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Topic: The Papa John's store that made the Bitcoin pizzas in 2010 now has a plaque - page 2. (Read 489 times)

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This is definitely a good move, it's a memorable place and done something that is insane. 10k bitcoins equal to 200 million dollars these days right? I earn peaked close to 700 million, and to think that someone spent that much on two large pizzas do really feel like a very big dream that would be hard to wake up from. That person is still around and he still lives to know that he spent 200 million on two large pizzas.

And unless he got back right away and bought some more bitcoins to recover that loss, literally the same day, then he would be out a lot of money. Early birds do not realize the bigness of a project they are in, because it is rarely that big after a decade.

Nah, he got those Bitcoins mining in the early days, so he didn't pay directly (other than electricity). In his words it was "Free Pizza".

Also, it was not all the bitcoins he had, so it's all good. Plus, he only paid the market value of the pizzas, maybe a bit more, but something like twenty dollars or so in Bitcoin. He didn't pay 200 million for the pizzas, that's just nonsense.

By your logic, every single purchase you've done in your life after 2009 was a colossal waste of money because you could have bought Bitcoin instead.
legendary
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This is definitely a good move, it's a memorable place and done something that is insane. 10k bitcoins equal to 200 million dollars these days right? I earn peaked close to 700 million, and to think that someone spent that much on two large pizzas do really feel like a very big dream that would be hard to wake up from. That person is still around and he still lives to know that he spent 200 million on two large pizzas.

And unless he got back right away and bought some more bitcoins to recover that loss, literally the same day, then he would be out a lot of money. Early birds do not realize the bigness of a project they are in, because it is rarely that big after a decade.
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That's pretty awesome.  I hadn't heard anything about this before.  Thank you for sharing.  It seems like a pretty awesome thing to be able to claim.  If I owned that store, I'd be trying to make sure that everyone knew it was the home of the first Bitcoin purchase.  Papa John's should be running specials and they should be accepting BTC at the store as well as having an ATM machine and custom branding to reflect it.  Why not go all out?  While the plaque is nice, I feel like Papa John's is missing out on an opportunity to use this historical happening to their advertising advantage.  I bet some Bitcoiners would travel pretty far to see this store if it were done up right.
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That is quite cool and creative, I hope eventually someone will donate enough to get a more complex plaque to display together with this one.
I have something in mind like a bronze/wooden plaque with a bitcoin engraved on it and a similar description this one has.

They should also include the hash of the trasaccion which made the purchase of the pizzas possible.  Smiley
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This was a historic moment in Bitcoin, and it's good to see that it's being commemorated.

Indeed. It's nice to have.

However, I'm on same page with mk4 here: this matters more for bitcoiners than to Papa John's; they've accepted it because, hey, a bit more publicity never hurts, but at the end of the day they're not that much into bitcoin, so, meh.
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I don't think it'll ever stop being a scam, a fad, a ponzi - a malicious currency generally - for some people. Acknowledging the benefits of bitcoin requires a strong level of discipline, to realize the broken parts of the current monetary system. It ain't easy to make such hard acceptances.

Especially when nearly the entire world is ruled by politicians, economists, bankers etc., who're supporters of a theory that goes completely against bitcoin; that is, Keynesianism.
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Nice to see this great achievement because many people have this opportunity in 2010 but they missed use it in other things but papa John's used it wisely on Bitcoin Pizzas in 2010 that is making people to admired the history. It showed there was a great joy among the teams that was part of the business because everybody in the picture was so filled with happiness, that is Bitcoin can do so many things to humanity.
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Maybe I'm wrong, but the US is the country where over 90% of all crypto ATMs are located, they have Coinbase, Grayscale, Microstategy, a very strong mining crypto industry, and Bitcoin is somehow present in most of their mainstream media. I think that people in that country are much more aware that Bitcoin exists than in some other parts of the world.

True. But currently, Bitcoin is still mostly a scam/fad to a lot of people; so I'm not sure if Papa John's wants to give too much attention to the plaque(hence somewhat affiliation with Bitcoin).

^Or maybe I'm overthinking it. idk lol.
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A nice gesture, but if they already wanted to record that moment for history in some way, they could have made a slightly larger plaque for the reason that it would be more visible and that it would be easier for people to take pictures with it.
Hopefully this will occur to them or someone who can get it done, A bigger one maybe like a sculpture outside perhaps alongside this portable one inside the store will ensure that everyone in Jacksonville recognises Papa John's store as a historic site for bitcoin.

The more persons that get to see it, will get to know more about the famous pizza story and understand that there is a strong culture and history behind bitcoin. Those who are not bitcoin hodlers or hodl no form of crypto will develop an interest from constantly seeing this sculpture, plus those with twisted opinions on the credibility of bitcoins will see that they have been around for a while now.
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I would have added a QR code pointing to a webpage describing what happened and why it was so relevant thou.

I think we all agree that it would be nice if they added a little more detail, because the average visitor probably won't know what it's about. That pizzeria could make much better use of the event for promotional purposes, although they may be doing well without it, given that fast food has a cult status in the US, although the rest of the world is not far behind.



I'm guessing that the masses still don't give a crap for now anyway so this will do. They can have a better plaque in the future when more people actually care about them being affiliated with Bitcoin.

Maybe I'm wrong, but the US is the country where over 90% of all crypto ATMs are located, they have Coinbase, Grayscale, Microstategy, a very strong mining crypto industry, and Bitcoin is somehow present in most of their mainstream media. I think that people in that country are much more aware that Bitcoin exists than in some other parts of the world.
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A nice gesture, but if they already wanted to record that moment for history in some way, they could have made a slightly larger plaque for the reason that it would be more visible and that it would be easier for people to take pictures with it. That place obviously has an important place in the history of Bitcoin, and I believe that many people would be very happy to come visit and try the famous pizza in the pizzeria that sold the 2 most expensive pizzas in the world ever.

I'm guessing that the masses still don't give a crap for now anyway so this will do. They can have a better plaque in the future when more people actually care about them being affiliated with Bitcoin.
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The forum members who competed in the pizza-making competition would surely be interested in visiting that place, wouldn't they @fillippone?

Absolutely!
Definitely worth a visit this very historic shop. And exchange some secrets on how to bake the perfect Bitcoin pizza for the next contest too! (Kidding on this one…)

I would have added a QR code pointing to a webpage describing what happened and why it was so relevant thou.
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A nice gesture, but if they already wanted to record that moment for history in some way, they could have made a slightly larger plaque for the reason that it would be more visible and that it would be easier for people to take pictures with it. That place obviously has an important place in the history of Bitcoin, and I believe that many people would be very happy to come visit and try the famous pizza in the pizzeria that sold the 2 most expensive pizzas in the world ever.

The forum members who competed in the pizza-making competition would surely be interested in visiting that place, wouldn't they @fillippone?
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Pretty cool! If I were to add something in the plaque, that would be the BTC10000.
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This plaque resides on the Jacksonville, Florida Papa Johns.


The creator of the plaque is shawnleary, you can contact him at twitter, and instagram

Here is another photo:


This was a historic moment in Bitcoin, and it's good to see that it's being commemorated.
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