From (((Wikipedia))) Yes, I know that Wikipedia's founder (((Jimmy Wales))) was a "porn king" who sold online pornography before launching Wikipedia. But whether true or not, this is the official story:
"On 22 May 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz made the first real-world transaction by buying two pizzas in Jacksonville, Florida for 10,000 BTC. In five days, the price grew 1000%, rising from $0.008 to $0.08 for 1 bitcoin."
At the moment, we are talking about around $140,000,000. Ok, I am perfectly willing to accept that this 2010 transaction may have been innocent and related to a cheap dinner. But seriously, what are the odds? Also, the unknown creator(s) of bitcoin and their close associates knew it could take off big time. A port city in Florida? Someone with two young humans (well past their best by date?) to traffic might have taken a flyer on the new crypto currency and wanted to make a historical inside joke. And who would have been more interested in an almost untraceable payment system than those wanting to buy and sell children?
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ponyfriend ago
supposedly this was actually for two pizzas, it was like $20 in bitcoin at the time. if it wasn't such a famous case, i would be more suspect. i didn't realize it went up so much so quickly, 10x in 5 days, wow.
Flat_Truth ago
It did not go up 10x in five days... it has gone up from around 10k to 14k though and won't stop any time soon. John McAfee promised if its not over $500,000 in three years, he'll suck himself off on live video..... unfortunately (or fortunately if you own bitcoin), we won't be seeing John sucking himself off :/