The history of Bitcoin is punctuated by many unusual episodes. On May 22, 2010, developer Laszlo Hanyecz looked for a good soul who would agree to deliver 2 pizzas to him in exchange for 10,000 bitcoins. This day is now known as “Bitcoin Pizza Day”, the first time real property has been acquired using cryptocurrency.
If you discover the anecdote today, it will surely make you smile. On May 22, 2010, a man spent 10,000 bitcoins (the equivalent of 70 million euros at the current rate) to buy two pizzas. But before you laugh about it, you have to put the facts in their context: at that time, Bitcoin only had a year of existence and, if it was the subject of interest among technophiles, no one never used it to buy real property. A unit trades between 0.003 and 0.004 dollars and even if many see its potential, no one dares to take the plunge. It was then that Laszlo Hanyecz, a 32-year-old American developer, decided to make a proposal on the specialized Bitcoin Talk forum. "I agree to pay 10,000 bitcoins for pizzas, let's say two large pizzas, so that I have leftovers for the next day. I like to have leftover pizzas for later. You can make the pizzas yourself and bring them to me, or order them for me in a shop. What I just want is to have food delivered to me in exchange for bitcoins (...) If you are interested, let me know so that we can contact you let's agree." Four days later, he thanks a British user who managed to order two pizzas by phone at Papa John's restaurant in Jacksonville (Florida), the city where Laszlo Hanyecz lives. He publishes a photo in support.
This episode, known as “Bitcoin Pizza Day”, is celebrated every year by the Bitcoin community and offers some the opportunity to poke fun at the fate of someone who has lost a fortune wishing to sustain themselves.
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