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126 sats \ 0 replies \ @endothermicdev 17h \ on: The Two Papa John's pizzas ordered in 2010 now close to $1B mistake bitcoin
IIRC, he was mining a substantial fraction of blocks at the time and doing so well that he was looking to distribute the proceeds a bit. This was much more likely a conscious decision, not a shortsighted mistake. After all, a monetary medium works better when there's some distribution and not just a single owner. Let's also not pretend like Laszlo traded the entirety of his bitcoin for two pizzas.