Today is Bitcoin Pizza Day in different parts of the world as we celebrate the 13th year anniversary of the infamous purchase of two pizzas for 10,000 BTC and one way to celebrate it, is to also show our love with Hive.
Here in the Philippines, a group of veteran and expert developers were enjoying their Bitcoin Pizza Day. Through the efforts made by Chris Rice (
Chris told me that he did not buy the two boxes of pizza but the other one was purchased by a TikTok content creator here in the Philippines, Tony Rebamonte (
Instead of Tony eating the pizza by himself or with his friend, he decided to join a group of developers, and as a way of thanking them for their work as developers, he decided to buy a box of pizza and Chris took care of the other one.
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History of Bitcoin Pizza Day:
According to the NationalToday article, Bitcoin, the first and the most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin Pizza Day is celebrated every year on May 22 to commemorate the first physical Bitcoin transaction.
During the year 2010, a programmer and BTC miner from Florida, Laszlo Hanvecz used Bitcoin to purchase two pizzas from Papa John's.
The pizza purchase is widely believed to be the first transaction of Bitcoin in the world for a physical good. As part of the celebration,
Who is Tony Rebamonte:
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The Tiktok influencer Tony Rebamonte, who is based here in Davao City, Philippines is best known for his life and wealth coaching content on Tiktok. One of his most popular videos on Tiktok generated more than 2.8 million views.
Who is Chris Rice:
Chris Rice has been doing this micro-philanthropy thing for the past few years since moving here to the Philippines, particularly in Davao City, since the time when he decided to live here in the country for good.
He is the co-founder of the decentralized micro-blogging platform D.Buzz alongside Nathan Senn, and they were considered by many Hive users here as the faces of Hive in the Philippines for promoting and speaking about Hive at various events.
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Nathan Senn has already proven his worth as one of the faces of Hive here in the Philippines as he demonstrated earlier in an event here in Davao City how fast the 3-second transaction of Hive and the best part is that it costs nothing because of Resource credit.
Why Did Chris and Tony Celebrate the BTC Pizza Day with Devs:
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According to both Chris Rice and Tony Rebamonte, it is indeed a remarkable thing to do in life to give back to the community, particularly to the same people who started it all, cryptocurrency could not come to fruition without the first developers who made the blockchain where it all began.
As a sign of gratitude to all the developers out there from different parts of the world it is indeed more memorable for any individual to be grateful for their work as developers, coders, and programmers.
Loving the developers by giving them a slice of pizza and celebrating their achievements through the memorable Pizza Day at the same time in return to Chris and Tony's gratitude towards them and towards the Hive community all the devs decided to wear their Hive shirts throughout the day.
These developers here in the Philippines showed their love for Hive by wearing the shirts given to them by Chris Rice (
This is how the Filipino developers showed their love to the Hive community and this was made possible through Chris Rice who initiated some activities to promote Hive a few weeks from now, like the FrolicBlock event, where Hive and DBuzz logos be shown to thousands of participants in the hottest summer blockchain event in the Philippines.
Once Again, Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day and Thank You Chris Rice, Tony Rebamonte, and Nathan Senn.