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Yaël Bizouati-Kennedy

Bitcoin Pizza Day celebrates its 15th anniversary

Bitcoin Pizza Day is an unofficial crypto holiday that celebrates the first ever real-world bitcoin transaction. On May 22, 2010, programmer and bitcoin fan Laszlo Hanyecz offered 10,000 bitcoin for anyone who’d be willing to order and deliver two pizzas to him. Bitcoin at the time was worth less than a penny a coin, but he successfully bought two Papa John’s pizzas for what was then about $40 in bitcoin.

It would be worth over $1 billion at today’s prices.

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While this would be hard to swallow for anyone, Hanyecz has said every time he’s asked that he has no regrets and told Cointelegraph it was “great to be part of the early history of bitcoin.”

“I wanted to do the pizza thing because to me it was free pizza,” Hanyecz told Bitcoin Magazine.  “I mean, I coded this thing and mined bitcoin and I felt like I was winning the internet that day. I got pizza for contributing to an open-source project. Usually hobbies are a time sink and money sink, and in this case, my hobby bought me dinner.”

To celebrate the 15th anniversary, several companies are hosting events and doling out crypto (and pizza) prizes:

Binance Pizza Day

Between May 15 and 28, participants can win pizza boxes “worth up to $20 in BTC” by referring friends to Binance. 

MEXC’s Pizza Day Lucky Wheel

The event runs from May 19 to 28, and participants can win $100,000 in BTC and “Hot Tokens.”

HTX’s Bitcoin Pizza Day Meets Trump Dinner

The crypto exchange partnered with a slew of sponsors for multiple events and prizes totaling $1 million.

BTCC’s 52,000 USDT Bitcoin Pizza Day Challenge and Fifth Annual Global Pizza Party in Monaco

The event runs from May 19 to 31 and “rewards users with virtual pizza slices worth 1 USDT each when they complete tasks on the platform.”

Bitget’s Pizza Day’s Pizzas

With Bitget’s celebration, you’ll win… pizzas.  The company will distribute “over 5000 pizzas in over 20 cities worldwide.”

 Happy Pizza Day to all who celebrate.

Binance Pizza Day

Between May 15 and 28, participants can win pizza boxes “worth up to $20 in BTC” by referring friends to Binance. 

MEXC’s Pizza Day Lucky Wheel

The event runs from May 19 to 28, and participants can win $100,000 in BTC and “Hot Tokens.”

HTX’s Bitcoin Pizza Day Meets Trump Dinner

The crypto exchange partnered with a slew of sponsors for multiple events and prizes totaling $1 million.

BTCC’s 52,000 USDT Bitcoin Pizza Day Challenge and Fifth Annual Global Pizza Party in Monaco

The event runs from May 19 to 31 and “rewards users with virtual pizza slices worth 1 USDT each when they complete tasks on the platform.”

Bitget’s Pizza Day’s Pizzas

With Bitget’s celebration, you’ll win… pizzas.  The company will distribute “over 5000 pizzas in over 20 cities worldwide.”

 Happy Pizza Day to all who celebrate.

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