About 11 years ago on May 22, Laszlo Hanyecz , one of the early adopters of the newfangled cryptocurrency that had just been coded into existence, purchased a pair of Papa Johns pizza pies using 10,000 bitcoins.22 May 2021
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The two pizzas currently total a value of $372 million . Making it the most expensive pizza purchase in history. At the time of purchase, Hanyecz’s 10,000 BTC was worth a meagre $40. Hanyecz reached out to the Bitcointalk community to see if anyone would be willing to transact the bitcoin for pizza.22 May 2021
Read moreWhat did Papa John’s do with 10000 Bitcoin?
Papa John’s is giving away 10,000 slices of pizza to commemorate the 10,000 bitcoins paid for two by Laszlo Hanyecz back in 2010. Justin Falciola, SVP, chief insights & technology officer, told Insider about the thinking behind the strategy.
Read moreWho bought pizza for 10000 Bitcoins?
In 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz spent 10,000 Bitcoins at a local pizza restaurant called Papa John’s to buy himself two pizzas.
Read moreIs the Bitcoin pizza guy rich?
A man who sold two pizzas for Bitcoin now worth more than USD 365 million has admitted he blew his eye-watering earnings. In May 2010, then a 19-year-old California student, Jeremy Sturdivant noticed a bizarre request on a cryptocurrency internet forum.25 May 2021
Read moreWho bought first Bitcoin?
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.
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