Do you remember that story about the most expensive pizza in the world? I constantly revisit it when I think about the early days of crypto. On May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz made a transaction that forever changed the perception of Bitcoin as a means of payment. He bought two pizzas for 10,000 BTC, which was only about $41. It was a wild time.

Now, with Bitcoin trading around $79.78k, the value of those pizzas would have reached approximately $798 million. Even considering that the price was higher earlier, the scale of this deal is simply astonishing. Two pizzas that someone ate for dinner in 2010 would now be a whole fortune.

But what really interests the cryptocurrency community is: what happened to the rest of Laszlo’s bitcoins? Hanyecz himself still doesn’t reveal whether he still holds any coins. It’s becoming a legendary secret. On one hand, it’s logical to assume he might have kept some of his assets and would now be a multimillionaire. On the other hand, many early adopters sold at $100, then at $1,000, thinking they had reached the top. Laszlo Hanyecz might have done the same.

There’s also a third scenario — losing access to the wallet. This has happened to many people from the first generation of crypto enthusiasts. Lost private keys, forgotten passwords — and your bitcoins are frozen forever. No one knows if this fate befell Laszlo himself.

But honestly? Even if Laszlo Hanyecz no longer has a single BTC, his contribution to crypto history is invaluable. He proved that Bitcoin is not just a speculative asset but a real means of exchange. His pizza purchase became a symbol of the moment when cryptocurrency stopped being just an experiment in the network and started working in real life.

This deal laid the foundation for an entire ecosystem. Today, digital assets are valued in trillions of dollars, and it all started with one person wanting to buy pizza with Bitcoin. Laszlo Hanyecz’s story is a reminder of how important it is to be first, and at the same time — how unpredictable the crypto market can be.