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#GateSquarePizzaDay — The Moment Bitcoin Became Real Money
🧠 Introduction: A Simple Pizza That Changed Financial History
On May 22, 2010, the crypto world witnessed a transaction that would later become one of the most symbolic moments in financial history. A programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC for two pizzas from Papa John’s.
At that time, Bitcoin had almost no recognized value. The entire transaction was worth around $41 USD. It was not seen as “expensive” or “cheap”—it was seen as experimental.
But in hindsight, this was the moment Bitcoin stepped out of