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The Malaysian Laszlo Hanyecz

Inauguration of Malaysia first day cover

I could not believe my eyes when I saw this on Ebay. This Malaysian first day cover has just been sold for USD43,278 in an Ebay auction by an Italy-based seller named Lirpa Loof. The first day cover was issued in 1963 in commemoration of the inauguration of Malaysia but what makes this particular first day cover so special is ...

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Bitcoin Pizza Day

Bitcoin Pizza Day

Do you know what is Bitcoin Pizza Day? On May 18, 2010 Laszlo Hanyecz went to a Bitcoin forum and asked the community if someone would go and buy him two pizzas in exchange for 10,000 Bitcoins. The US dollar value of 10,000 Bitcoins at that time was about US$25. Laszlo got himself a deal on May 22 and he ...

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