In May 2010, a programmer exchanged 10,000 BTC for two pizzas. Back then, those coins were only worth a few dozen dollars, just enough for a fast food meal. And now? At today’s prices, that meal would be worth several hundred million dollars. Someone even made a video of the transaction at the time, documenting the entire process of this “most expensive takeout in history”—from transferring from the wallet to confirming receipt—witnessing the first real-world payment with cryptocurrency. Every year on May 22, people in the crypto community commemorate this “Bitcoin Pizza Day” to remember the “feat” of those early holders.
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AmateurDAOWatcher
· 12-09 13:09
That guy really became a legend by accident. Looking back now, that's a pizza worth hundreds of millions of dollars... If only I had known back then.
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BloodInStreets
· 12-09 10:53
To put it bluntly, this guy is a textbook case of missing out. If he had just held on back then, he’d be financially free by now. But look, history is never kind to early participants—they either become legends or end up as cautionary tales for others. That’s the harshest part of contrarian investing: the opportunity cost always stings more than the actual gains.
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AirdropworkerZhang
· 12-08 05:54
Haha, that's really ridiculous. That guy probably has to think about billions every time he eats pizza now.
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RugPullSurvivor
· 12-08 05:50
Haha, that guy must regret it so much now, a pizza for 100,000 yuan.
In May 2010, a programmer exchanged 10,000 BTC for two pizzas. Back then, those coins were only worth a few dozen dollars, just enough for a fast food meal. And now? At today’s prices, that meal would be worth several hundred million dollars. Someone even made a video of the transaction at the time, documenting the entire process of this “most expensive takeout in history”—from transferring from the wallet to confirming receipt—witnessing the first real-world payment with cryptocurrency. Every year on May 22, people in the crypto community commemorate this “Bitcoin Pizza Day” to remember the “feat” of those early holders.