
03 Β· β $41
Laszlo pays 10,000 BTC. At the time, that was worth roughly $41.
04 Β· FIRST
It's widely recognized as the first documented commercial purchase made with Bitcoin, turning a digital experiment into something that could buy real things.
05 Β· EVERY MAY 22
The date is now celebrated every year worldwide as "Bitcoin Pizza Day".
Those pizzas proved Bitcoin was real. Every slice since has been history.
Dreams & hope
Our Bitcoin Pizza Day
WALL OF DREAMS Β· 6 dreams
- Paying off my mom's house
- Quitting my 9-to-5
- Seeing the world
- Opening my own little bakery
- Putting my kids through college
- Buying pizza for the whole block
Pull up a chair