Pizza day

[Virtualsnipe13]

Today is Pizza Day, and BTC made a new ATH. I wonder how he would be feeling right now for giving out 10,000 BTC for just two Pizzas. LOL, I wouldn't be able to leave with myself if I were the one, and to my greatest surprise, he says he doesn't regret it.

How would you feel if you were the one who gave out 10,000 BTC for 2 boxes of pizza?

[hopenotlate]

A little context missing in your post : Lazlo was between the first hundred ( number could be inaccurate anyway ) contributors to bitcoin project and one of the few active developers. SO on one hand I guess he owned way more than those 10000 and also he made the history  proving the world Bitcoin could be used as a means of payment and wasn't only a computers's geeks experiment for its own sake.


So now ask yourself : how'd you feel being among the first discovering bitcoin. Well, I would feel quite comfortable tbh.

 

[betswift]

I would just live on knowing I used BTC properly - I did something with it, as an alternative doing it with fiat.

 

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

@OP, hopenotlate is right in what he said, if Lazlo said he doesn't regret spending 10,000 BTC for 2 pizza, what do you have to fight against it? His involvement into Bitcoin is quite early and you can assume that he doesn't just have that amount of Bitcoin that was spent on pizza, he is the reason why there's Bitcoin pizza day, which means his contribution is greatly recognized by the Bitcoin community.

[lovesmayfamilis]

Go back to the early posts; you will find more than one "Laszlo" who exchanged his bitcoins and was happy. I think there is no point in talking about how these people feel now; we all live in our own time, by the standards that exist in it. Thoughts that someone could now have some island and be rich may come to the minds of many early investors, but if we are talking about "here and now," then we act as the time requires. I think in the future there will be the same scoffers who will consider our actions today stupid. However, all this makes a good story, in the broad sense of the word.

[Eternad]

How would you feel if you were the one who gave out 10,000 BTC for 2 boxes of pizza?

I’m the man that always wants to move forward on my previous mistakes. I will feel a bit regretful but that’s it because I can’t change the future.

We don’t need to discuss things that will make as sad rather we should view it as a first successful transaction using Bitcoin as payment to goods.

Lazlo is our hero for taking the first step on using Bitcoin as payment despite it cost him a lot of Bitcoin at that time.

[AmaGold70]

Today is Pizza Day, and BTC made a new ATH. I wonder how he would be feeling right now for giving out 10,000 BTC for just two Pizzas. LOL, I wouldn't be able to leave with myself if I were the one, and to my greatest surprise, he says he doesn't regret it.

How would you feel if you were the one who gave out 10,000 BTC for 2 boxes of pizza?

I would do exactly the same thing if I was in his shoes without any regrets, man is a legend and generations to come will always talk about him, there wouldn't be any pizza day without him! and you should know that he had more than $10,000 worth of Bitcoin at that time and he is still Rich and famous, and I'm sure he is living a fulfilled life knowing that he contributed greatly to the Bitcoin community and making Bitcoin grow. Ordinary people like us in the Bitcoin space might be forgotten in future but Laszlo will never be forgotten as long as Bitcoin still exists.

[AVE5]

Today is Pizza Day, and BTC made a new ATH. I wonder how he would be feeling right now for giving out 10,000 BTC for just two Pizzas. LOL, I wouldn't be able to leave with myself if I were the one, and to my greatest surprise, he says he doesn't regret it.

Likely accept his expression as simple as that and if you understand the the yoke (setback) Laszlo Hanyecz has broken at the effect of his paying 10K bitcoin for 2 pizza's as the case maybe, he was the first enthusiast that executed the ultimate use of bitcoin for alternative means of payment, you'll appreciate him for the libration of bitcoin which had now earned global and a massive trading volume even among the top notch of global assets today, you'll celebrate him for that instead of the mockery.
And if we keep to live by such criticism, then we should not have to sell our coins anymore not until bitcoin has reached it maximum volume where it can't increase again and i bet that's not going to happen now and not yet neither would it happen soon or even.

So we just have to keep holding seeing Aths after Aths like we're just holding an illusionary values. Huh? Is that what is expected? I bet not. So even if we've to sell out bitcoin today probably when it was $10 or below to this day we've seen an Ath of $111,000, there's sure that the peak could just be the begining because more Aths is expected to come not just in the close time of this current bull run event but in most potential places as the future goes.
However, he had set a historical experience for us which is the bottom (first approach) where paying for goods and services with bitcoin started.

[Frankolala]

Today is Pizza Day, and BTC made a new ATH. I wonder how he would be feeling right now for giving out 10,000 BTC for just two Pizzas. LOL, I wouldn't be able to leave with myself if I were the one, and to my greatest surprise, he says he doesn't regret it.

How would you feel if you were the one who gave out 10,000 BTC for 2 boxes of pizza?

Laszlo Hanyecz was after history making with those 10000btc that he used to exchange for 2 pizzas. This is why we are celebrating him now and that was what he wanted. He has more than enough Bitcoin which he mined back days so giving out 10000btc for two pizza is worth buying him history and put his name in the world Guinness/Bitcoin book of record. Someone paid heavily just to get their transaction mined in the last block before the new halving block popped up last year.

[Floxynice]

Today is Pizza Day, and BTC made a new ATH. I wonder how he would be feeling right now for giving out 10,000 BTC for just two Pizzas. LOL, I wouldn't be able to leave with myself if I were the one, and to my greatest surprise, he says he doesn't regret it.

How would you feel if you were the one who gave out 10,000 BTC for 2 boxes of pizza?

If I was the one who bought 2 pizzas for 10,000 BTC, I would not regret it, seeing the way I am being celebrated every year and the impact that single transaction, done many years ago, has had on the Bitcoin community. That single transaction is an inspiration to me and many other Bitcoiners who are amazed by such a moment in history.

Today, we have a double celebration. Congraìtulations to all those whose investment goal was to hit 110k and take profits. It will be very tricky for those who have such an investment goal to take profits at 110k when Bitcoin has the prospect of going beyond the current price of 111k. The rule for every investor should be to stick to their investment plan in order to avoid missing out.

[Die_empty]

Today is Pizza Day, and BTC made a new ATH. I wonder how he would be feeling right now for giving out 10,000 BTC for just two Pizzas. LOL, I wouldn't be able to leave with myself if I were the one, and to my greatest surprise, he says he doesn't regret it.

How would you feel if you were the one who gave out 10,000 BTC for 2 boxes of pizza?

Due to his uncommon act, his name will always be mentioned in the history of Bitcoin. He has become a legend that contributed to Bitcoin adoption. Many people would do anything both negative and positive to be famous. We should also consider the worth of Bitcoin at that time which was very cheap. He has said he didn't regret his actions which is great.  I wouldn't have regretted my actions because I might have sold it before the prices skyrocketed. So it would be better to be famous than to be a regretful "quick seller".

[hd49728]

If I was the one who bought 2 pizzas for 10,000 BTC, I would not regret it, seeing the way I am being celebrated every year and the impact that single transaction, done many years ago, has had on the Bitcoin community. That single transaction is an inspiration to me and many other Bitcoiners who are amazed by such a moment in history.

It is easy to say about it when you are not the person in this story because you did not spend bitcoin for any pizza when it was cheap and years later it worth 100k-fold more expensive.

I agree that if I have had a lot of bitcoin, more than 10k bitcoins, I would have not feel regret by my spending of 10k bitcoins for 2 pizzas years ago. Especially if I did reserved my remaining bitcoins for years later, I would not consider that trade as my bad decision at all.

Assume I had 1 bitcoin in 2018 and spent 0.1 bitcoin for anything in that year but I managed to hold remaining 0.9 bitcoin till 2025, I would feel good enough without any regret, to be honest.

[Bitcoin_people]

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How would you feel if you were the one who gave out 10,000 BTC for 2 boxes of pizza?

The value of Bitcoin was much lower in the past where no one gave Bitcoin much importance, Laszlo Hanyecz was able to buy only two pizzas with 10,000 Bitcoins. At that time, the price of 10,000 Bitcoins was equivalent to only $41, and today this Bitcoin is worth more than $1.1 billion, which is amazing. Although this was not so surprising at that time, since Bitcoin came to the market, its price has continuously increased and people have been attracted to it. When the price of Bitcoin has continuously increased in the market, we have understood its value, and we can review what level this Bitcoin will go to in the future. If a person had 10,000 bitcoins today, he would be one of the richest people on the list. However, I think if I had so many Bitcoins and bought pizzas with them at that time, I would only regret it for the rest of my life.

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[GiftedMAN]

How would you feel if you were the one who gave out 10,000 BTC for 2 boxes of pizza?

I can't really say how I'm going to feel if I was the person but I know that the person who gave out that 10, 000 BTC for 2 boxes of pizza will be regretting by now knowing the current price of Bitcoin but on a second thought, do you really think the person had just 10, 000 Bitcoin? If he gave out all that he had in his portfolio by now he would be wishing he never bought that pizza.

[Mahiyammahi]

How would you feel if you were the one who gave out 10,000 BTC for 2 boxes of pizza?

He was a Bitcoin miner
As well as a software engineer and he basically had a lot of Bitcoin and is believed to still have it
Naturally, if you have $500 you don't spend it all. Spend a maximum of 50,100 dollars. The same is thought in his case
However, to avoid taxes, risks, becoming too famous, theft, etc., he basically doesn't come to any interviews (very few) or doesn't express himself that way

And he himself once said that he has no regrets about it. It means he has a lot more than that 😁

Very Brilliant Guy! ❤️

[Floxynice]

If I was the one who bought 2 pizzas for 10,000 BTC, I would not regret it, seeing the way I am being celebrated every year and the impact that single transaction, done many years ago, has had on the Bitcoin community. That single transaction is an inspiration to me and many other Bitcoiners who are amazed by such a moment in history.

It is easy to say about it when you are not the person in this story because you did not spend bitcoin for any pizza when it was cheap and years later it worth 100k-fold more expensive.

I agree that if I have had a lot of bitcoin, more than 10k bitcoins, I would have not feel regret by my spending of 10k bitcoins for 2 pizzas years ago. Especially if I did reserved my remaining bitcoins for years later, I would not consider that trade as my bad decision at all.

Assume I had 1 bitcoin in 2018 and spent 0.1 bitcoin for anything in that year but I managed to hold remaining 0.9 bitcoin till 2025, I would feel good enough without any regret, to be honest.

Even if he didn't buy pizzas with the bitcoins, he would still have spent those bitcoins before we got to the current price. Bitcoin was literally worth less then. Certainly, apart from Laszlo, there were other early Bitcoiners who had that much Bitcoin but spent theirs as well. Laszlo's yearly recognition is still a good compensation for spending his Bitcoin.

We all won't hold our bitcoins forever, one day we will sell them off, and Bitcoin's price will keep surging on. Are we going to live in regret forever after spending our bitcoins? Like I said before, if I were Laszlo, I would have no regrets. I would rather be proud of being one of the early men who adopted Bitcoin and set the pace for others to follow.

[Cryptohygenic]

Go back to the early posts; you will find more than one "Laszlo" who exchanged his bitcoins and was happy. I think there is no point in talking about how these people feel now; we all live in our own time, by the standards that exist in it. Thoughts that someone could now have some island and be rich may come to the minds of many early investors, but if we are talking about "here and now," then we act as the time requires. I think in the future there will be the same scoffers who will consider our actions today stupid. However, all this makes a good story, in the broad sense of the word.

And until Laszlo clearly state his feelings about this criticism is then we can take it for a discussion but since then he made the exchange of bitcoin for pizza and hasn't shown an atom of his regrets, then it's assumed that such claim as the Op is a false and anyone involved about Laszlo's state of mind since after the transaction is just worrying him/her self.
Or probably let's say he sold out not to say at lost but on his short term investment plan which is likely part of the investment plans most of us do still have today.
No just need for those forces because we would sell our own somedays while bitcoin price keep uptrend and looking at our time of sales with the present maybe somewhere in 30 years time would seem like we sold at lost because, the price in the 16 years ahead would seem to silent the value of the $111,000 We are being too excited about today.

[Just Say]

which means his contribution is greatly recognized by the Bitcoin community.

Of course the Bitcoin community widely recognizes his contribution because his transaction was historic even to my knowledge this active developer was the first to use Bitcoin commercially. Besides he was a miner, so the value of those bitcoins probably wasn't very high for him. 15 years after his pizza purchase, Bitcoin has already surpassed Amazon in terms of market capitalization, and Bitcoin has currently touched $111k so now it is proven that his 2  pizza is currently worth billions of dollars.

It must be said that today is an important day for us because Bitcoin has reached an all-time high and Bitcoin Pizza Day has turned 15. At that time the value of Bitcoin was literally low, but now many are following him because of his noble work.

[Z-tight]

I think Pizza Day should be celebrated without talking about regrets, it should be a day we celebrate Laszlo Hanyecz and the many people who contributed to the growth of BTC in the early days, people like Gavin Andresen who launched a BTC faucet and gave out free BTC's to a lot of people, and others too.

These individuals should be remembered without any talk of regret, if not for their actions, maybe BTC would not have grown this fast, so we should celebrate their actions and not be concerned about what they would have done differently.

[qurbanshah02]

Today is Pizza Day, and BTC made a new ATH. I wonder how he would be feeling right now for giving out 10,000 BTC for just two Pizzas. LOL, I wouldn't be able to leave with myself if I were the one, and to my greatest surprise, he says he doesn't regret it.

How would you feel if you were the one who gave out 10,000 BTC for 2 boxes of pizza?

Both of these are the best idea today and they are also related to each other which is why it is very happy to see them both and their meeting like this indicate luck and a big investment. If he remember that I made this mistake then he must still be feel wrong today because he made a very big mistake and if we look he did it in a good way at that time because he did not know that the price of BTC would go so high. That is because you did not make this mistake and if you had who know what you would have done.

If I were in his place I would think every day about how to become rich now because why regret what has passed. Rather I should work hard from now on make myself strong and achieve success by earn BTC.