14 years ago, a man paid 10,000 Bitcoins to buy a pizza from Papa John's. It was the world's first real purchase using Bitcoin. Bitcoin $BTC

In May 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz made history when he used arab_leaders

10,000 Bitcoins to buy a pizza, making it the first real purchase

.using the digital currency Bitcoin

Laszlo posted an ad on a forum asking someone to order him a pizza for

10,000 Bitcoins. On May 22, Jeremy Sturdivant accepted the offer

and ordered him a pizza from the "Papa John's" chain.

At the time, 10,000 Bitcoins were worth only about $41. But with the value of Bitcoin rising dramatically over the years,

that amount is now worth about $916 million.

This event is celebrated annually and is known as "Bitcoin Pizza Day".

Today, 10,000 bitcoins are worth about

$916.06 million.