Every year on May 22, the cryptocurrency community celebrates Bitcoin Pizza Day. The reason for the celebration was a landmark event for the industry, when in 2010 programmer Laszlo Heinitz purchased two Papa John's pizzas for 10,000 BTC.
At the time of writing, they are worth about $700 million. In 2024, the community celebrates Bitcoin Pizza Day for the 14th time. ForkLog has collected congratulations and promotions for the holiday.
Among the supporters of the event is the Binance crypto exchange. This year, the platform is raffling off $2,000 among community members and cooking pizza offline.
Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day! 🍕 pic.twitter.com/bPkcNG7yfi
— Binance (@binance) May 22, 2024Gemini Exchange has announced a cash competition in honor of the holiday.
Welcome to #GeminiGiveaways✨ our new giveaway series. To celebrate Bitcoin Pizza Day, we’re giving away $500 in #BTC to 1 new or existing Gemini user 🍕
MUST follow the rules to enter: https://t.co/xb3RZcfr3d pic.twitter.com/yDay9euzhV
HTX representatives congratulated the community, marking another important year for the industry.
Happy #Bitcoin Pizza Day!🍕
Celebrating the milestone when Bitcoin bought its first pizza. Here's to innovation, prosperity, and a future of possibilities! 🍕🚀#HTX_PizzaDay pic.twitter.com/9bQlnFckAV
OKX exchange shared a meme about how Heinitz worries about spending bitcoins every year.
POV: Laszlo every year on Bitcoin Pizza Day 🥹 pic.twitter.com/zSsYdfWBg3
— OKX (@okx) May 22, 2024By the significant date, the CoinGecko aggregator has collected bitcoin exchange rates on this day for 15 years.
$BTC Price on Bitcoin Pizza Day 🍕
Today: $70,098
2023: $26,773
2022: $29,492
2021: $37340
2020: $9060
2019: $7958
2018: $8355
2017: $2109
2016: $439
2015: $241
2014: $523
2013: $123
2012: $5.10
2011: $6.12
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino congratulated the community on the holiday. According to him, the task of the day is to share pizza with a friend and tell him about bitcoin.
Enjoy your #BITCOIN pizza 🍕 day.
Task of the day. Offer a slice of pizza to a friend and orange pill him/her.
In 2022, ForkLog magazine released themed NFTs on OpenSea, timed to coincide with Pizza Day.
Recall that in May 2020, Laszlo Heinnitz said that he actually spent significantly more than 10,000 BTC on pizzas.
In 2021, the management of the Dutch Domino's Pizza franchise offered employees to receive salaries in the first cryptocurrency in honor of Bitcoin Pizza Day.