Known within the crypto world as “Bitcoin Pizza Guy,” Laszlo Hanyecz opened up about his lack foresight during last night’s airing “60 Minutes.”
Anderson Cooper was all ears last night for his interview with the dooood that dropped the equivalent $800 million in bitcoin on two Papa John’s pizzas back in 2010. The ficial transcript reads like this: Laszlo Hanyecz unknowingly spent 10,000 BTC. on the pizzas in what would appear to be a mindless transaction to the uninformed. Hanyecz spoke at length about his decision during last night’s Bitcoin special on 60 Minutes.
Had he not held a little longer, and perhaps believed in his investment to some degree, those 10,000 BTC would have risen to $800 million in value in the not so distant future. In his defense, the lot he spent on the two pizzas was virtually worthless at the time, evidently so – about as much as two pizzas will run you in 2019, give or take a 5-note or two.
Unbeknownst to host Anderson Cooper, whose knowledge cryptocurrency is admittedly sparse, the exchange rate in 2010 wasn’t quite as forceful, or volatile as it is today. “That’s $800 million. You spent about $800 million on pizza?” Cooper asked his guest, as a person would with his limited insight into the nuances Bitcoin trading and mining. In response, Hanyecz, an early investor in the tech world, told his host that for the sake his sanity, and general well-being, he tries not to dwell on the “what ifs” his Papa John’s purchase.
In an earlier print interview with the Coin Telegraph, Laszlo Hanyecz even admitted that he didn’t regret his purchase, in light the fact, the transaction was in itself a pioneering step in the right direction.
“I don’t regret it. I think that it’s great that I got to be part the early history Bitcoin in that way, and people know about the pizza and it’s an interesting story because everybody can kind relate to that and be like] – ‘Oh my God, you spent all that money,” he said quite frankly. “I was also kind giving people tech support on the forums and I ported Bitcoin to MacOS, and you know, some other things – fix bugs and whatnot, and I’ve always kind just wanted people to use Bitcoin and buying the pizza was one way to do that.”