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Bitcoin in 2010
1 key event this year.
Here is what happened to Bitcoin in 2010, in date order, with the daily close from our price data where it covers the date.
Our price data does not cover this year, so no chart or prices are shown.
Events in 2010
Bitcoin Pizza Day May 22, 2010
On May 22, 2010, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz in Jacksonville, Florida paid 10,000 BTC to another forum user, who ordered two Papa John's pizzas delivered to him. Hanyecz had posted the offer on the BitcoinTalk forum four days earlier. It is widely remembered as the first time bitcoin bought a physical good.
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