Investing · Digital currencyMay 2010
Two pizzas for 10,000 bitcoin
A forum user offers 10,000 bitcoin to anyone who will arrange delivery of two pizzas. The network is experimental, liquidity is thin, and proving that the tokens can buy something is part of the point.
- A commenter estimates the offered bitcoin at about $41 at the time.
- The recipient must spend ordinary money with the restaurant and accept bitcoin from the buyer.
- There is no reliable future price and no reason to assume either person will hold the coins indefinitely.
What happened next
Spending it helped make it useful.
The trade was completed four days after the original post and became widely regarded as the first known purchase of real-world goods with bitcoin. The restaurant itself did not accept bitcoin directly.
10,000 BTCAmount transferred
2 pizzasGoods arranged
4 daysOffer to confirmation
Historical account, not crypto advice. Any present-value tile must use a clearly identified price source and timestamp. It is a counterfactual that assumes continuous ownership, not money the purchaser literally lost.
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