Crypto Twitter was set on fire on May 14 with a suggestion that the world’s first real-world purchase made by bitcoin may have been for a JPEG, not a pizza.
In a tweet by independent developer Udi Wertheimer, the bitcoin advocate shared a screenshot showing what may have been the first purchase using bitcoin — even before the infamous bitcoin pizza.
it was twitter space fire
We found that:
First purchase with bitcoin was buying a JPEG for 500 BTC in February 2010
This is before the famous 10,000 BTC pizza
Satoshi himself helped facilitate the JPEG sale.
Laser-Eye Cult in Total Disarray pic.twitter.com/b6ESOkbf0i
— Udi Wertheimer ♂️ (@udiWertheimer) May 14, 2023
The posted screenshot is from January 24, 2010, a full four months before Bitcoin Pizza Day – when bitcoin developer Laszlo Hanecz paid 10,000 bitcoins for two pizzas. widely regarded First real-world purchase made using bitcoin.
The screenshot shows a user named Sabunir by trying to sell a photograph for 500 bitcoins – roughly worth $1 at the time – on the bitcoin forum BitcoinTalk.
It also shed light on pseudonymous bitcoin Founder Satoshi Nakamoto was trying to get Involved To help with sales.
However, the claim has been cast with skepticism, with a tweet from professional poker player-turned-crypto investor Mike McDonald pointing to a screenshot that suggested a bitcoin transaction may have been a charity, implying that the JPEG was actually ” was not sold”.
I’m not sure if it has been removed yet, but it looks like Sabunir’s 500 BTC was a donation rather than a sale.
He posted his address for his NFT on January 24th, then posted it again on February 24th in the BTC logo thread. Feb 24th 500 BTC sent, Feb 25th they thank 2 people for donating 1/2 pic.twitter.com/6Rk9Ont9KU
— Mike McDonald (@mikemcdonald89) May 14, 2023
In a later tweet, Wertheimer acknowledged that his original tweet may have been erroneous, although Sabunir listed a jpeg for sale at a price of 500 BTC and received the same amount at his address a month later, ” It is possible that the 500 BTC was sent as a donation to a separate conversation” and the sale of the JPEG never actually took place.
Wertheimer said, without confirmation from Sabunir in person, it is unclear what the 500 BTC were transferred for.
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comes in the wake of the rumor bitcoin ordinals eventwhich has over 6.1 million images, videos and even token views at the time of publication — via BRC-20 Token Standard – minted on the bitcoin blockchain.
Wertheimer has been a major proponent of bitcoin NFTs ever since. ordinals protocol Created by Casey Rodamor on January 21 of this year, it allows users to “write” new pieces of data onto the bitcoin blockchain.
Wertheimer has since been working to drive a new wave of NFT enthusiasts to bitcoin through an Ordinals project called Taproot Wizards, which comes from its name. taproot soft fork This enabled the creation of the Ordinals Protocol for the first time.
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