比特幣披薩日：第一次現實加密貨幣購買的15年

星期四是首次已知使用加密貨幣購買現實世界商品的15週年。 laszlo Hanyecz。

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It’s not an official holiday – yet – but for many cryptocurrency enthusiasts “Bitcoin Pizza Day” is still special.

這不是一個正式的假期 - 但是對於許多加密貨幣愛好者來說，“比特幣披薩日”仍然很特別。

Thursday marks the 15th anniversary of the first known use of cryptocurrency to buy real-world goods. The 10,000 bitcoin that software developer Laszlo Hanyecz paid for two Papa John’s pizzas delivered to his Florida home on May 22, 2010, were worth about $41 at the time. Today they’re worth $1.1 billion, as bitcoin hits record high prices.

星期四是首次已知使用加密貨幣購買現實世界商品的15週年。該軟件開發商Laszlo Hanyecz的10,000個比特幣為2010年5月22日運送到他的佛羅里達州住宅的兩個Papa John's Pizzas付了約41美元。如今，隨著比特幣的創紀錄高價，它們的價值11億美元。

Several cryptocurrency companies are announcing promotions and other celebrations to mark Bitcoin Pizza Day. Bitget, a cryptocurrency exchange, announced that it’s giving away pizzas to more than 2,000 people at gatherings held around the world.

幾家加密貨幣公司正在宣布促銷和其他慶祝活動，以紀念比特幣比薩日。加密貨幣交易所Bitget宣布，它將在全球舉行的聚會上向2,000多人贈送比薩餅。

Here’s the backstory of Bitcoin Pizza Day:

這是比特幣披薩日的背景故事：

Humble Beginnings

謙虛的開端

The first bitcoin was created in early 2009 by the digital currency’s still unknown creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. It started as a passion project for libertarian-minded computer nerds who wanted to create a digital payment system that didn't rely on a third party – like a government or financial institution – for transactions.

第一個比特幣是由數字貨幣仍然未知的創作者Satoshi Nakamoto創建的。它最初是一個為自由主義者的計算機書呆子的激情項目，他想創建一個不依賴第三方（例如政府或金融機構）進行交易的數字支付系統。

Hanyecz was an early enthusiast and became active on an early bitcoin internet message board, offering technical advice on how to "mine" bitcoin more effectively.

Hanyecz是早期的愛好者，並活躍於早期的比特幣互聯網留言板上，為如何更有效地“挖掘”比特幣的技術建議。

Central to bitcoin's technology is the process through which transactions are verified and then recorded on what's known as the blockchain. Computers connected to the bitcoin network race to solve complex mathematical calculations that verify the transactions, with the winner earning newly-minted bitcoins as a reward in a process known as mining.

比特幣技術的核心是驗證交易然後記錄在所謂區塊鏈上的過程。連接到比特幣網絡競賽的計算機來求解驗證交易的複雜數學計算，獲勝者在稱為採礦的過程中贏得了新砍伐的比特幣作為獎勵。

In the early days, enthusiasts could mine bitcoin through their home computers and Hanyecz accumulated thousands of the new digital asset. Nowadays, mining bitcoin has become a highly competitive field with multi-billion-dollar companies using specialized computers in entire data centers to acquire new bitcoins.

在早期，發燒友可以通過其家用計算機挖掘比特幣，而Hanyecz積累了數千個新的數字資產。如今，採礦比特幣已成為一個競爭激烈的領域，在整個數據中心使用專用計算機來獲取新的比特幣。

‘No weird fish topping’

“沒有奇怪的魚澆頭”

In the early days, no one quite knew what to do with the bitcoin they were mining. On May 18, 2010, Hanyecz tried an experiment and posted a message offering 10,000 bitcoins for pizza.

在早期，沒人知道如何處理他們正在採礦的比特幣。 2010年5月18日，Hanyecz嘗試了一個實驗，並發布了一條消息，為披薩提供了10,000個比特幣。

"I like things like onions, peppers, sausage, mushrooms, tomatoes, pepperoni, etc.. just standard stuff no weird fish topping or anything like that," Hanyecz wrote.

Hanyecz寫道：“我喜歡洋蔥，辣椒，香腸，蘑菇，西紅柿，意大利辣香腸等。只是標準的東西，沒有奇怪的魚澆頭或類似的東西。”

Three days later, Hanyecz wondered if he needed to up the price.

三天后，Hanyecz想知道他是否需要提高價格。

"So nobody wants to buy me pizza? Is the bitcoin amount I'm offering too low?" he wrote.

“所以沒人願意給我買比薩餅嗎？我提供的比特幣金額太低了嗎？”他寫道。

But the next day, Hanyecz said he'd successfully traded his bitcoin for pizza. Another bitcoin enthusiast from California had paid for the Papa John's pizza in exchange for the cryptocurrency, according to a book about bitcoin's early history, "Digital Gold."

但是第二天，漢耶克（Hanyecz）說，他已經成功將比特幣換成了披薩。根據一本關於​​比特幣的早期歷史“ Digital Gold”的書，來自加利福尼亞州的另一位比特幣愛好者付給了約翰·約翰的披薩，以換取加密貨幣。

"A great milestone reached," said another early bitcoin enthusiast on the message board congratulating Hanyecz.

消息板上的另一位早期比特幣愛好者表示：“一個偉大的里程碑達到了。”

Tremendous growth

巨大的增長

It did not take long for bitcoin to take off after the first pizza deal. Bitcoin started getting more publicity and grew, thanks in part to the popularity of an online black-market site, Silk Road, which only accepted bitcoin.

在第一次披薩交易之後，比特幣不久就起飛了。比特幣開始變得越來越宣傳並增長，部分原因是在線黑人市場網站Silk Road的受歡迎程度，該網站僅接受比特幣。

By February 2014, with bitcoin trading at around $600, Hanyecz marveled at what the digital currency had become.

到2014年2月，比特幣交易約為600美元，Hanyecz驚嘆於數字貨幣的變化。

"I mean people can say I'm stupid, but it was a great deal at the time," Hanyecz wrote on the bitcoin message board. "I don't think anyone could have known it would take off like this."

Hanyecz在比特幣留言板上寫道：“我的意思是人們可以說我很愚蠢，但這當時是很多。” “我認為沒有人會知道它會像這樣起飛。”

Five years later, when bitcoin was trading as high as $11,000, Hanyecz reflected on what buying that first pizza meant for bitcoin.

五年後，當比特幣的交易高達11,000美元時，Hanyecz反映了購買第一個比薩餅對比特幣意味著什麼。

"It made it real for some people, I mean it certainly did for me," Hanyecz said on the television show "60 minutes."

Hanyecz在電視節目“ 60分鐘”的電視節目中說：“這對某些人來說是真實的，我的意思是對我肯定是對我的。”

Hanyecz has largely stayed out of the public spotlight in recent years and efforts to contact him by The Associated

近年來，Hanyecz在很大程度上遠離了公眾的關注，並努力通過相關的