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Bitcoin Pizza Day: A $41 Experiment Now Worth Billions

Sixteen years after software developer Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 Bitcoins for two pizzas, the crypto community marked Bitcoin Pizza Day. That $41 experiment is now worth over $767 million, briefly hitting $1.2 billion at Bitcoin's peak. The 2010 transaction proved a decentralized digital asset could facilitate real commerce, a far cry from today's ambitions. The scale has grown dramatically, with nations like Iran announcing Bitcoin could be used to pay for critical shipping tolls, though on-chain evidence remains lacking. In the US, lawmakers push for Bitcoin reserves and tax exemptions. What began as a quirky purchase has ignited a global conversation on national reserves, international trade, and the future of money itself.

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