Bitcoin Pizza Day, A Day Of Celebration

“Pizza For Bitcoins?”

That is the rubric of a post from a idiosyncratic named “laszlo” dated May 18, 2010, connected the obscure forum successful a dimly-lit country of the internet, bitcointalk.org. The petition was straightforward enough, “I’ll wage 10,000 bitcoins for a mates of pizzas. Like possibly 2 ample ones truthful I person immoderate near implicit for the adjacent day. I similar having near implicit pizza to nibble connected later.”

A idiosyncratic named “ender_x” commented connected the thread aboriginal that time saying helium thought 10,000 bitcoin was “quite a bit” for 2 ample pizzas and wished him bully luck connected his travel to get “free pizza.” As it turns out, laszlo didn’t request luck, and neither would those pizzas beryllium considered “free.” Five days later, connected May 22, 2010, astatine 7:17 p.m., helium commented connected his ain station with a representation of his pizzas saying, “I conscionable wanted to study that I traded 10,000 bitcoins for pizza.” And with that, laszlo (full name: Laszlo Hanyecz) documented the archetypal carnal bully purchased with bitcoin. There is adjacent a plaque commemorating the acquisition astatine the Papa John’s successful Jacksonville, Florida, that reads, “Papa John’s. Makers of the celebrated Bitcoin Pizzas. May 22, 2010.”

To accidental Hanyecz loved pizza, would beryllium an understatement. After this palmy exchange, helium posted that 10,000 bitcoin for 2 ample pizzas was “an unfastened offer.” Evidently galore much radical ordered pizza for him due to the fact that connected August 4, 2010, Hanyecz rescinded his connection citing that helium couldn’t spend to support generating capable bitcoin to wage for the pizzas.

Many months later, connected November 29, 2010, successful an eerily prophetic fashion, different idiosyncratic named “ribuck” posted connected the thread saying, “Will this yet go the world’s archetypal million-dollar pizza?” As past would play out, ribuck’s prediction would beryllium to beryllium acold excessively low. It’s just to accidental that nary 1 successful that forum could person predicted oregon anticipated conscionable however invaluable those bitcoin would become.

Since that forum thread, bitcoin has enjoyed a chaotic thrust to the moon. At the clip of writing, 10,000 bitcoin are worthy astir $291,305,000! Did Hanyecz expect bitcoin to ever go arsenic invaluable arsenic it is today? Probably not, but that’s not the point. Hanyecz conscionable wanted to bash a elemental exchange, bitcoin for pizza. And that’s precisely what helium did.

Today, galore look astatine this commercialized and think, “Oh wow, that feline indispensable consciousness similar a implicit buffoon. Who trades that magnitude of wealth for 2 pizzas?” If that is what you think, past I’m acrophobic you’ve missed the interaction of this monumental event. Hanyecz himself said successful an interview connected CBS47, “People inquire me… ohio antheral what an idiot wherefore didn’t you support that bitcoin? It’s like, well, you know, idiosyncratic had to commencement it off.”

When Hanyecz purchased those pizzas, it established for the archetypal clip that bitcoin had marketplace value. Of course, if it wasn’t Hanyecz it would person been idiosyncratic else, it was inevitable. Hanyecz himself does not regret the acquisition and neither should we ridicule him for it. Instead we ought to convey him for pioneering bitcoin adoption.

Bitcoin Pizza Day is 1 of those stories that, unless it was documented, you wouldn’t judge was real. As with overmuch of Bitcoin’s history, Hollywood couldn’t constitute a publication amended than however it really played out.

Now Bitcoiners connected each continent commemorate this lawsuit each May 22 by buying pizza and sharing it with household and friends. In an astir spiritual fashion, Bitcoiners stitchery to retrieve the monumental time a humble Floridian successful Jacksonville bought immoderate pizza with a new, whacky net wealth that lone a fistful of radical adjacent knew existed astatine the time.

My humble metropolis of Windsor, Ontario Canada is lacking a Bitcoin meetup and community, truthful I decided to leverage Bitcoin Pizza Day by hosting the archetypal Bitcoin meetup successful the borderline city. As a pastor of a section church, we person the vantage of utilizing our worship abstraction to big the event. Did Hanyecz ever deliberation that his elemental two-pizza acquisition would domino done clip to an lawsuit celebrating his acquisition astatine a religion successful confederate Ontario? Probably not, yet present we are! We were capable to unafraid sponsorship from Shakepay and Coinkite and are blessed to person Greg Foss coming to bash the orange-pilling. It’s definite to beryllium an astonishing time.

Maybe you can’t big an lawsuit similar this, but tin you invitation your household and friends implicit for immoderate pizza? Can you stock the communicative of Bitcoin Pizza Day with them portion you provender them immoderate delicious cheesy pies? Bitcoin Pizza Day is benignant of similar the Bitcoin mentation of Thanksgiving, but alternatively of turkey, it's pizza. It’s a clip for thankfulness and remembrance for however acold we person each come. Bitcoin Pizza Day is simply a reminder that we are going to marque it! Bitcoin Pizza Day is besides 1 of the champion orange-pilling opportunities of the year.

Consider starting a household tradition. In my location we marque homemade pizzas and our children wage for it by sending each different sats (the smallest portion of bitcoin) connected the Lightning Network. It’s a time we each look guardant to each year. The kids emotion it, we emotion it and everyone wins. Get originative with it, usage it arsenic a teaching accidental and person a small fun. So invitation your household and friends over, stock the communicative of Bitcoin Pizza Day with them, devour immoderate pizza, beryllium thankful and rejoice.

Bitcoin is simply a uniting unit successful this world. Bitcoin is for everyone. Bitcoin doesn’t attraction if you’re antheral oregon female; Bitcoin doesn’t attraction astir your acquisition level oregon wherever you were born. Bitcoin is simply a information protocol that cannot discriminate. Bitcoin represents state from the fiscal oppression of fiat bankers who person been inflating our savings distant for implicit 50 years.

Whenever I deliberation of Bitcoin Pizza Day, I can’t assistance but beryllium reminded of the sage contented of Andy Bernard, “I privation determination was a mode to cognize you’re successful the ‘good aged days’ earlier you’ve really near them.” 

Did Laszlo Hanyecz recognize helium was astatine the beforehand extremity of the bully aged days of planetary Bitcoin adoption erstwhile helium posted connected bitcointalk.org? Probably not. This Bitcoin Pizza Day, cognize for definite you are successful the bully aged days, bid 2 pizzas, wage with bitcoin if you tin and bask the bully aged days present due to the fact that determination are galore bully days yet ahead.

This is simply a impermanent station by Alin Patularu. Opinions expressed are wholly their ain and bash not needfully bespeak those of BTC Inc. oregon Bitcoin Magazine.