Rob just settled a $1,400 Incent bill with a local restaurant – our very own Bitcoin Pizza moment!
Every year, on 22 May, the crypto community celebrates Bitcoin Pizza Day. Back in 2010 Laszlo Hanyecz, a developer and early adopter, paid 10,000 BTC to have two Papa Johns pizzas delivered to him.
Bitcoin Pizza Day is celebrated for two reasons. It’s considered the first ever real-world BTC transaction and a milestone for virtual currency. Secondly, it’s a reference point for how far bitcoin has come. At today’s prices, Hanyecz paid almost $80 million for his pizzas.
This week, Incent experienced its very own Bitcoin Pizza moment. A couple of weeks back, when Guy and Cyrille were in town, a team from Incent went to the Owl House – a fantastic little restaurant in Darlinghurst, near the Incent offices.
Due to the quality of the food, and the number of people (and drinks) present, the amount was a little more than Laszlo’s transaction. We thought it was worth documenting the event when Rob recently went to settle up the bill.
The Owl House is going to be one of Incent’s local partners in our initial roll-out in a couple of month’s time. We’re expecting to get between 15 and 20 Darlinghurst businesses on board in July, before we start integration with some larger Aussie brands – more announcements on that as we ink the partnerships.
In the meantime, if you happened to be in the area, do check out the Owl House and see the magic Amir can work with food and drink.