Happy World Pizza Day! While you’re munching on a slice today, here’s a tasty tidbit: the first real-world Bitcoin buy was for two pizzas. Way back on May 22, 2010, a Florida guy named Laszlo Hanyecz forked over 10,000 Bitcoins—worth about $40 then—to snag a couple of pies from a local joint. That little deal? It’s now legendary, marking the first time BTC officially bought something IRL
Crypto fans call it Bitcoin Pizza Day, and it’s been a thing every May 22 for 13 years running. Back in 2010, Bitcoin wasn’t exactly dinner table talk—barely anyone took it seriously. Hanyecz hit up the Bitcointalk forum on May 18, tossing out an offer: 10,000 BTC to whoever’d grab him two large pizzas and drop them off. Three days later, someone bit, and history was made. Fast forward to today, with Bitcoin hovering over $22,000, and those pizzas clock in as the priciest ever—$220 million and counting.
Hanyecz reflected on it in a 2019 CBS chat, saying the swap “made Bitcoin real” for folks. “It sure did for me,” he laughed. What started as a quirky trade kicked off crypto’s journey into the big leagues.
