Every year on May 22, the crypto world comes together to celebrate Bitcoin Pizza Day — the day Bitcoin first proved it could buy real-world goods.

What Is Bitcoin Pizza Day?

On May 22, 2010, a programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz posted on a Bitcoin forum offering 10,000 BTC for two pizzas.

At the time, those bitcoins were worth just $41.

A fellow user took him up on the deal, bought two pizzas for $25, and received the 10,000 BTC in return. That marked the first documented real-world transaction using Bitcoin.

Today, those same bitcoins would be worth over $270 million.

Why It Still Matters

Bitcoin Pizza Day isn’t just about pizza. It’s about the moment when Bitcoin proved it could be more than a tech experiment — it could function as money.

This event showed Bitcoin could :

• Act as a medium of exchange

• Operate without any bank or intermediary

• Open the door for peer-to-peer finance

In short, it laid the foundation for Bitcoin’s journey toward mainstream use.

The Legacy of Bitcoin Pizza

Laszlo has no regrets. Back then, Bitcoin had no market price and no real utility. Buying pizza with it was, in his own words, “incredibly cool.”

His transaction inspired thousands to experiment with Bitcoin — and helped shift the perception of what cryptocurrency could become.

A Slice of Crypto History

From a $41 pizza order to a multi-trillion dollar asset class, the story of Bitcoin Pizza is a reminder that every innovation starts small — and sometimes with cheese.

So every May 22, we remember the pizzas that changed the financial world.

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