50 Million for 2 Pizzas - The Bitcoin Pizza | Ep. #37 - Q&A Selling Online - From Amazon FBA to Shopify, Digital Marketing and Facebook Ads

Summary: The Bitcoin Pizza story, how a programmer paid 10,000 bitcoin for 2 pizzas.<br> Back in 2010, Florida programmer Laszlo Hanyecz talked someone into accepting the 10,000 <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137.msg1195#msg1195" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bitcoins</a> he’d “mined” on his computer in exchange for two pizzas.<br> “It wasn’t like Bitcoins had any value back then, so the idea of trading them for a pizza was incredibly cool,” Mr. Hanyecz told the <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/22/disruptions-betting-on-bitcoin/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">New York Times</a> recently.<br> In those distant days before twerking went mainstream, Hanyecz estimated that each Bitcoin his computer had earned through basically crunching numbers was worth a fraction of a cent, like the cash value of a coupon you might receive in the mail, only much less.<br> So at the time, it seemed like something of a coup to score two piping hot pies with money that some software had essentially willed into existence through some fringe mathematical magic.<br> Always remember to keep your eyes open for opportunities.<br> Failure will always happen, but in the case, you succeed, make sure it counts<br>  <br> Thanks<br> QA<br>  <br>