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Bitcoin Pizza Day's Sixth Anniversary!

It’s that time of year. The anniversary of the notorious Bitcoin Pizza Day. On May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz, a developer, paid $10,000 BTC for two pizzas from the Papa John’s franchise. Every year on this date, people celebrate this historic transaction that would cost $4.4 million USD at today’s current rates for 16 slices of pizza.

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Bitcoin Pizza Day Celebrated Once Again

This year, scrolling through various social media platforms, the momentous day is being celebrated once again in 2016. Throughout Twitter, the #BitcoinPizzaDay hashtag is in full effect with people remembering the purchase and of course swathes of pizza-related memes. At the time when Laszlo Hanyecz bought the pizzas, the transaction was roughly $20 worth of bitcoins and was completed to test out whether the point of sale could be accomplished. The Florida programmer Laszlo Hanyecz told the New York Times:

“It wasn’t like Bitcoins had any value back then, so the idea of trading them for a pizza was incredibly cool.”

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Papa Johns Partners with Ronald McDonald House Charities

Across the world wide web, you can find deals from multiple pizza vendors online who accept BTC. For instance, you can save £5 off Pizza Express gift cards, and Chopcoin.io is holding a pizza day contest that will award the winners with bitcoin. Another cool #BitcoinPizzaDay celebration maintained by the NY Bitcoin Group is a partnership between Papa John’s pizza chain and Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) from the Capital Region. Donors can purchase pizza for RMHC families using bitcoin via Bitpay.

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 Alongside the pizza day-fiesta, the altcoin community is trying to get in on the action. The Twitter handle MerchantIntegration tweeted out the news today about another interesting aspect of today’s Pizza-related celebration, showing the purchase of Papa John’s pizzas using Ethereum. Cryptocurrency enthusiasts everywhere typically get hyped up about the anniversary of the historic day — this year’s event seems to be just as popular. 

What are you doing on #BitcoinPizzaDay? Let us know in the comments below!

Images via Twitter and RMHC.  

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Bitcoin Pizza Day, BitPay, NY Bitcoin Group, Papa Johns, Pizza Express, RMHC
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Jamie Redman

Jamie Redman is a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for Bitcoin, open source code, and decentralized applications. Redman has written thousands of articles for news.Bitcoin.com about the disruptive protocols emerging today.