A desktop picture for $12,000,000
This day 12 years ago was marked as the first attempt to use Bitcoin as a payment mean. The author of the ad wanted to sell a 1280×960 resolution picture for 500 BTC that he said would look great as a desktop background. At that time 500 BTC worth $1. Today it is almost $12,000,000,000. As we know, no one was ever interested in this offer. Crypto folks decided to spend their BTC on pizzas.
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This day 12 years ago was marked as the first attempt to use Bitcoin as a payment mean.
The author of the ad wanted to sell a 1280×960 resolution picture for 500 BTC that he said would look great as a desktop background.
At that time 500 BTC worth $1. Today it is almost $12,000,000,000.
As we know, no one was ever interested in this offer. Crypto folks decided to spend their BTC on pizzas.
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