Almost 13 years ago, a Floridian programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz was craving pizza. So, he bought 2. But the catch here is, that he paid in Bitcoin in the first-ever recorded real-world transaction using crypto.
Hanyecz announced on the Bitcointalk forum on May 18 2010, that he planned to use Bitcoin to buy pizza, preferably 2 large pies. He was willing to pay 10,000 Bitcoin to anyone who could place an order, collect the cryptocurrency, and bring it to him.
But then, on May 22, Jeremy Sturdivant, a 19-year-old at the time, started turning heads on the forum. He accepted the offer of 10,000 Bitcoin for 2 pizzas, valued at around $41 back then.
Sturdivant purchased the 2 pizzas and delivered them to Hanyecz’s place in Florida.
Hanyecz posted on the forum that he had received the pizzas.
