Crazy Facts About Bitcoin You Didn’t Know

Haliys Smit

Bitcoin's First Purchase Was Pizza: In 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC for two pizzas, now celebrated annually as Bitcoin Pizza Day

20% of Bitcoins Are Inaccessible: Approximately 20% of all Bitcoins are lost or stranded in wallets due to forgotten passwords or misplaced keys

Teen Became Millionaire with Bitcoin: At age 12, Erik Finman invested $1,000 in Bitcoin; by 18, he became a millionaire

Bitcoin's Supply Cap at 21 Million: The total number of Bitcoins is limited to 21 million, making it a deflationary digital asset

Bitcoin's First Mortgage in 2019: Brock Pierce secured the first crypto-based mortgage, purchasing a chapel in Amsterdam with over 3 million BTC

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