Primordial NFT? Someone tried to sell a JPEG for BTC months before Bitcoin Pizza Day
Crypto Twitter was briefly set ablaze on May 14 with a suggestion that the world’s first real-world purchase made by Bitcoin may have been for a JPEG, not pizza.
In a tweet from independent developer Udi Wertheimer, the Bitcoin advocate shared a screenshot showing what could have been the first-ever purchase using Bitcoin — even predating the infamous Bitcoin Pizza.
This Twitter Space was FIREWe discovered that: the first purchase EVER with bitcoin was buying a JPEG for 500 BTC in Feb 2010 it pre-dates the the famous 10,000 BTC pizza satoshi himself helped facilitate the JPEG sale laser-eye cult in absolute SHAMBLES pic.twitter.com/b6ESOkbf0i
The posted screenshot is dated Jan. 24, 2010, a full four months before Bitcoin Pizza Day — where Bitcoin developer Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 Bitcoin for two pizzas — widely considered to be the first real-world purchase made through Bitcoin.
The screenshot shows a user called Sabunir attempting to sell a picture for 500 Bitcoin — worth roughly $1 at the time — on Bitcoin Forum Bitcointalk.
It even highlighted that pseudonymous Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto was trying to get involved in helping the sale go through.
Doubt has been cast on the claim however, with a tweet from professional poker player turned crypto investor Mike McDonald pointing to a screenshot that suggests the Bitcoin transaction could have been a donation, meaning the JPEG was never actually "sold."
I'm not sure if it has been dispelled yet but it seems like Sabunir's 500 btc was a donation rather than sale.He posted his address for his NFT Jan 24, then posted it again in the btc logo thread on Feb 24. Feb 24 500 btc was sent, Feb 25 he thanks 2 people for donations 1/2 pic.twitter.com/6Rk9Ont9KU
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