According to CryptoPotato, fourteen years ago, 10,000 bitcoins (BTC) could only buy two pizza boxes. Today, the same amount of BTC could buy hundreds of private flights on a spaceship or even Leonardo DaVinci’s most expensive painting. This change in value is commemorated on Bitcoin Pizza Day, celebrated on May 22. The day marks a legendary moment when Floridian programmer and early BTC adopter Laszlo Hanyecz purchased two Papa John’s pizzas for 10,000 BTC in 2010. At the time, the cryptocurrency was worth $0.0041, making the purchase cost an estimated $41. Since then, bitcoin has gained more than 141,000,000%, so the stash is now worth over $690 million at the asset’s current price of around $69,000.
Today, 10,000 BTC could buy at least 700 Papa John’s pizza franchises. Data from FranchiseHelp shows that the estimated initial investment required to open a standard Papa John’s pizza franchise is between $130,120 and $844,420. With $687 million, you can open more than 715 standard Papa John’s franchises. Additionally, 10,000 BTC can buy the most expensive painting of Italian polymath Leonardo DaVinci and an Airbus A380 Private Jet. DaVinci’s most expensive painting, Salvator Mundi, is worth $450.3 million, while an Airbus A380 jet is worth $600 million.
Furthermore, 10,000 BTC can buy one of the world’s most expensive diamonds, the Cullinan Diamond, which weighs 530.2 carats and is worth upwards of $400 million. With $687 million, you could easily acquire one. You could also purchase at least 250 tickets for 90-minute trips to space via Virgin Galactic’s spaceship. While a Virgin Galactic spaceship ticket costs $450,000, a private flight could cost tens of millions of dollars. With 10,000 BTC, you could produce two Hollywood blockbuster movies. Although an average Hollywood movie costs about $100 million, the most expensive films require over $300 million for production, including distribution and marketing. Interestingly, you could purchase naming rights to a stadium and 16 private islands in The Bahamas with 10,000 BTC. Depending on the terms of the deal, you could spend up to $30 million for naming rights to a standard stadium for a year, bringing a ten-year contract to $300 million, while luxury islands cost between $200,000 and $200 million.