The person who bought a pizza with 10 thousand BTC, 500 BTC sent to a picture, and many actors missed out on great opportunities.
Many events have created the agenda in the history of cryptocurrencies. Some of these events are interesting trades. Actions such as paying 10 thousand BTC for two pizzas, giving 500 BTC for only one image, selling all DOGE’s in the hands of the DOGE creator and buying a car have been talked about for years. So how did these events happen?
10,000 Bitcoin (BTC) Paid for 2 Pizzas!
The origin story of Bitcoin Pizza Day is when Laszlo Hanyecz posted “Pizza for Bitcoins?” on Bitcointalk, the popular Bitcoin form of the time, on May 18, 2010. It happened when he opened a topic in the title.
With the topic he opened, Laszlo actually signed an event that will be talked about for years. Pizza lover, who made an unforgettable BTC payment, said;
“I want to pay 10k BTC for a few pizzas. There may be 2 large ones. If you want, you can make the pizzas yourself and bring them to my house, or you can show me as a buyer and place an order. I don’t want to mess around or do it myself. Just like when you ask for a breakfast plate at the hotel, they make it and bring it, and you can eat it and be happy… My favorite ingredients in pizza are; onions, peppers, sausages, mushrooms, tomatoes, etc. If you are interested, please contact me and let’s talk for a deal.”
A forum user returned to Laszlo’s topic as “I would like to order from Dominos if I know how to pay from Europe”. Replying to this user, Laszlo said, “Many places accept online orders. Me and my wife use Papa John’s sometimes. They all accept payment by credit card.” Although he replied, this conversation did not continue.
Laszlo, who could not get another serious offer, said, “Will no one buy me pizza? Did you find the amount of BTC I offered too little?” When he asked a question, a forum user asked Laszlo, “Are you hungry or do you just like pizza?” asked. “I think it would be interesting to tell people that I bought pizza by paying with Bitcoin,” Laszlo said. His answer states that he wants to carry out such a trade just to be able to say that he bought a pizza with Bitcoin.
As a matter of fact, Jeremy Sturdivant, a programmer using the name Jercos on Bitcointalk, reaches Laszlo and 2 pizzas paid with Bitcoin are exchanged. After the shopping was done as desired, Laszlo, who updated his topic on Bitcointalk, answers, “I just wanted to let you know, I successfully exchanged 10 thousand BTC for pizza”, thus revealing a crypto money story that will continue to be talked about for years.
500 Bitcoin for an Image File!
The initial payment process with Bitcoin is known as pizza. In fact, the first purchase using Bitcoin was in 2010, when 500 Bitcoins were paid for a desktop wallpaper. Bitcoin, which was equivalent to $ 1 at that time, is currently traded at $ 26,770.
Sabunir, who wants to test Bitcoin transactions, said in a forum;
“To get the picture, please send me the coins and then send a Private Message stating the time you sent it. I will reply to your Private Message with a link to the picture. The painting I am selling is my own design at 1280×960 resolution – perfect for desktop background.”
It is also stated that Satoshi Nakamoto, the founder of Bitcoin, also joined the chat to facilitate trading. Sabunir wanted to trade this JPEG for 500 Bitcoins.
A forum user named SmokeTooMuch stated that Sabunir is not interested in spending money on wallpaper. However, on February 24, 2010, two entries in Sabunir’s wallet, one 100 BTC and the other 500 BTC, draw attention. Probably the first trade using BTC was on February 24, when an image file was sold.
Confession from Dogecoin Creator: ‘I Sold All DOGE’ and Bought a Car!’
Speaking about the skyrocketing value of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin, which he developed for fun in 2013, software developer Billy Markus said, “I sold all my DOGEs in 2015 and bought a second-hand Honda Civic.” said. Billy Markus, one of the creators of Dogecoin, spoke.
Software engineer Markus, who developed Dogecoin “for fun” with Jackson Palmer in 2013, stated that, contrary to expectations, he currently has no Dogecoin. In addition, Markus announced that after he was fired from his job in 2015, he sold all his Dogecoins and bought a second-hand Honda Civic brand car.
Markus, who attended one of DOGE’s forums on Reddit last month, warned investors to be careful, stating that he is no longer affiliated with Dogecoin and that it is not possible for people to limit the supply of Dogecoin to become rich.
38-year-old Markus, who is currently working as a software engineer in an education company in San Francisco, USA, spoke by stating his views on the incident. Stating that the rise in DOGE has nothing to do with him and that he missed the opportunity to become rich because he sold the DOGEs he had, Markus put an end to the discourses on this subject.
Another intriguing comment from Markus is, “It’s weird that something I did in a few hours is now part of the culture. It’s funny when Elon Musk talks about Dogecoin, it feels silly.” Stating that the rise in DOGE also created a question mark for him, Markus stated that the support tweets of Elon Musk, one of the richest people in the world, for DOGE did not make sense to him.
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