"I've moved on to other things, Bitcoin is in good hands."This guy—Laszlo Hanyecz—made history without even realizing it.
Back in 2010, he posted on a forum:
“I’ll give 10,000 BTC for two pizzas.”
At the time, those 10,000 bitcoins were worth just $25.
A fellow forum user took him up on the offer, ordered two Papa John’s pizzas, and had them delivered to Laszlo’s place in Florida.
Laszlo sent over the BTC using a fresh command-line wallet—and just like that, the world witnessed its first real-world crypto transaction.
🍕 Two pizzas.
💸 10,000 BTC.
📅 Value today? Around $1 billion (with BTC currently trading near $100,000).
Now, every May 22 is celebrated as Bitcoin Pizza Day—a reminder of how far crypto has come... and perhaps how painful hindsight can be.
Can Laszlo ever forgive himself?
Hard to say.
But one thing’s for sure: most people will never understand what it’s like to have eaten the most expensive lunch in history. 💔
#BinancePizza This man, his name is Laszlo Hanyecz , sold 10,000 $BTC for two pizzas
He posted on a forum: “I’ll pay 10,000 BTC for two pizzas.”
At the time, that amount was literally pocket change, roughly $25 or so. A fellow forum user eventually bites, orders two Nice! pizzas from Papa John’s, and has them delivered to Laszlo’s house in Florida.
Laszlo sends over his 10,000 bitcoins through the newly minted command-line wallet, and voilà, he got his lunch.
Fast forward a few years, and those 10,000 BTC would are worth tens of millions of dollars. Every May 22 now gets celebrated as “Bitcoin Pizza Day,” a cheeky tribute to arguably the very first real-world transaction in cryptocurrency.
Remember, $BTC is currently trading about $100,000 💔
Do you think he will be able to forgive himself for this mistake ?
Ahhh!! A lot of people won’t understand what he might be going through