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If you bought $100 of bitcoin 7 years ago, you'd be sitting on $72.9 million
now after new record high
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/bought-100-bitcoin-7-years-081422112.html
Monday marks the seven-year anniversary of Bitcoin Pizza Day – the moment a
programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz spent 10,000 bitcoin on two Papa John's
pizzas.
More important than the episode being widely recognized as the first
transaction using the cryptocurrency is what it tells us about the bitcoin
rally that saw it break through the $2,100 mark on Monday.
Bitcoin (Exchange: BTC=-USS) was trading as high as $2,185.89 in the early
hours of Monday morning, hitting a fresh record high, after first powering
through the $2,000 barrier over the weekend, according to CoinDesk data.
On May 22, 2010, Hanyecz asked a fellow enthusiast on a bitcoin forum to
accept 10,000 bitcoin for two Papa John's Pizzas. At the time, Hanyecz
believed that the coins he had "mined" on his computer were worth around 0.
003 cents each.
Bitcoin mining involves solving a complex mathematical solution with the
miner being rewarded in bitcoin. This is how Hanyecz got his initial coins.
The cryptocurrency has many doubters as it continues to be associated with
criminal activity, but it has still seen a stunning rally. Here are two
facts, on Bitcoin Pizza Day, however, that highlight this:
While being worth $30 at the time, Hanyecz pizzas would now cost $21.8
million at current bitcoin prices
If you bought $100 of bitcoin at the 0.003 cent price on May 22, 2010, you'd
now be sitting on around $72.9 million
A number of factors have been driving the rally:
Recently passed legislation in Japan that allows retailers to start
accepting bitcoin as a legal currency has boosted trading in yen, which now
accounts for over 40 percent of all bitcoin trade
Political uncertainty globally has driven demand for bitcoin as a safe haven
asset
A debate within the bitcoin community about the future of the underlying
technology behind bitcoin known as the blockchain has been taking place.
There was fear at one point this could lead to the creation of two separate
cryptocurrencies but those worries have largely subsided with an alternative
, more palatable option now being put forward.
For an in-depth look at the factors driving bitcoin, click here.
Bitcoin has rallied over 117 percent year to-date. year to-date. | B*******s
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