Bitcoin Pizza Day celebrates the time a man spent $650 million on pizza

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[{"selector":"#anim-10674aa3-ad4e-4c31-91d8-a07f2de823c4 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-26a8fc57-69da-4159-ab2e-fcdebbd29aa2","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Satoshi Nakamoto, the man behind Bitcoin, mined the Genesis Block—the first block in the Bitcoin blockchain—on January 3, 2009,

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