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While one person paid 10,000 bitcoins (BTC) for two Papa John's pizzas another was paid 32 bitcoins to dress up in a crazy outfit and hold a sign that reads, "STOP THE FED! USE @BITCOINS!!!"


What's remarkable is that even after a decade, the core message remains unchanged. I've come across interviews featuring Jeremy Sturdivant, the initial individual in the narrative, and it's evident how much he regrets his actions. However, I haven't come across any interviews featuring the second individual yet - I don't know his name. I'm interested to know what he decided to do with the bitcoins. Does he still possess them? When the story was published on the website, his bitcoin wallet was linked to the article, allowing anyone to offer him tips, and indeed, someone tipped him with one bitcoin.

It feels refreshing reading stories from the past. This actually instills hope.  Is there any other story you have heard about bitcoin from the past? Share with us.

- https://web.archive.org/web/20110305092351/http://www.bitcoinblogger.com:80/2011/01/power-of-bitcoins.html?showComment=1294362939071

- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/celebrating-bitcoin-pizza-day-time-163536216.html#:~:text=Happy%20Bitcoin%20Pizza%20Day.,as%20the%20medium%20of%20exchange.

I never knew there was stories like this until now... Bitcoin was really worth less back then for people to willingly be giving out huge amount over things that's worth less. Imagine 10,000 Bitcoin which is worth a billion dollars plus just for holding a paper saying "Stop the fudz". If the person in questions is the kind of person who is determined to hold, and they hold that amount till the first bull run they will probably be out of poverty in the rest of their life. But I doubt if he's still holding it till when Bitcoin price was worth a fortune and then becomes famous. If not he could have probably been had of somewhere in the news.

I saw something interesting from this bitcoinblogger.com author. He seems to be able to predict the future and is very confident that Bitcoin will rise and become a digital currency that can rival The FED. His posts are also quite interesting to read, because he truly believes that Bitcoin will be popular in the future and there will be many people using it in the future.
I wonder where he was after his last post. Is he still holding on? or is he currently enjoying the results of his initial investment? but wherever he is, what he writes and his views on Bitcoin can be a motivation in the future for us to continue to believe in Bitcoin.

It gets to a point where we should get over the fact that Bitcoin was worth a lot less than it is now in the past and people used it for things that was equivalent to its worth at the time but seems ridiculous to us now with how much it has increased over the years.

If they are determined to hold them they would have easily bought some cause it was easy to purchase or mined some back then and held it till the bull run.

He just followed Satoshi Nakamoto because since a first day of Bitcoin blockchain, Satoshi Nakamoto already marked a message in its Genesis block (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Genesis_block)

He would think he can win or lose with his bet but it's not easy to hold bitcoin after those years and don't lose any coins by losing private keys, don't sell at lower price than all time high in 2021.

Maybe he lost all his bitcoin by selling very cheap or just enjoying his life at beaches because he is rich now.

I came to know about cryptocurrency back in 2018 so it's just been 4.5+ years now. Personally, I have no story of mine or any of my relatives about Bitcoin. This really shocked me because some of my family members do have knowledge of the IT sector and one of my cousins was a software developer back in 2010.

I still think why any of them gave any interest in BTC. Well, one of the reasons was less access to the internet and overall, fewer sources for information about all the processes about the industry (crypto).

Coming back to the story, I recently read a topic on this platform in which the op shared his thoughts on how the whale took the high risk to become a BTC whale.  (Bitcoin whales took high risks, while studying price movement in the past (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5458966.msg62515601#msg62515601)). If you wanted to read some more stories then i prefer you to read (The most iconic bitcointalk threads. History on Bitcointalk (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4322078.0)) this thread because it consist of many iconic histories of BTC.

You will find more interesting topic in here.

• 161 History of Bitcoin 2007-2014 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5138618.0)
• The Bitcoin Origins - Explore Bitcoin History and Secret (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5187275.0)

I think the most common historical of them all is the story behind the bitcoin pizza, i don't think it can ever be forgotten in history because it's the most touching of them all if there are still more other stories i may bot get used to, we can also have some personal experience to give from those who are early birds in bitcoin adoption back then in 2010 and beyond, the most interesting of this all is that the history can still repeated itself, when we also invested today and hodl for a decade to come, which will be obviously about 2 more halving, what has happened before can still make a reoccurrence because we don't know how far bitcoin would have worth by then, maybe $500,000 in a decade to come.

I do not know if I can be considered one of the first enthusiasts of Bitcoin, since I have known it since 2014, and since that time I have been supporting it. I did not have funny stories when dealing with crypto in general, except that the price always went up a lot immediately after I sold my bitcoin savings.  :D
But I remember that I was surprised that some of my friends knew about Bitcoin before me, including those who used it, but they did not continue their support for it, nor did they share this new knowledge with anyone. Some of them regretted that and admitted that they did not imagine that the situation would reach the way it is today.

So do I. I've been here since 2014 and had very limited to zero knowledge regarding cryptocurrencies; my only exposure was through faucets, from which I acquired my first Bitcoin. Some of which were in my possession until a few years ago, when they were sold during COVID-19 quarantine and repurposed to be used for staking purposes, which was extremely popular and profitable during that period. I'm not sure if I regret repurposing that money because Bitcoin skyrocketed a few months later, but generally, I find it almost impossible to hold for such extended periods; eventually, you'll be tempted to sell.

The ideal would be to have bought Bitcoin in 2014. The amount of BTC I had in my possession was too small to make a huge difference now, so holding it until now wouldn't matter too much.

Well one of the story is about an individual who sold his Bitcoin of 10k to someone for a pizza, he is the loser here, he has accepted it going by his attitude during some of the Interview he has had.

While the other story is about some one who at a long time ago believed in Bitcoin or surrounded by people who believed in Bitcoin and chances are he owns a good number of Bitcoin, and if he still does I would understand for him to remain anonymous he won't want to entertain any unnecessary familiarity by granting interview request.

I'm not sure if I've ever heard the other guy's story before and we all know about lazlos Bitcoin - Pizza exchange here in Bitcoin.

I have read several stories about Bitcoin and people how they got into Bitcoin at he early days, bought some and forgot about it or bough some Bitcoin and lost access to their private key and after some years they found the key in an unexpected place. While some heard about Bitcoin but turned a deaf ear to it and after the price of Bitcoin skyrocketed they all started to regret their decision and hope that same opportunity present itself to them someday.

Those are the only type of story I have read about and it's still popular among bitcointalkers, especially the aspect of not buying earlier than we did.

Why do you think the guy is a looser, who gave Bitcoin a value back in times when it still didn't have some "official" value. AFAIR the guy who offered 10k BTC for two pizzas had a lot more of Bitcoins because IIRC he programmed one of the first GPU miners (not exactly sure about that). For him it was a fair price for what he ordered. He had the balls to give Bitcoin a first value and challenge a trade.

Yes, we tend to look at it from today's perspective with current rates, but this is kind of stupid as it doesn't have anything to do with the reality back then when some bitcoin-rich guy craved for two pizzas. Totally bonkers to calculate how many hundred millions in fiat the price for two pizzas is today that was paid when Bitcoin had not yet a price.

It's just a Bitcoin story from a decade ago. It's something that those rich Bitcoin holders get to look back at. Not sure if they would regret it because they probably have more than 10K BTC as well.

One story that is funny in a way was the StarCraft gaming tournament that took place a decade ago (https://twitter.com/DocumentingBTC/status/1358149698578710528) also and the prizes to win are:

1st place: $500
2nd place: $250
3rd place: 150
4th: 100
5th:   25BTC

I know it will not happen anymore but if they organize a tournament again, participants might likely want BTC for the champ.




 

Lol,  ;D if this were to happen now, I would probably make sure I hit the 5th position, like who gives a Dem about 500$ for 1st position.

Well this really shows how people devalued Bitcoin back then and saw no future for it. Imagine the person who got the 5th position, must have hated him self. He probably would have sold the 25 btc or rather gave it out to someone as free gift.

I believe the Story of Taihuttu Family is most iconic story for me because this happened when I'm new in the Bitcointalk forum and many believe that time that he is crazy because he sold everything for Bitcoin and let his family live on a very simple environment. Their sacrifice that time is already worth it now since they do that crazy investment gamble when Bitcoin is 900$. I think they are so rich now since they still hold their asset the last time they made interview last 2021.

Source: https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/money/2021/08/17/this-family-sold-everything-they-owned-to-invest-in-bitcoin-when-it-was-900/

Also remember the story I'm already here when the news about them came out. I think he knew exactly what he is doing and most probably he trusted someone who he took advice from. Getting all in BTC though is very risky but they did it and live in a bus after it. Not sure how things are after every bear market, I only hear some news about the family every bull run.

Hope they stay safe all the time. They are popular and if someone with intentions to rob them, it could be impossible to be vigilant all the time. 

Because back then it was very easy to earn more than 1 BTC and no one probably thought that the bitcoin price would go up, and as we all know the bitcoin price has been steadily increasing for the last decade.
and of course those who had a lot of bitcoins at that time felt very devastated when they saw the current bitcoin price or after reaching the highest ATH yesterday, but that is all in the past and will be a lesson. And I'm very grateful because some of my friends brought me to this industry and this forum and many happy stories and also very valuable lessons that I got while knowing bitcoin and also this forum.

I don't know much and even myself, it's the same regret of not buying on those earliest times not because I am not a believer but because of financial constraints.

Maybe even if I am able during tha time, I'd still won't buy because I am not a risk taker and won't get into it because people and investors during those times weren't that much.

It's nostalgic to see stories like this and I am sure everybody heard of the guy that has dumped his hard drive and is still looking on it on the dumpsite because that hdd of his contains his bitcoins that was acquired earlier.

I have a story to tell you, even more than one. I know a guy who was mining bitcoin in 2012. He was an IT guy who managed the server room in the company that I worked for. He'd sneaked a whole PC into the server room and connected it to the outlet there and he'd leave it there running 24/7. One time I went there and thought he was doing some diagnostics on that PC and asked him why doesn't he use his business PC to do that and he had a story that he has a lot of his own licensed software there that he uses to build websites and stuff and his soft is better than the one the company has licenses for. A year later he finally told some other employee that he was mining bitcoin and it was all just a story. They never fired him for it or anything like that but he never made a lot of money either because he was selling these coins every year. He eventually had 0 bitcoins by the end of 2013 when it went to 1k.

So, he in a way knew what to do, was given huge opportunity and wasted it. He did not recognize the true value in bitcoin until it was too late.

Perhaps you can add to these stories the story of the British young man named James Howells, who was storing Bitcoin on a hard disk, then forgot about it and threw it in the trash.

This guy accidentally dumped about 8000 bitcoins in mid-2013, worth about 225$ million today. After that, the price of Bitcoin rose, and he searched through tons of garbage, but unfortunately, he found nothing. Although he did put together an $11 million plan to get it back.

https://www.businessinsider.com/james-howells-threw-away-bitcoin-dump-masterplan-get-back-2022-7

You really have no idea what Laszlo did, don't you? He is the guy who exchanged something completely virtual (bitcoin) for something physical (pizza), for the first time ever. That is a game changer. Laszlo will always be part of bitcoin's history and you are here criticizing and making fun of him just because today's bitcoin value is way way higher than 10-12 years ago. So where were you when Laszlo could afford to spend 10k bitcoin for a couple of pizzas? Were you already holding tens of thousands of bitcoins?

I highly agree in fact it was a winning moment for the guy with Bitcoin because he is able to produce two pizza in a seemingly worthless virtual coins during those times.  So yeah it really does not make sense to calculate and apply the recent value of Bitcoin today then integrate the thought of how much the Bitcoin owner has paid on the event that happen ways back years ago.

haven't come across any significant stories, but I sympathize with those who spent a substantial amount of Bitcoin on goods when its value was low. At the time, nobody could have anticipated Bitcoin's current position. Otherwise, they would not have spent such a large amount of Bitcoin, such as buying pizza. However, it's important to note that they were not foolish, as they were early adopters of Bitcoin before it gained widespread recognition. They simply couldn't envision its future price. We should learn from their experience and take away a valuable lesson.

The story of the pizza is a classic of the life of Bitcoin, I will tell you a rather unfortunate story, it is from a friend, the first one who knew about BItcoin before me, in 2009 he always talked about a bitcoin faucet, he commented that even if it were little, in the future it would be very valuable (actually it happened)…. But it happens and it turns out that this individual accumulated 11 bitcoins and for 2017-2018 it was a large amount of money, but life itself is uncertain and a tragedy occurred... the flash drive where my friend had the private keys was damaged, I tried to shave it but it didn't work .. I try to find some other way to enter his wallet .. but nothing, this person invested large amounts of his life time to get those 11 BTC. In today's sun it could be an incredibly millionaire person but the reality is another... A true story to reflect on

This story doesn't really add up.

The first bitcoin faucet was created by Gavin Andresen and he discovered bitcoin in 2010.
Anyone visiting/using that faucet got 5BTC (at least in its early days, later the amount was reduced I think),
for doing nothing but giving the faucet his/her btc-address (it wasn't an ad-infested faucet like those today).

So I really have to wonder, how your friend accumulated (only) 11 BTC investing large amounts of his life time.

If it happened years later then it might add up, but not in 2010 and even less in 2009.  

I have plenty of stories from a decade ago, just like most of the Legendary users here. None of them can be like the first transaction that Lazslo did or other big stories. They shaped history, touched the lives of many people. Now those stories have become the property of the society, they have a place beyond individual memories. Some new members have a hard time realizing how valuable they are. I'm pretty sure if you spend more time here, these legendary stories will start to interest you more. :)

Is this the time traveller story?

If I'm not mistaken, there was this story here, I am a time-traveler from the future, here to beg you to stop what you are doing. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3186467.0).

But as far as stories here in the community, yeah, this is the only one and still surviving and for sure there are a lot of OG who are still here after so many years. It's just you have to dig deeper and look for it.

Your post helped me remember a point that could have been a funny story that happened to me, which is that compared to the majority of beginners in the 2014 period that started with faucets, I was probably one of the few who started practicing mining using asic machines and spondoolies. That was how I introduced crypto to me, after a friend sent me mining machines to run in my country since the cost of electricity is less and my house at that time was kind of isolated in a way that the sound of the machines did not disturb the neighbours. The funny thing is that I stayed for a long time, thinking that these machines work for banks to conduct transactions between them. Lol  :D
It took me some time to understand what those machines were doing with their annoying sound, since I'm not a computer specialist at all.

Sorry if I'm wrong, but when I read this, I feel that he try to beg for money with his drama. I don't believe that if he got 1 bitcoin with his story because as I know many more tragic stories out there but no one to mourn that. So, when we talk about a story, I believe almost us here have a sad story in the past. I don't go far away, in 2018 I have 0.5 btc where i bought it on $4K, then I sold it in $8K on 2019, yes I got profit, but still regret right?, because in the next and next year, the price is going to $60K. where I should be profitable 20x.

I once read a message posted on FB that was probably written in the early years of bitcoin. Of course it was a short message aimed at convincing everyone to collect as much bitcoin as you can now and you will earn big profits in the future.

I don't know how many people ignored the message and how many people believed in the possibilities that were to come. But the fact is, everyone who has ever read the message will regret the decision to ignore it because bitcoin has gone beyond anything one could have ever imagined. I arrived late in 2018, but I managed to experience how valuable bitcoin is as an investment asset.

when reading stories about bitcoin in the past decade it is very difficult to accept the fact when the value of bitcoin has increased as it is today, and those who have spent so much bitcoin at that time replaced it with pizza or clothes then this will make their past very bad and will be hard to forget, so when I got to know bitcoin, I was really careful both to save and to spend the bitcoins that I have, because the stories of the past decade will be the most valuable lessons, and now it's hard to find stories like that because bitcoin users already know that bitcoin is very valuable.

About a decade ago I met someone who was big on Bitcoin. I think the price was $200 or something. He sent me some bitcoins to test out. I didn’t really do much with them and me and that individual stopped talking because work got in the way. I asked when he will sell Bitcoin and he said $10000 and I called him crazy.

Then when Bitcoin went to $10000. I wanted to know if he actually sold at $10000 but turns out he sold it all for $600. Feel bad for him since shortly after it breached $10000.

There is another more stupid story when those who mined 13 bitcoins did not know where to use them and simply threw them away. It's unbelievable how people couldn't find uses for them, and instead of just forgetting about them for a while, Bitcoins were destroyed. One can only guess what kind of regret people feel when they make such a stupid mistake.

How WIRED Lost $100,000 in Bitcoin . We mined roughly 13 bitcoins and then ripped up our private key. We were stupid—but not alone. (https://www.wired.com/story/wired-lost-bitcoin/)

The bad thing about this story is he was completely doxxed including his family since his story was published on popular news outlet before. Even if they are not holding their crypto holdings, They can always be in danger of losing it all once they are threatened by potential robber worst kidnapper. I just hope that they start using their crypto now so that they can enjoy their life changing investment and at the same time to have a better security.

True, he probably sold his 25 BTC or gifted them to someone but he could have also held onto them until now. Who knows? I mean, it's unlikely to have happened but there's a chance it could happen!  ;D

Imagine if 25 BTC were worthless back then and couldn't be compared to $500, and now 25 BTC is worth $755k which can't be compared to $500 right now. That's how the future could be different and that's why you should believe in Bitcoin.

To be honest, I used to have a Bitcoin app on my Android account 5-6 years ago, and I used to earn a lot of satoshis through it, like around 300k satoshis per day which is a lot of money now. 😄 It was a game with a concept of a famous flappy bird game.

If there is no personal story about Bitcoin yet.. But I read a story of a man who sold all his possessions from his house, and all the things he used in the house in exchange for what he sold, he bought Bitcoin, ultimo He sold his socks just to buy Bitcoin in the belief that its value would increase. I'm not sure what year I heard about this, but maybe between 2013-2016, his story is terrible, he just lives in his tent. For sure someone also knew what I was saying.

I read about this story some time in the last year. I heard majority of the money ($11M) he put together to seek out his lost bitcoins were loans. Very tragic for him. Whenever I read about some of early bitcoin stories like this, I tend to think it's not their fault and that none of the early users of Bitcoin would've believed the price will move from having zero to no value to being worth several thousands of $ now. Really fascinated. This is why I try to keep my old wallets safe. You'd never know  because anything can happen in this crypto space.

It doesn't matter, the reason why all these stories are making a come.back now is because Bitcoin have better value compared to past years a d some sold for a penny while few held as if they knew that Bitcoin is going to beat gold in terms of value one day, I am happy for them and they leave those who sold too earlier in a pot of regrets, I am glad I am not one of them but it's a good lesson to learn something from.

Even we who sold coins back in 2017 have regrets about not buying BTC back at $3k. Theymos has his own story AFAIK since he sold a few BTC at a price of cents.  It was 13 years ago when he sold 160 BTC. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5441173.0

but Lazlo is the most celebrated though because he became famous which is the reason for the creation of Bitcoin pizza day. These stories will go to the history books is there will be one author who will list them all.  ;D

Well, the case of purchasing pizza with Bitcoin is usually the most remarkable event of Bitcoin, which is always recognised and observed by the forum; apart from that, every other event didn't matter much. That's my opinion. Also, there are other little events, like the parents who named their son Bitcoin, the first person to buy a cup of coffee and pay with Bitcoin. Someone who rented an apartment and paid in Bitcoin, but most of these events are not so recognised. For me, I have spent my first Bitcoin to purchase a thing, but it's not been up to a decade.



Cheers 🥂, Dr.Bitcoin_Strange 👺👺

It is good to know that Bitcoin is gaining recognition day after day, especially among the younger generations. I don't have any Bitcoin stories from the decade but at least I've been on this forum for the last five years and I have read many threads and subjects about those who accepted Bitcoin and some who lost their best time selling and buying their bitcoin.

I don't have a remarkable  story but a horror experience back then when I transfered my bitcoins to a wrong wallet address. It was my horror story back then when I lost my bitcoins by sending it to wrong wallet address and  not getting it back to me. Instead of being a well known story, it became my life lesson to double check everything before doing a transaction. I remember the time that it made me regret and having an anxiety attack because of that mistake. I will not forget that day and the lesson it leaves me.

The matter of whether he still holds those bitcoins until the 2018 bull run, if he holds them it's a fortune enough for him to have a pretty decent life, but how many people can afford it? belief in bitcoin at that time???

The matter of whether he still holds those bitcoins until the 2018 bull run, if he holds them it's a fortune enough for him to have a pretty decent life, but how many people can afford it? belief in bitcoin at that time???

Where did he mention that he is loser or something like that? I have seen him saying that he didn't regret it because he found it more suitable at that time to feed his family.The other user who got 10k Bitcoins also sold it for normal profit only.They didn't know it will turn this big so there is little sad feeling about it but don't think he's loser as he used it for the actual purpose.

If I have been involved or at least has this knowledge that I have now in bitcoin back in those days? 10 years ago? then for sure I will be glad to pay even double of those amount just to show my support and love for bitcoin.

and also surely those days ? only few that do have that belief and trust that bitcoin will even rich 50 thousand dollars a piece .


even if this part seems to be begging or asking for bitcoin yet this is a good step as it was happened long time ago when there are plenty of people that does not give a dime to invest in bitcoin.

I've only heard about the story about the guy who bought two pizzas paying 10,000 Bitcoins ever since I came to know about Bitcoin, even the second story you mentioned is new to me because I've never heard about it. I do remember the time when I first came to know about Bitcoin, and since the price wasn't that high, people didn't really care much about how many Bitcoins they have and they were always eager to find a place where they can spend Bitcoins.

I remember I managed to earn about 0.5 Bitcoin only by doing micro tasks from websites here and there, I know that the value of 0.5 Bitcoin wasn't so high at that time but imagine having 0.5 Bitcoin right now or when the price went up to $69k, I didn't manage to keep any of it though but spent it all back then and I regret that all the time.