{"id":51073,"date":"2023-05-15T09:46:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T09:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=51073"},"modified":"2023-05-15T09:46:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T09:46:42","slug":"primordial-nft-someone-tried-to-sell-a-jpeg-for-btc-months-before-bitcoin-pizza-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=51073","title":{"rendered":"Primordial NFT? Someone tried to sell a JPEG for BTC months before Bitcoin Pizza Day"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Crypto Twitter was briefly set ablaze on May 14 with a suggestion that the world\u2019s first real-world purchase made by Bitcoin may have been for a JPEG, not pizza.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a tweet from independent developer Udi Wertheimer, the Bitcoin advocate shared a screenshot showing what could have been the first-ever purchase using Bitcoin \u2014 even predating the infamous Bitcoin Pizza.<\/p>\n

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This Twitter Space was FIRE<\/p>\n

We discovered that:<\/p>\n

the first purchase EVER with bitcoin was buying a JPEG for 500 BTC in Feb 2010<\/p>\n

it pre-dates the the famous 10,000 BTC pizza<\/p>\n

satoshi himself helped facilitate the JPEG sale<\/p>\n

laser-eye cult in absolute SHAMBLES pic.twitter.com\/b6ESOkbf0i<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Udi Wertheimer ‍♂️ (@udiWertheimer) May 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The posted screenshot is dated Jan. 24, 2010, a full four months before Bitcoin Pizza Day \u2014 when Bitcoin developer \u200b\u200bLaszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 Bitcoin for two pizzas in what is\u00a0widely considered to be<\/a> the first real-world purchase made using Bitcoin. <\/p>\n

The screenshot shows a user called Sabunir attempting<\/a> to sell a picture for 500 Bitcoin \u2014 worth roughly $1 at the time \u2014 on theBitcoin forum Bitcointalk.<\/p>\n

It even highlighted that pseudonymous Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto<\/a> was trying to get involved<\/a> in helping the sale go through. <\/p>\n

Doubt has been cast on the claim however, with a tweet from professional poker player turned crypto investor Mike McDonald pointing to a screenshot that suggests the Bitcoin transaction could have been a donation, meaning the JPEG was never actually “sold.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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I’m not sure if it has been dispelled yet but it seems like Sabunir’s 500 btc was a donation rather than sale.<\/p>\n

He posted his address for his NFT Jan 24, then posted it again in the btc logo thread on Feb 24. Feb 24 500 btc was sent, Feb 25 he thanks 2 people for donations 1\/2 pic.twitter.com\/6Rk9Ont9KU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mike McDonald (@MikeMcDonald89) May 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In a subsequent tweet, Wertheimer conceded his original tweet may have been inaccurate, saying that although Sabunir did list a JPEG for sale at the price of 500 BTC and that they received the same amount in their address a month later, \u201cit\u2019s possible that the 500 BTC were sent as a donation for a different interaction\u201d and that the sale of the JPEG was never actually conducted. <\/p>\n

Without in-person confirmation from Sabunir, it remains unclear what the 500 BTC were transferred for, said Wertheimer.<\/p>\n

Related: <\/em><\/strong>Bitcoin ordinals hit Binance NFT Marketplace in latest update<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The rumor comes in the wake of the Bitcoin Ordinals phenomenon<\/a>, which has at the time of publication seen more than 6.1 million images, videos and even tokens \u2014 by way of the BRC-20 token standard<\/a> \u2014 minted on the Bitcoin blockchain. <\/p>\n

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Total number of Ordinals inscriptions on Bitcoin. Source: <\/em>Dune Analytics<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wertheimer has been a major advocate of Bitcoin NFTs since the Ordinals protocol<\/a> was created by Casey Rodamor on Jan. 21 this year, allowing users to \u201cinscribe\u201d new pieces of data on the Bitcoin blockchain. <\/p>\n

Wertheimer has since been working to drive a fresh wave of NFT enthusiasts to Bitcoin by way of an Ordinals project called Taproot Wizards, which draws its namesake from the Taproot soft fork<\/a> that enabled the creation of the Ordinals protocol in the first place. <\/p>\n

Magazine: $3.4B of Bitcoin in a popcorn tin \u2014 The Silk Road hacker\u2019s story<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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