Ten thousand Bitcoin for two pizzas was the most expensive lesson in patience ever taught.Satoshi Nakamoto (not really)
At today's prices, each bite of that pizza cost roughly the GDP of a small nation. The pizza was reportedly very good, though.
The Real Bitcoin Concept
The Bitcoin Pizza Transaction
On May 22, 2010, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 Bitcoin for two Papa John's pizzas — the first known real-world Bitcoin transaction. At the time, those coins were worth about $41. Today, they'd be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. May 22 is now celebrated as "Bitcoin Pizza Day" and serves as the ultimate lesson in the cost of spending deflationary money on lunch.
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