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Bitcoin pizza transaction anniversary

In the original BitcoinTalk thread, Laszlo Hanyecz reported on May 22, 2010 that he had successfully traded 10,000 bitcoins for pizza. “Bitcoin Pizza Day” is a later community name for that anniversary.

Date / rule22 May 2010
ScopeBitcoin community / historical transaction documented in the original BitcoinTalk thread
VerificationPrimary Historical Record Verified
PortabilityHistorical Legacy
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyHistorical Only
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Bitcoin pizza transaction anniversary?

In the original BitcoinTalk thread, Laszlo Hanyecz reported on May 22, 2010 that he had successfully traded 10,000 bitcoins for pizza. “Bitcoin Pizza Day” is a later community name for that anniversary.

Date and recurrence

22 May 2010

This is retained as historical or legacy evidence. The site does not assume that the observance still recurs today.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Bitcoin community / historical transaction documented in the original BitcoinTalk thread. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Bitcoin Pizza Day

Classification

Topic and context

Food, Drink & Hospitality →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Historical Context Only.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. BitcoinTalk — Pizza for bitcoins? original threadPrimary Historical Record
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Bitcoin pizza transaction anniversary?

22 May 2010 The stored recurrence guidance is: Historical transaction anniversary: 22 May 2010.

Does Bitcoin pizza transaction anniversary fall on the same date every year?

The record is historical/legacy and is not treated as a currently recurring annual date.

Is Bitcoin pizza transaction anniversary an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Bitcoin community / historical transaction documented in the original BitcoinTalk thread. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Bitcoin pizza transaction anniversary?

The stored designation basis is: In the original BitcoinTalk thread, Laszlo Hanyecz reported on May 22, 2010 that he had successfully traded 10,000 bitcoins for pizza. “Bitcoin Pizza Day” is a later community name for that anniversary.. Supporting provenance includes BitcoinTalk — Pizza for bitcoins? original thread. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Bitcoin pizza transaction anniversary international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Bitcoin community / historical transaction documented in the original BitcoinTalk thread. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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