Bitcoin Pizza Day: crypto community marks the occasion with giveaways and pizza orders

Every year on May 22 the cryptocurrency community marks Bitcoin Pizza Day. The celebration stems from a landmark event for the industry, when in 2010 programmer Laszlo Hanyecz bought two pizzas for 10,000 BTC. At the time of writing they were worth about $360 million.

In 2021, the community marks Bitcoin Pizza Day for the 11th time. ForkLog has gathered greetings and promotions for the occasion.

The data analytics service CoinGecko’s team congratulated its followers and issued a non-fungible token (NFT). The NFT can be purchased in the rewards shop using bonus points that registered users earn for visiting the site.

Today we’re celebrating #BitcoinPizzaDay! 🍕

11 years ago, Laszlo Hanyecz performed the first-ever $BTC transaction when he paid for two slices of pizza!

We’ve also got a special surprise for you — yum yum in your tum tum 👇😋https://t.co/xGVNPDDSCq pic.twitter.com/Lo2L5B4vVX

— CoinGecko (@coingecko) May 21, 2021

The payments processor BitPay proposed issuing a BitPay Mastercard for ordering at Papa John’s, Pizza Hut and Domino’s.

Tomorrow… #BitcoinPizzaDay Since you can’t use crypto at @papajohns, @pizzahut or @dominos you’ll need the #BitPay Mastercard. Get it today: https://t.co/IWzIzKjJGl #bitcoinpizzaday #bitcoin #BTC #bitpay pic.twitter.com/3yqSUPIewM

— BitPay (@BitPay) May 21, 2021

The cryptocurrency exchange Huobi is conducting an airdrop of $22,000 with a guaranteed prize of $5,220 for a single winner.

🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕
Huobi’s Largest #Airdrop Ever!

Total prize pool=$22,000

🎁$5,220 🎁grand #prize for 1⃣ single person!

Follow@DujunX@HECO_Chain@LendHubDefi @Mdextech

RT+tag 5#pizzaday #Bitcoin #cryptocurrency

Grab your chance!⬇️

— Huobi (@HuobiGlobal) May 19, 2021

In honour of the “first commercial cryptocurrency transaction,” Fidelity Digital Assets donated to the Food Bank, a charity that collects and distributes food to those in need.

Tomorrow is #BitcoinPizzaDay 🍕! Today, the 2 pizzas bought for 10,000 bitcoins in 2010 are worth $~400,000,000.

In honor of the first commercial crypto transaction, we’re making a donation to @foodbanking. Celebrate with us by using the image below for your Zoom calls. pic.twitter.com/IPVhZjt7qm

— Fidelity Digital Assets (@DigitalAssets) May 21, 2021

Co-founder of venture firm Morgan Creek Digital Anthony Pompliano launched an online pizzeria Bitcoin Pizza. He promised to donate the proceeds to the Bitcoin Development Fund.

Today I am announcing Bitcoin Pizza — a new national pizza brand that is launching in 10 cities.

The first pizzas will be delivered this Saturday, which is the 11 year anniversary of the infamous bitcoin pizza transaction.

Buy pizza: https://t.co/L6AkyRPgjr 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/nUkCZd430Q

— Pomp 🌪 (@APompliano) May 18, 2021

Pompliano said that on May 22 the number of pizzas for order would be limited — 10,000 boxes, one for each bitcoin spent 11 years ago.

This Saturday we will only be selling 10,000 pizzas in celebration of the very first bitcoin purchase for a good or service.

It was exactly 11 years ago on Saturday when 10,000 bitcoin were spent for 2 pizzas.

Now you can be part of this historic day: https://t.co/L6AkyRPgjr pic.twitter.com/0Kp3uKnljG

— Pomp 🌪 (@APompliano) May 18, 2021

OKCoin, the bitcoin exchange, backed the idea and announced a giveaway of 100 pizzas.

We 💙 @APompliano’s Bitcoin Pizza campaign to support #Bitcoin development so much that we’re joining as the first partner and giving away 100 free pizzas! Retweet and follow us to enter if you’re in the 10 cities served. We’ll share winners May 22. More: https://t.co/dN4yRGkiWb pic.twitter.com/l35WPgdkv1

— Okcoin (@Okcoin) May 20, 2021

Paxful runs a contest for $100 in BTC.

How do YOU like your pizza? Get creative and show us on #BitcoinPizzaDay for a chance to win $100 in BTC 🍕

Here’s how you can enter 👉 https://t.co/0ltNZMukrc pic.twitter.com/kJ6ngeV0qk

— Paxful (@paxful) May 17, 2021

BitMart, the cryptocurrency exchange, announced a prize of $522.

⏮️On 5/22/2010, someone bought 2 Papa John’s 🍕 with 10K $BTC. In honour of this iconic purchase, we’ll give away $522 on #BitcoinPizzaDay!

1⃣Follow & RT
2⃣Name your pizza (crypto-related) & comment 👇
3⃣Fill out: https://t.co/875rxVXr3N

🎁52 lucky winners
⏰By 10 AM EDT May 24 pic.twitter.com/jyJvM8Lhj7

— BitMart.Exchange (@BitMartExchange) May 20, 2021

KuCoin, the cryptocurrency exchange, limited itself to a simple greeting for Bitcoin Pizza Day.

Happy #BitcoinPizzaDay! 🍕

Have you got a pizza for yourself today? #Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/023Ej5a5qu

— KUCOIN (@kucoincom) May 22, 2021

In February 2021, a Reddit user described plans by a pizza delivery driver to cash out tips in bitcoin that had sat since 2013.

In May 2020, Laszlo Hanyecz revealed that he had actually spent far more than 10,000 BTC on pizzas.

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