Dossier
May 22, 2010
Coverage of May 22, 2010 in the Nexus archive.
- Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day! 16 years ago today, a man named Laszlo spent 10,000 BTC on 2 large pizzas
Bitcoin Pizza Day commemorates the 16th anniversary of Laszlo's historic transaction on May 22, 2010, when he purchased 2 large pizzas for 10,000 BTC. This landmark event is celebrated in the cryptocurrency community as one of the first known commercial Bitcoin transactions. The transaction highlights Bitcoin's dramatic appreciation, as those 10,000 BTC would be worth hundreds of millions of dollars today.