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Bitcoin Pizza Day

Bitcoin Pizza Day is celebrated on May 22nd each year to commemorate the first known real-world transaction using Bitcoin. On May 22, 2010, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC for two Papa John's pizzas, a transaction now worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The event is a milestone in cryptocurrency history as it demonstrated that Bitcoin could function as a medium of exchange for physical goods.

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Every May 22nd, the crypto community celebrates Bitcoin Pizza Day, remembering when 10,000 BTC bought two pizzas — a sum now worth a fortune.