2010’s 10,000 Bitcoins Pizza Guy Repeats Feat With Historic Lightning Network Transaction

in bitcoin •  7 years ago 

 Laszlo Hanyecz, best known for making the first documented transaction in which Bitcoin was used to purchase a physical item, recently christened the Lightning Network (LN) with the help of a sympathetic pizza delivery driver and a jerry-rigged atomic swap. 
 Hanyecz ensconced his place in Bitcoin lore on May 22, 2010, when he paid another early adopter 10,000 BTC to order him two pizzas. This transaction — believed to be the first in which a seller accepted a Bitcoin payment for a physical item — spawned both Bitcoin Pizza Day and the “Bitcoin Pizza Index,” which calculates the present value of coins used in that historic transaction. 

Full article: https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-pizza-guy-lightning-network/

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