On May 22, 2010, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz posted on a Bitcoin forum, stating that he was willing to exchange 10,000 Bitcoins for two pizzas. Ultimately, someone responded to his request and ordered two pizzas to be delivered to his house via phone. The transaction was completed, and these two pizzas became the first real-world goods purchased with Bitcoin in history.

The first "price anchor" of Bitcoin
Until the transaction is completed, Bitcoin exists only in the computers of geeks, and it is a new type of digital currency, an experimental peer-to-peer electronic cash system. It has no real circulating value, and even its creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, has not publicly given it a "price". Laszlo's transaction gave Bitcoin its first real-world price: 10,000 BTC ≈ $41. In other words, each Bitcoin was worth only about $0.0041 at the time. This is not only a transaction, but also a "starting point" for Bitcoin to connect with the real world.
However, 15 years later, the price of Bitcoin has skyrocketed from an initial $0.0041 to over $110,000, an increase of more than 26.82 million times, evolving from a geek experiment into a globally recognized financial asset.
From geek coin to global assets
From 2010 to today, 15 years have passed. During this time, Bitcoin has experienced countless controversies, regulatory crackdowns, bull and bear market transitions, and technological upgrades, yet it has still resiliently grown into a global asset and is influencing the existing financial order:
December 2017: Bitcoin first broke through the $20,000 mark, attracting global attention and discussion, marking Bitcoin's entry into the mainstream. February 2021: Tesla announced the purchase of Bitcoin for $1.5 billion and briefly opened Bitcoin payment services for car purchases in March of the same year, pushing traditional companies into the allocation of crypto assets.
June 9, 2021: The Salvadoran Congress passed a bill to recognize Bitcoin as legal tender, becoming the world's first national case of adopting Bitcoin. January 10, 2024: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officially approved multiple Bitcoin spot ETFs, followed by markets in the UK, Hong Kong, and others gradually opening up, with Wall Street institutional funds flowing into the Bitcoin market on a large scale. As of May 2025: The total market capitalization of Bitcoin remains above $1 trillion, widely regarded as "digital gold," occupying a place in global asset allocation.
And those two pizzas now have a "theoretical value" exceeding 1 billion dollars, becoming a symbolic event that the Bitcoin community delights in discussing. Of course, it has also evolved into the commemorative "Bitcoin Pizza Day."
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