Bitcoin Pizza Day 2025: Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the First Bitcoin Purchase

May 22, 2025, marked another Bitcoin Pizza Day. It began with a simple trade back in 2010. A Florida programmer offered 10,000 bitcoins for two large pizzas.

May 22, 2025, marked another Bitcoin Pizza Day. It began with a simple trade back in 2010. A Florida programmer offered 10,000 bitcoins for two large pizzas. Those pizzas cost about $41 then. Now, those same coins are worth over $1.1 billion. That shift highlights how much has changed in just 15 years.

First Real Bitcoin Purchase

According to BitcoinTalk forum records, on May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz posted a request to swap 10,000 BTC for two pizzas. 19-year-old user ‘jercos’ replied that he would. He bought two pies from Papa John’s for roughly $25 and had them sent to Hanyecz’s door. That moment became the first time Bitcoin was used to buy a physical item. It was simple and almost accidental. Few saw it as the start of something huge.

Value Surge Over Time

Based on reports from market data sites, Bitcoin hit a new all-time high of $111,056 on May 23, 2025, up 0.25% in 24 hours. A single coin now tops six figures. Those 10,000 BTC would today buy about 70 million pizzas at the same price. The global crypto market cap sits near $3.50 trillion. This rise shows how early bets on crypto have paid off, though not without big swings along the way.

Community Celebrations World Helloween Party in Berlin, Germany, October 27, 2024. (Photo by Markus Maumann/Pool Photo via AP)Local communities around the world are celebrating Bitcoin Pizza Day. In Manila, fans are setting up booths and panels to advise newcomers on topics like choosing a wallet, best practices for online security, and how to read blockchain information. In Europe, smaller restaurants in Italy, France, and Spain are accepting crypto payments for pizza throughout the day. It’s a mix of party atmosphere and beginner lessons as people share stories of their first trades or near-missed gains.

What This Means For Users

For others, Bitcoin Pizza Day is not just nostalgia. It illustrates the risks and rewards of early technology wagers. It reminds consumers how quickly markets turn. Small decisions in 2010 reap gargantuan amounts today, retail investors observe. But it also cautions against wild volatility. Prices increase or decrease by thousands within a matter of hours. Figuring out how to manage that is now part of rudimentary crypto literacy.

Bitcoin Over The Years

Over 15 years, Bitcoin went from an underground code to a mainstream asset, exchanges now offer futures, ETFs and custody services, some governments even speak of holding it as a reserve, and US President Donald Trump has called for clear crypto rules.

As wallets and apps get more user-friendly, people are using Bitcoin for everyday buys and building on-chain payment tools. Before long, grabbing coffee with Bitcoin could feel as normal as swiping a card, an idea that started in 2010 when 10,000 coins bought two pizzas.