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Happy Bitcoin pizza day everyone !  ;D
Exactly seven years ago, on May 22nd 2010, a man paid 10000 BTC for a pizza First ever purchase with Bitcoin!  ::)  ::)

In 2010, a programmer traded 10,000 bitcoins for two Papa John's pizzas,those coins would be worth more than $80 million.hence celebrated has Bitcoin Pizza day.

wow, it's incredible, I hope the pizzeria patron has kept bitcoin. I think that's how it got the HIT pizza HUT:))

The first pizza purchase using bitcoin, and it will be a history unforgettable by all bitcoin users, therefore that has been the beginning of the rise of bitcoin.

I'm just curious, what happened to the store who got that big amount of bitcoins? I wonder they are very rich now, a multi millionaire pizza store

I hope that pizza shop is a multi millionaire now. But the question is , did they save the private keys. Or else 10k BTC is lost forever. I feel lots of regret everytime I heard a story like this.

Back then no one have imagined that 1 Bitcoin will worth $8,000. Also back then getting 10,000 is very easy compare to today. I know it is not a giant pizza chain, if I remembered correctly it is just simple pizza parlor and the owner just accepted bitcoin he think it is still a form of money. Well if he kept that he can build a pizza chain all over his state.

Wow this is so amazing. So any news for that pizza store now? This is really great. Hope they still have this bitcoin and use it for trading. I wonder how much millions or billions they have now.

It was O2P if i remember correctly. He asked someone in a forum/chat to send him 2 pizzas for those 10k btc.

Its a bitcoin and pizza history that everyone treat it as an inspiration where bitcoin became valuable .I wonder how that pizza store as of this moment,are they still exist or stop the operation because of the wealth that 10,000 bitcoin brought to them.

It's amazing, Bitcoin is currently growing very fast. A pizza can be a history for bitcoin advancement. This is a very unusual thing.

wow this is serious what a story by now the store that got that would have turn to something else

Wuu Finally i found thread about this  ;D ;D

I cant imagine if become Laszlo Heinitz, maybe i will always crying everyday and go through the day with sorrow, But its me. Btw Laszlo very inspiration for me, he always keep spirit for live and not easily give up ;)

Maybe in the future we will discuss like this again, but not about bitcoin maybe some altcoins? or ethereum? or doge coin? ;D

If that guy kept all his bitcoins for those pizza until today, he will be a millionaire!

Anyway.....Happy Bitcoin pizza day!

that amazing. what is his name.  and how many btc he currently has.  Who can tell me?

What would you do with all of those coins that are practically worthless and not many people are keen to accept them?

Buy some pizza ofcourse.

At that time nobody predicted that Bitcoin would be as widely successful as it is now, and it simply wouldn’t have been a success if people didn’t hand out Bitcoins like candy in the early years.

BTW... Happy Bitcoin pizza day!!! ;D ;D

Who knew that 10000 btc will be converted to millions of dollars. :)

I don't know what happened to the store that received Bitcoin.

I like having left over pizza to nibble on later.  You can make the pizza yourself and bring it to my house or order it for me from a delivery place, but what I'm aiming for is getting food delivered in exchange for bitcoins where I don't have to order or prepare it myself, kind of like ordering a 'breakfast platter' at a hotel or something, they just bring you something to eat and you're happy!

Happy Bitcoin pizza day everyone  ;)

Outstanding achievement for bitcoin. Which was originally only a portion of pizza, now worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
I think people who hate bitcoin need to see this, so they know there are still many people out there who appreciate how important bitcoin is.

Wow, I was shocked while I was reading this. I wonder how many branch could 10,000 btc would make.

My question is, where is the 10,000 BTC ?, is the BTC still in its pizza seller?

also in 2011, a vozer paid 0.5 BTC to buy a dark DVD  :'( :'( :'(

I m not so familiarize about happy pizza day but if it is true its so amazing can bitcoin  accept our order.

wow it is an interesting story . he paid 10000 BTC for pizza! may be now is a millionaires!
btw HAPPY PIZZA DAY :-*

It is pretty obvious that The owner of  pizza store who got these a lot of bitcoin probably became  one of the richest man on earth. This pizza story is complete amazing fot bitcoin history.

Thank you for this information. I feel very happy and excited. Happy Friday pizza pizza bitcoin !!! Congratulations to the first 7 years about paying for pizza with bitcoin. He was the first to apply the entirely new technology of bitcoin. Congratulations ...

lucky pizza seller and if he holds it till now and he sells a bitcoin last year in december he is a millionaire and sure bought pizza and used bitcoin sure that the sales bitcoin is now not They know that the price of bitcoin is now so buy bitcoin while it's still relatively cheap and holds it a lot of years

Well i do not know too if the guy who accept bitcoin as a payment is know about blockchain or crypto-currency ...but probably he was already a billionaire now :) hopefully

Oh really?! So cool! Happy bitcoin pizza day to everyone ::).

Actually, I posted a meme about this in my Fb wall last Monday (just saying) and there is something I am really curious about, what happened to the seller of pizza? Did he hold his btc and became a millionaire or just forget about it since btc was small in value that time? Anyway, this story never fails me to amaze and laugh at the same time every time I hear it because who would imagine that a 2 pizza worth of btc before grew and now a huge treasure.

This is insane! Makes me smile to see how far we've come :) :D

Really? Wooooowwww... so expensive pizza. haha..
I think that pizza hut is so delicious cost 10000 BTC,. Happy Pizza day BTC.

Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day :)

oooh really ? wOOOOOW!!  :o so delicious  :o  ;D ;D

probably he regretted this purchase, it cost him too much, and not prose was to be paid in cash? ???

In India some IT companies paid salary to their employees in Bitcoin when BTC was equal to nearly $1. I heard news, employees used to buy burgers coffee with BTC.

Eight years ago, on May 22, 2010, a programmer purchased two large Papa John’s pizzas for 10,000 bitcoins, worth about $30 at the time. It’s widely believed to be the first purchase of a product with bitcoin, proving the then-nascent cryptocurrency’s potential as a means of payment.
Bitcoin was less than two years old when Laszlo Hanyecz decided to spend some of the coins he had mined on some real-world goods. The coins were worth just a fraction of a cent at the time, and no merchant accepted them as a means of payment.

it's not once worth 10K bitcoin at that time, if the pizza guy bought it with 10K bitcoin then the pizza guy keep it up to now, maybe the pizza guy now does not sell the pizza anymore
because it is very rich with there is 10K bitcoin

This is worth noting. Only seven years ago the price of bitcoin has skyrocketed to the present price of over $8K. I know the dude who bought a pizza with a Bitcoin worth 10,000 will be very critical of himself and will blame lack of patience.

Must people never heard of  Laszlo Hanyecz the guy who bought 2 🍕 pizza with 10k BTC  at Papa John's restaurant.
To these new to Crypto may see what this guy did as stupidity, but forgotten that, just as you're using your  bitcoin for daily needs, that's exactly how it is then.

Fact: Laszlo Hanyecz It’s one of the best-known cryptocurrency legends: The guy who bought two pizzas with 10,000 Bitcoin back in 2010 to prove the digital currency worked.

If a man watch this post, he will stressed caused bought a box of pizza by 10.000 bitcoins. How lucky the pizza seller, i don't know what will he doing with that bitcoin ??? Hehehe Happy Bitcoin pizza day ! ;D

wow amazing how time goes in

That was exactly 8 years ago if you don't mind counting. Anyway, this day is a very great day because we are being taught to hold our bitcoins even though we are in need of something specially pizza. I wonder what that man is doing now in his life or if he still remembers what he had done 8 years ago. To that end, let's keep on spreading happy pizza day!

This day worth celebrating because this was among the first instance bitcoin was brought into limelight. Though some people always condemn that action. This can also be equated to people dumping due to panic.

Soon: 10000 pizzas for 2 BTC.

It wasn't like that. It was a guy on this forum sending someone 10k BTC in exchange for them ordering him 2 pizzas with their credit card online from Papa Johns. So the question is whether the other guy on this forum kept them. Probably not, lol. You never know though!

That was a really important event though. That was from what I remember one of the first pieces of news that spread out around slashdot and such. The idea that someone actually purchased something with BTC was novel at the time.

Well, we should also mention the appreciation for the Pizza buyer as Bitcoin is valuable today just because the early adopters decided to spend it and use it as a payment system instead of focusing on holding and speculation. We should take this responsibility today to do the same and contribute to the growth of it. As of now, Bitcoin is highly used on the websites accepting cryptocurrencies but there are not many merchants in the offline markets accepting Bitcoin around the world.

I want to know, what they do with 10,000 BTC? They still hodl or spend it for making pizzas? anyone knowing about it?  ;D ;D

Well the price's are going down but anyway happy pizza day to you too

it's a national day for bitcoiners .. i did not know there was a story like that .. at that time bitcoin has no price at all and now surely people will regret having bought pizza with 1000 bitcoin .. :D

Or maybe they use it also to something that time because that time bitcoin not so popular so only people knows about it.but if they keep it they are so rich now.and many business started.

the story begin when a progammer named Laszlo Hanyecz, offering 10,000 bitcoins to anyone who wanted to buy two pizzas.
at that time bitcoin prices are still in the USD 0008 figure, while now the price has reached USD 7900. imagine if the conversion with the current bitcoin price, the price of pizza as the first bitcoin using transactions in the world at that time was USD 79 million.

this is a historic moment, for the first time bitcoin is used as a legitimate transaction tool. but a bit unique and funny because it knows the fact that bitcoin was first used to buy a pizza, haha. 22 May will be a memorable date for crpyto industry especially bitcoin in the future. hopefully that person and the pizza company who received an award for their belief in bitcoin

I think they weren't so prudent at that time. But who knows...

it is unthinkable what happens now with the person who buys a pizza with 10,000 btc, surely he will be very sorry to buy a pizza in 2010 with 10,000 btc, if he keeps it now he has become a millionaire.

a memory that has never been forgotten until now and this is a must to keep in mind every year especially if it will be in celebrate once again on behalf of all users bitcoin say good day pizza to bitcoin hopefully bitcoin will continue to be glorious and growing all over overseas.

I have often wondered why history and documentations are silent on the shop that purchase was made. And this is not fair to the guy who made that 10,000btc exchange if the spotlight is going to be on him alone. It will make many cast aspersions on the dude as being stupid and then believe the buyer is lucky and smarter for that exchange. We can't really be sure the shop still has the bitcoin intact. Researchers should find out what eventually happened. I am curious on this.

Why would you feel any pang of regret when the story told isn't even yours in the first place. Are you always that mushy mushy? I bet you aren't a trader. It takes an emotionless state of mind to place a trade.

On this day in 2010, Florida-based programmer and early cryptocurrency enthusiast Laszlo Hanyecz enshrined his name in bitcoin lore by paying someone 10,000 bitcoins to order him two pizzas from his local Papa John’s restaurant. The purchase is believed to have been the first time that bitcoin was used in a real-world transaction. Today, those coins are worth nearly $82 million.

it will be a history unforgettable by all) Interesting, what happened to the store that received Bitcoin? ;D

I don't know what is this guy feeling and what is he doing now. What a worse trade if you are have them now u can buy a  pizza factory now you poor :D

We can handle this topic a bit witty today. But the person who took that pizza might be feeling depressed. Especially in the forums and twitter as this topic is opened.

This is a very interesting and at the same time funny story! I think now he still regrets that he bought this pizza! To date, this is a whole lot, given that bitcoin will constantly grow! but maybe in the future he could become a milliard!

Wow!  That price now is very precious because its worth a million. I hope that pizza parlor,hold that bitcoin maybe now they are millionaire :) and can put a big pizza store everywhere they want.

I was almost a year in this forum but i just heard this bought pizza moment in which a 10000 Bitcoin is already huge amount of today. The owner of pizza maybe a millionaire by now so how i wish that somebody will care to share history links of this famous story if there is. Prompt response will greatly appreciated.

From what I heard, the tax people are looking into that purchase where no tax was paid since it is in bitcoins. I don't wanna be the guy looking back at the total fail that I just did spending 10k BTC for pizza but who would have thought right?

bitcoin say good day pizza to bitcoin hopefully bitcoin will continue to be glorious and growing all over overseas

80mil for a couple of pizzas LOL. The guy did go down in history to be fair, I bet he didn't see the space celebrating pizza day 8 years later!

Happy pizza day. Wow amazing that pizza is so expensive. Very very expensive of they buy it for 80 million dollars. I wish I could taste it too. How lucky am I if it will happen :).

Happy unlucky person day, someone should interview him and make biography movie for this story, I think every people who watching it will cry and going to say, sad of the sad movie ever!

I think that was the world Expensive Purchase with Bitcoin.

It is thanks to this event that I learned about bitcoin in the news on TV. Thanks to this guy, I understand that now he is very upset ;D but without this crypto currency has not received such a development as now. Glory pizza for $ 77 million at the current rate!

it will be history in the bitcoin world, because someone has bought a pizza with 10,000 btc, if now he is still active in bitcoin world will regret having spent 10,000 btc just for the sake of buying pizza, if he keeps it now he has become a very rich man.

Nice story for btc users,today first time knew about that feeling curious.

he is Laszio hanyecz, buy pizza from papa john's pizza. the interesting is that he buys pizza for 10,000 BTC. whereas the price of 2 servings of pizza does not reach $ 25.

if we calculate the price of BTC today, then the price of pizza equal to 1.2 trillion. and that is the first bitcoin transaction. but also that events will cause regret.

Yes you just want to know, what's going on with stores that earn Bitcoin in bulk, you wonder they're so rich right now, multi millionaire pizza shop. It's amazing, Bitcoin is currently growing very fast can be a history for Bitcoin advancement.This is a very unusual thing.

This is the history of bitcoin and pizza that everyone treats it as an inspiration where bitcoin becomes valuable. A billionaire and definitely buy pizza and use bitcoin sure that bitcoin sales are now not They know that bitcoin prices now so buy bitcoin while it's still relatively cheap and hold for years and they just bring you something to eat. :)

That's 8 years ago, is it not?

But happy pizza day anyway!  That was a true milestone in bitcoin, and if I were the guy who bought that pizza I would still be kicking myself for not holding onto those coins.  There's no way he could possibly have known how much bitcoin would be worth, and I get that, but MAN....hopefully he had mined way more than just that 10,000BTC and saved them.

Things move so fast in the world of bitcoin.  It's crazy to think that a guy was having a hard time figuring out how to spend 10 thousand bitcoins just for a pizza, and that wasn't even 10 years ago.  Crazy!

Really? 5 Pages of discussion and no one have ever posted the legendary topic?
For all who were interested with the beginnings of this 10k BTC pizza, check the link here - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137.0

This is the pioneer with all the transactions we're doing in real stuff right now.

Not necessarily you can claim that the initial trade of ten thousand bitcoin pizza transactions made by the seller made him a multi millionaire, i am sure he must have sold all or most of his coins a long time ago and since this is the initial transaction being used to purchase an item in the history of bitcoin we can make that assumption, many have lost their private keys and it was a common situation in the initial phase .

Was the pizzeria establishment itself accepted the bitcoin or did he locally traded it with a person who bought pizza for him? Imagine his reactions now if he only knew bitcoin's value would increase this much he would've put the pizza in a glass display preserved for ever haha.

such a bad deal   :)

A lot of people sold their bitcoins for very low price in the early times. They supposed that Bitcoin will fall.

I heard that the pizza day is already past a few months ago. The guy who spent 10K BTC and bought two pizzas made a photo with his children and the new two pizzas bought using the technology Lightning Network.

Ouch! If we cobvert your bitcoin has been paid to the pizza store today it's worth a million dollars. If you not use your bitcoin until today and you decide to sell it today or next coming  days you now a millionaire. Many people are sad and cried because they did not give importance bitcoin when the price is very cheap.

Last month first trade of bit coin buying pizza my most unforgetable moment a lot  of surprise knowing because of bitcoin i made some people grateful.

Yeah that funny guy. Bitcoin was worth much much less than it is today so you cannot blame the guy but it's really painful to see how much it is worth today if you visit coinmarketcap.

Of course its regrettable how much bitcoin is worth today and the guy has sold tons of it back in the days. But he became a legend in the crypto world. And he buying pizza was a great publicity stunt back then and I'm sure that its really one success factor that's why bitcoin literally take offs after his he did so its part and parcel and we have to thank him for doing that.

I wish i had 100 pizza to sold for bitcoin at that time, i would take 100 bitcoin only.
Have the seller still kept the bitcoin until it reach 10.000 usd ?

Ohh that's a nightmare. If it was me then i could screaming on every night. It's not just a 10 000 dollars or pounds or whatever. Its bitcoins that still worth 7000$. Imagine if he hodl his 10 000 bitcoins, i can't even do that.

SHORT BITCOIN FOR PIZZAS, JUST DO IT

nah i hear that pizza was real good  :P

i wonder what kind of man that paid pizza in bitcoin that time  ;D
we all never know that bitcoin price could increased above $1k in 2010. bitcoin and cryptocurrency price is hard to predict.

It's been seven years since the time passed. I can only sigh that the encrypted world is developing too fast. It was seven years ago that we had to pay 10000 bitcoins to a pizza. Today our community has developed very much, although it may be a difficult year this year, but I still believe in the strength of the bitcoin.

hahaha if the buyr of that pizza read this thread I think he will regret it because they buy pizza with "treasure" and I think the pizza store owner will regret it too if they sel bitcoin when the price in the low, hahaha

He will be a millionaire!

Anyway.....Happy Bitcoin pizza day!

maybe if now has 10,000 Bitcoin can make a new coin can even create a new Exchange as well.

but what time can be made because everything has passed and now 1 Bitcoin very expensive, and even can turn things around with 1 Bitcoin can get 10.000 Pizza.

I would like to congratulate this man in live, who gave 10,000 bitcoins for a pizza. Perhaps he still remembers this incident with a note of sadness.

This is a great initiative, using BTC for physical purchases!
Because BTC was rarely used at the time, the pizza shop that Bitcoin paid for was still a risky act.

it's certainly funny, but I would not wish this to anyone that this guy went through

It's a day worth remembering and I hope the pizza seller keep the Bitcoin till it exploded and for the buyer it's not a thing to regret it's a record and I believe the person is getting firm despite is in a bad way. I believe more victims are on the way because those who dump now will definitely regret it on a very good day in the nearest future.

Of course you can not regret something, but the idea that Lorenzo gave nothing worthless set of units and zeros for two pizzas, and after a while he saw how much it costs, more than once gave him reason to regret his action. Especially since bitcoin was growing wavy and after every record flight, this guy probably wanted to jump off the bridge))) By the way, I wonder what is now with him and what he does for living ...

LOL! That's why you should keep your btc and altcoins tight guys! haha who know 2 years from now, your crypto assets will make you guys super rich :P
happy pizza and happy btc LOL

The store would be very rich by now if he held those coins lol. and maybe regret for the one who bought the pizza. But nobody knows that bitcoin will be like this during that tioime

It's interesting of how the pizza store is doing now. I just hope the owner kept his coins. He would be a millionnaire by now if that happened. It's really interesting. Happy bitcoin pizza day to everyone.

He must be regretting it. If he had that much btc today, he must have been a millionaire.

I couldn't help myself after reading many of these comments...

I had to order a pizza to celebrate "Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day"... The countdown to arrival begins

Maybe you should lock this topic or the other members will keep bumping this topic just unlock this topic when the Bitcoin Pizza Day come again that's all.

Great story. Do we have any evidence of this? Sorry didn't read the whole thread  :-[