PZZA - Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day! Remembering (With Crypto Regret) The Day When 2 Pizzas Cost 10000 BTC | Benzinga
A legendary date in the cryptocurrency world, May 22 is celebrated as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) Pizza Day. The prized digital currency, now worth thousands of dollars, was used for the first time for commercial purposes on this day.
What Happened: About 14 years ago, a Florida-based software developer, Laszlo Hanyecz, unwittingly gave the cryptocurrency community a date to cherish, when he paid 10,000 Bitcoins to pay for two Pizzas from Papa John’s International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA).
The historic conversation, preserved safely on a Bitcoin forum, divulges details about the turn of events.
On May 18, 2010, ...