"I'll pay 10,000 bitcoins for a couple of pizzas..." posted programmer Laszlo Hanyecz on Bitcoin Talk forum.
Four days later, two large pizzas arrived at his door.
This became the first official commercial transaction using Bitcoin. Those 10,000 BTC (worth about $41 back then) are now worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Every May 22nd, our global community celebrates Bitcoin Pizza Day to honor the ultimate tech craving. It reminds us how a simple dinner order proved that programmable currency could work in the real world.
16 years ago today, Laszlo Hanyecz had tens of thousands of bitcoin he had mined just burning a hole in his pocket. He also had a hankering for pizza. The rest... was history.
Fun fact: he kept his pizza offer open for a while and in total purchased 8 pizzas for 40,000 BTC!