Every year on May 22, the crypto world pauses to commemorate what is arguably the most expensive meal in human history — two pizzas that once cost 10,000 Bitcoin. Today, that transaction is worth billions of dollars. This is the story of how it happened, why it matters, and what it still teaches us about money, markets, and conviction.

The Transaction That Started It All

On May 22, 2010, a Florida-based developer named Laszlo Hanyecz posted a now-legendary message on the BitcoinTalk forum. He offered 10,000 BTC to anyone willing to order him two pizzas. A user known as “jercos” took the deal, called Papa John’s, and the rest is crypto history. At the time, Bitcoin was trading at roughly $0.0041 — making the meal a perfectly…