Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day to all the pizza lovers out there. Yes, today marks the anniversary of the first time someone used Bitcoin to buy a pizza. Because why not?
Ten years ago today, the first real-world Bitcoin transaction took place when a man in Florida paid 10,000 bitcoins for two large pizzas. A programmer by the name of Laszlo Hanyecz used the ‘new’ digital currency to buy the pizzas for, at today’s exchange rate, R 5.26 Billion. That’s a lot of extra bacon and avo.
Although it seems absolutely bonkers in hindsight, it was a big moment for crypto and marked the first time the currency was used to buy actual real-life products.has opened Bitcoin lightning payment to all pizza fanatics out there, and just like the crypto/pizza pioneer, Laszlo, you can now order pizza from Cape Town’s favourite pizza place, using Bitcoin Lightning.
Bitcoin Lightning is a payment protocol layered on top of Bitcoin which enables fast transactions and even faster pizzas.