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#BTC☀
As is well known, Bitcoin has a rich ecosystem, but how many know that Bitcoin was first used to "purchase real goods"?
On May 22, 2010, a programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz posted on the Bitcoin forum expressing:
He wanted to exchange 10,000 Bitcoins for two pizzas.
At that time, Bitcoin had just been born for a year, had not yet been traded publicly, and its price was almost zero.
However, a netizen responded and helped him place the order and delivered it to his home, thus completing the transaction.
This was the exchange of 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 pizzas, with a total value of about 25 dollars.
This transaction is recognized as:
The first real-world consumption in Bitcoin's history. It represents the application of virtual assets in reality.
This is significant, but why is it significant?
It's because this transaction proved that:
Bitcoin is not just "code"; it is not a virtual asset, it has real application value because it began to possess "purchasing power".
It opened up the logic of circulation and payment for cryptocurrencies.
At the same time, it ignited the global imagination of "decentralized currency".
So every year on May 22, people in the crypto community eat pizza to commemorate this "miracle from zero to one".
💰Looking at it now, this historically most expensive meal, let's see how much this meal costs?
According to the current price (rough estimate):
1BTC ≈ ¥500000
10,000 BTC = ¥5000,000,000 (about 5 billion)
Wow, this is the most expensive two pizzas in history.
But for Laszlo himself, this is not a loss, but the price of faith. He proved through action that Bitcoin can be "used to buy things". Thank you!
And the significance of this transaction is also the significance of 🍕Pizza Day:
Eating pizza today is not about flaunting wealth, not about consumption, but:
Paying tribute to the "first person of faith"
Commemorating the first step of Bitcoin from "ideal" to "reality"
Also reminding us: all seemingly useless beliefs, once realized, become history. Thank you, Laszlo, for his actions being the endorsement of faith.
Having faith leads to a future, having applications leads to even greater glory!!!
As is well known, Bitcoin has a rich ecosystem, but how many know that Bitcoin was first used to "purchase real goods"?
On May 22, 2010, a programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz posted on the Bitcoin forum expressing:
He wanted to exchange 10,000 Bitcoins for two pizzas.
At that time, Bitcoin had just been born for a year, had not yet been traded publicly, and its price was almost zero.
However, a netizen responded and helped him place the order and delivered it to his home, thus completing the transaction.
This was the exchange of 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 pizzas, with a total value of about 25 dollars.
This transaction is recognized as:
The first real-world consumption in Bitcoin's history. It represents the application of virtual assets in reality.
This is significant, but why is it significant?
It's because this transaction proved that:
Bitcoin is not just "code"; it is not a virtual asset, it has real application value because it began to possess "purchasing power".
It opened up the logic of circulation and payment for cryptocurrencies.
At the same time, it ignited the global imagination of "decentralized currency".
So every year on May 22, people in the crypto community eat pizza to commemorate this "miracle from zero to one".
💰Looking at it now, this historically most expensive meal, let's see how much this meal costs?
According to the current price (rough estimate):
1BTC ≈ ¥500000
10,000 BTC = ¥5000,000,000 (about 5 billion)
Wow, this is the most expensive two pizzas in history.
But for Laszlo himself, this is not a loss, but the price of faith. He proved through action that Bitcoin can be "used to buy things". Thank you!
And the significance of this transaction is also the significance of 🍕Pizza Day:
Eating pizza today is not about flaunting wealth, not about consumption, but:
Paying tribute to the "first person of faith"
Commemorating the first step of Bitcoin from "ideal" to "reality"
Also reminding us: all seemingly useless beliefs, once realized, become history. Thank you, Laszlo, for his actions being the endorsement of faith.
Having faith leads to a future, having applications leads to even greater glory!!!
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