In 2010, a man named Laszlo Hanyecz offered to pay 10,000 bitcoins for two pizzas. At the time, bitcoins were worth very little, so he was able to get a good deal. However, today those 10,000 bitcoins would be worth over $300 million.
Hanyecz has said that he doesn't regret his decision to buy the pizzas. He says that he was just trying to help promote #bitcoin and that he enjoyed the pizzas.
Bitcoin Pizza Day is now celebrated by the cryptocurrency community every year on May 22nd. It is a reminder of the early days of Bitcoin and the risks that early adopters took in order to help the currency grow.