As the value of Bitcoin (BTC) soared to more than 36 million won per piece (as of 9 am on the 13th), 10,000 bitcoins for 2 pizzas 11 years agoThe man who switched to is attracting a new topic. This man 360 billion won to eat two pizzasIt’s Sam who has used it.
How terrible is this man who has exchanged a huge amount of money of 360 billion won for pizza.
However, it seems surprisingly not so. ‘The most expensive pizza in the world’When asked if you regret eating ‘An unexpected answer’It is a hot topic among these domestic netizens.
A post titled “People who bought pizza with 10,000 Bitcoins” has been posted on various online communities in Korea such as Efem Korea, Ruri Web, Funny University, Gadrip, Theku, Pompu, Inven, Bobae Dream, MLBPARK, Instees, etc. This post is an American Bitcoin programmer and early miner. Rasslow HanyetsThere was a picture of the picture and a picture of pizza attached.
The first picture is on May 22, 2010, the day Hanyets, who lives in Florida, purchased two pizzas. He was 2nd Papa Jones PizzaAt the time, it was worth about $41 10,000 BitcoinI bought it in exchange for.
As Hanyets bought pizza, this day marks the first day in the history of bitcoin that he bought something with bitcoin. Bitcoin industry practitioners have since Calling May 22nd’Pizza Day’ It is commemorated as the first step in the commercialization of Bitcoin.
And 11 years later, as of 9 am on the 13th, the price of 10,000 bitcoins $328.64 millionin, More than 8 million timesHas risen. If you had the bitcoin exchanged for pizza until today, 366 billion won He must have been a holder and sat on a cushion of money. Does Hanyets regret eating pizza?
The correct answer is no. In an interview with CBS in 2019, when Bitcoin has already surged a lot, he “Do you regret buying pizza?”To the question “Not like that”He said, “It’s not good to think about the money you would have had if you hadn’t bought pizza.” therefore “It’s nice that it became a part of Bitcoin’s early history thanks to the’Pizza Day’ I made.”He also said.
He mined a total of 14,000 bitcoins at the time in 2010, 10,000 were exchanged for pizza, and 4,000 were exchanged for pizza. Sell at $1, $4,000Got a profit. He said he bought a new computer and some video cards with that money. Considering the current bitcoin price Nonsense consumptionIt cannot be.
He blows up the chance to earn a lot of money, but why can he premiere like this?
Netizens started mining from the early days of bitcoin, and was a programmer for cryptocurrency. Different ways to earn moneyI am guessing there will be. After that, even if they kept’mining’ cryptocurrencies, it is possible that they have become hundreds of billions of riches by now.
The speculation was true. Even after Hanyetz bought pizza in the interview above, Mining about 100,000 bitcoinsAnd said that it was consumed. Just considering the simple value of the bitcoin 3.6 trillion wonLeads to We don’t know when and how much Hanyets sold bitcoins, but at least it’s clear that the money won’t run out.
In addition, Hanyets and other early Bitcoin industry officials are currently in management positions with high ransom money in various cryptocurrency related industries. to him There are endless ways to make moneyI did it.
Meanwhile, Hanyets ordered pizza again in 2018 using a cryptocurrency trading system called’Lightning Network’. “I wanted to show you how the Lightning Network works in everyday life,” he said, revealing the pizza order. It is a parody performance and homage to the second edition of the pizza, which he ate in bitcoin in 2010.
On this day, his children ate pizza together wearing T-shirts that read “I love pizza” and “I love bitcoin” respectively.
The netizens who came into contact with Hanyets’ story responded that they were surprised. They commented, “Thanks to that, bitcoin has a possibility of currency.” “Thanks to it, there is now bitcoin” “If you are a coin man, you should be grateful” “What happened to the pizza restaurant” He left various opinions such as, “Is there any item that will become such a rich person even now?” “I think I will buy it if I have a few hundred thousand coins.”
Posts containing information about Hanyets and Bitcoin Pizza Day are posted in various online communities. 280,000+ viewsIt became a hot topic by recording.