SANTO DOMINGO- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. MAY. On Sunday, May 22, we were participating in Bitcoin Pizza Day. Thanks to the generosity of a group of young people in the US since 2021, the JB Foundation has been participating in this international event, which consists of giving free pizza to everyone.
“Bitcoin pizza day”, a celebration that in the Bitcoin community and for the crypto ecosystem in general represents an important moment in its history. Laszlo Hanyecz was the protagonist of this event that is remembered with emotion by many.
It all started days before when Laszlo, on May 18, 2010, shared in the Bitcointalk forum his desire to pay 10,000 BTC for two large pizzas, anticipating that he would have pizza left for the next day. , since he liked to eat it reheated.
Reason for celebration
Since then, in a traditional way, the bitcoiner community meets to celebrate this event since it marked a before and after in the history of the cryptocurrency and not only of this, but also in the economy, since in the Currently there are many people trading with Bitcoin, in addition to large companies such as Tesla, Microstrategy and governments such as El Salvador who buy and trade with Bitcoins.