Bitcoin Pizza Day and the astounding story behind it

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When Satoshi Nakamoto conceptualized Bitcoin as a peer-to-peer (P2P) payments system, the creator hoped to replace fiat currency transactions with more secure and decentralized cryptocurrency transactions. Little did he know that two years later, a computer programmer based out of Florida would try using Bitcoin as a mode of payment for pizza and create history!On May 17, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz thought of using his bitcoins to buy pizza and ended up shelling out a surreal amount of money in the process.

“I’ll pay 10,000 bitcoins for a couple of pizzas…like maybe 2 large ones so I have some leftover for the next day. I like having leftover pizza to nibble on later,” he wrote on a Bitcoin forum.

“If you’re interested, please let me know and we can work out a deal,” he concluded.At the time, Bitcoin was trading for a fraction of a dollar, and 10,000 BTC amounted to a mere $41. While some thought Hanyecz was trying to score a free meal, others were keen on finding out how things transpired.

“10,000... That's quite a bit..