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Laszlos transaction was significant because it demonstrated the use of Bitcoin as a medium of exchange for tangible goods and services.
Bitcoin Pizza Day has since become a symbolic event in the global cryptocurrency community.
It serves as a reminder of Bitcoins humble beginnings, the evolution of cryptocurrencies and their increasing acceptance in the wider financial world.
Here is a list of ten crypto communities in Africa who are keeping the Bitcoin spirit alive
All over the world, enthusiasts and supporters of cryptocurrency Bitcoin are organising events, meetups, and sharing stories and memes to commemorate the first documented realworld transaction using Bitcoin.
On May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz, a programmer from Florida, made history by successfully completing a transaction in which he purchased two Papa Johns pizzas for 10,000 bitcoins.
He reportedly posted a message on the Bitcointalk forum, a popular online Bitcoin community, offering 10,000 bitcoins in exchange for someone ordering him two pizzas.
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- Crypto Bootcamp Community
- Hangout Dao
- Women in Defi
- Bitcoin Ekasi
- Afri Bitcoiners
- DigiOats
- Bitcoin for Fairness
- Web3 Ladies
- Africa Bitcoin Organisation
- Bitcoin Dada
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