Some moments in history may look small at first, but later they end up changing the world. That’s exactly what happened on May 22, 2010, when a simple pizza order became one of the most famous moments in crypto history. Today, the crypto community celebrates it as @Bitcoin Pizza Day, a reminder of how Bitcoin started becoming real money.

Back then, Bitcoin was still very new. There were no big exchanges, no companies investing in it, and most people didn’t believe internet money could have any real value. To many people, Bitcoin was just computer code with no real use in everyday life.

But one early Bitcoin believer, Laszlo Hanyecz, thought differently. He believed that if Bitcoin was going to become real money, people had to actually use it to buy things. So, on May 18, 2010, he made a post online offering 10,000 BTC to anyone who could get him two large pizzas. At that time, those coins were worth only around forty dollars, so it didn’t seem like a big deal.

A few days later, another Bitcoin user, Jeremy Sturdivant, accepted the offer. He ordered two pizzas from Papa John's and had them delivered to Laszlo’s home. In return, Laszlo sent him the 10,000 Bitcoin, making history with the first real-world Bitcoin purchase.

That pizza purchase showed the world that Bitcoin could buy something real. It was no longer just numbers on a screen, it had real value. That same idea is one reason EverValue chose Bitcoin as the backing behind $EVA. EverValue believes Bitcoin has already proven itself over time as a trusted and valuable asset. Just like Bitcoin once proved its value with two pizzas, EverValue uses Bitcoin as real on-chain backing to give EVA a stronger foundation for the future.