2010 marked the first-ever real-world Bitcoin transaction: 10,000 Bitcoins for two pizzas.

Bitcoin Pizza Day marks the anniversary of the first-ever recorded real-world transaction using cryptocurrency. In 2010, a programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 Bitcoins for two large pizzas, a transaction that now has a value of around Rs 5,800 crore. This milestone is celebrated each year on May 22nd as a symbolic tale of Bitcoin's journey from an obscure technology to a global financial force.

May 21, 2024
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