At 2024 prices, those pizzas cost ~$1 billion. The transaction proved Bitcoin could function as money. May 22 is celebrated annually in the crypto community. Laszlo later said he would do it again: 'It felt like free pizza to me at the time.'
culture·May 22, 2010
Bitcoin Pizza Day
Laszlo Hanyecz pays 10,000 BTC for two Papa John's pizzas — the first recorded real-world transaction with Bitcoin.