Laszlo Hanyecz

The receiver of the first bitcoin transaction was Hal Finney , who had created the first reusable proof-of-work system (RPoW) in 2004. Finney downloaded the bitcoin software on its release date, and on 12 January 2009 received ten bitcoins from Nakamoto.

Laszlo Hanyecz is a computer programmer from the state of Florida in the United States . With the massive growth in the value of cryptocurrencies across the world, the 10,000 Bitcoins that he spent on pizzas in 2010 are worth approximately $306 million in 2021.

Programmer Laszlo Hanyecz made history when he made the first “real world” purchase with Bitcoin more than a decade ago. However, little did he know when he spent 10,000 Bitcoin on two Papa John’s pies it would also secure him a place in the crypto currency hall of fame.