On May 22, 2009, a 19 year old made history. Jeremy Sturdivant (19) saw a request on BitcoinTalk forum, posted just 3 days prior by Laslo Hanyecz (28), creating the first concrete valuation of bitcoin.
Laslo’s exact request?
“I’ll pay 10,000 bitcoins for a couple of pizzas.. like maybe 2 large ones so I have some left over for the next day. I like having left over pizza to nibble on later,” he wrote.
“You can make the pizza yourself and bring it to my house or order it for me from a delivery place, but what I’m aiming for is getting food delivered in exchange for bitcoins where I don’t have to order or prepare it myself, kind of like ordering a ‘breakfast platter’ at a hotel or something,...