{"id":61814,"date":"2022-05-22T10:28:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T07:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=61814"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:21:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T11:21:17","slug":"bitcoin-pizza-day-cz-changpeng-zhao-personally-cooks-pizza-at-mister-pizza-as-pizzadao-hosts-100-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-pizza-day-cz-changpeng-zhao-personally-cooks-pizza-at-mister-pizza-as-pizzadao-hosts-100-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Pizza Day: CZ Changpeng Zhao Personally Cooks Pizza at Mister Pizza as PizzaDAO Hosts 100 Parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year on May 22 the cryptocurrency community marks Bitcoin Pizza Day. The occasion stems from a landmark event for the industry, when in 2010 programmer Laszlo Hanyecz <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcointalk.org\/index.php?topic=137.0\">purchased<\/a> two Papa John\u2019s pizzas for 10,000 BTC.<\/p>\n<p>As of writing they are worth more than $294 million. Today for that money you could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/p\/picasso-young-girl-painting-115-million\/\">buy two<\/a> Picasso &#8220;Young Girl with a Flower Basket&#8221; paintings ($115 million) or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sothebys\/status\/1461497347377086467?s=20&#038;t=DTEq3Xyw7RdVcWPNRQF7Bg\">six original copies<\/a> of the United States Constitution ($43.2 million).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Bitcoin pizza is worth $294,756,033 today. (+0.98% from yesterday) Today is Bitcoin pizza day!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bitcoin Pizza ? (@bitcoin_pizza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bitcoin_pizza\/status\/1528182363980693511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>PizzaDAO decided to host 100 parties in 75 countries, including the United States, Argentina, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and Japan. The decentralised autonomous organisation also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rarepizzas.com\/\">released<\/a> an NFT collection, Rare Pizza, dedicated to the milestone day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ja\">\u4ee3\u5b98\u5c71\u3067 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BitcoinPizzaDay?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BitcoinPizzaDay<\/a> ??<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pizza_DAO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Pizza_DAO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5PMULNXaln\">pic.twitter.com\/5PMULNXaln<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Takara@kiz77.eth (@kiz77_eth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kiz77_eth\/status\/1528244374282567682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On the eve of Bitcoin Pizza Day, the cryptocurrency exchange Binance hosted a themed event in Cannes. The company&#8217;s CEO Changpeng Zhao attended \u2014 he personally cooked pizza for visitors at Mister Pizza.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thanks to Mister Pizza for letting us use the shop, and teaching me how to make the pizza. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dbe5AQBB2d\">pic.twitter.com\/Dbe5AQBB2d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CZ ? Binance (@cz_binance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cz_binance\/status\/1527767453090123776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Binance also launched a competition, in which it will award five users a &#8216;year\u2019s supply of free pizza&#8217; ($2,000 in BNB). The winners will be announced on May 29.<\/p>\n<p>KuCoin is running a contest for $500 in USDT. Users were invited to tell the story of their first real-world purchase using cryptocurrency. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? $500 GIVEAWAY ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BitcoinPizzaDay?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BitcoinPizzaDay<\/a> is coming. Let\u2019s start the celebration! ???<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kucoincom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kucoincom<\/a> <br \/>\u2705 Comment the story of your first \u00abreal world\u00bb purchase using <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/crypto?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#crypto<\/a><br \/>\u2705 Retweet &#038; tag 3 friends to join<\/p>\n<p>? 10 winners will each receive 50 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24USDT&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$USDT<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1DV3cy0V4t\">pic.twitter.com\/1DV3cy0V4t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KUCOIN (@kucoincom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kucoincom\/status\/1527574853833719809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Huobi platform announced that it would distribute 1 BTC among 100 winners who buy a pizza with Dogecoin (DOGE).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Happy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HuobiPizzaDay?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HuobiPizzaDay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>12 yrs ago Laszlo bought 2 pizzas?w\/ 10,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>12 yrs later, who will be the 1st one to buy a Pizza?with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24DOGE&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$DOGE<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>? 100 WINNERS share 1 BTC<\/p>\n<p>\u2705Take a photo of the pizza you bought w\/ DOGE, RT+ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HuobiGlobal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HuobiGlobal<\/a><br \/>\u2705<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> to eat the pizza together<br \/>Fill in?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Huobi (@HuobiGlobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HuobiGlobal\/status\/1527185888018452481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In May 2020, Laszlo Hanyecz said he had actually spent far more than 10,000 BTC on pizzas.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news on our Telegram \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year on May 22 the cryptocurrency community marks Bitcoin Pizza Day. 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