Benzinga DailyMotion channel released a video entitled “If Laszlo Hanyecz Hadn’t Purchased Pizza With 10,000 BTC, Here’s How Much He Would Have Today – Happy Bitcoin (BTC) Pizza Day”
In the early days of digital currency, a Florida-based programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz set out to buy two large pizzas using Bitcoin.
On May 18, 2010, Hanyecz made an notice on Bitcointalk.org, offering 10,000 Bitcoin (BTC) to anyone who would be willing to accept the apex Cryptocurrency for a pizza.
Hanyecz had trouble finding anyone who would accept his offer. Days passed, and he began to lose hope. Nonetheless, on May 22, a 19-year-old named Jeremy Sturdivant stepped up and took Hanyecz up on his offer.
Sturdivant delivered the two pizzas to Hanyecz in Florida, marking the first-ever recorded real-world transaction using digital currency. The value of those 10,000 Bitcoins at the time was just $41, but today, the value has exploded.
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