You know, I recently revisited the story of the most expensive pizza in the world, and it still blows my mind. On May 22, 2010, a guy named Laszlo Hanyecz did what many consider the most significant deal in cryptocurrency history — he bought two pizzas for 10,000 bitcoins. Back then, it was only worth $41. Just imagine that.

Now, with Bitcoin trading around $71 600, those two pizzas would be worth approximately $716 million. That’s absolutely insane. And every time I think about this story, I wonder: does Laszlo Hanyecz still hold any of his bitcoins?

Here’s where it gets really interesting. Laszlo has never revealed whether he still has any coins. Many in the community believe he might have kept some of his assets, and if so, he’s just a paper billionaire. But there’s another scenario — he could have sold his BTC when the price hit $100 or $1000, thinking that was the peak. Or, like many early investors, he might have lost access to his wallet. That’s happened more than once.

But do you know what touches me most about Laszlo Hanyecz’s story? It’s not so much about whether he got rich or not. That deal proved that Bitcoin can work as a real means of payment. It showed that it’s not just a speculative asset, but something with practical use. Those two pizzas laid the foundation for an entire ecosystem of digital assets, now valued in the trillions of dollars.

That’s why May 22 is celebrated as Bitcoin Pizza Day in the crypto community. It’s a reminder of where it all began. And regardless of whether Laszlo Hanyecz owns even one bitcoin today, his story remains a symbol of the early days of cryptocurrency — a time when no one believed it could become something bigger.