Romanian crypto investor Daniel Nita bought 10,000 pizzas for 1.01 BTC (~$26,800 at the time of purchase) to celebrate Bitcoin Pizza Day.
Breaking! Just bought 10,000 pizza with 1 #bitcoin with #binance pay. History has been made. LFG #romania #bizza pic.twitter.com/LVBO0APHaJ
— Daniel Nita ?? (@realdanielnita) May 22, 2023
Nita placed the order at Vintage Pub in Bucharest, paying via Binance Pay.
The investor’s post drew the attention of the community, including Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. He replied to the tweet and promised to try the local pizza when he is next in Romania.
13 years ago, 1 pizza for 10,000 BTC.
Today, 10,000 pizza for 1 BTC. Still a legend!That’s a lot of pizza now I think about it. I assume I can have some pizza when I am in Romania again.? https://t.co/0PCDO7PVCY
— CZ ? Binance (@cz_binance) May 22, 2023
Nita apparently organized a pizza giveaway on the streets of the city. Some users shared photos from the event.
— Raluca Valentina (@RalucaVale03) May 22, 2023
Every year on May 22 the cryptocurrency community marks Bitcoin Pizza Day. The occasion stems from a milestone when in 2010 programmer Laszlo Hanyecz bought two Papa John’s pizzas for 10 000 BTC.
2023 conducted campaigns and giveaways in celebration of the holiday.
In May 2020, Laszlo Hanyecz revealed that he had actually spent far more than 10,000 BTC on pizzas.
In 2021, the management of the Dutch Domino’s Pizza franchise offered staff the option to be paid in the leading cryptocurrency in honor of Bitcoin Pizza Day.