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'''Jeremy Sturdivant''' ('''jercos''') was the counter-party to [[Laszlo Hanyecz]] in the first documented purchase of a tangible good or service using bitcoin. On May 22, 2010 Laszlo Hanyecz famously declared success in his four day quest to trade 10,000 BTC for “a couple of pizzas”, posting on a [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137.msg1195#msg1195 bitcointalk forum page]:

“I just want to report that I successfully traded 10,000 bitcoins for pizza.
Thanks jercos!”

According to jercos the transaction was finalized over IRC chats.
Jercos was 18 at the time of the transaction.
At one time in late 2013 10,000 bitcoins was worth over USD$12million.

==External Links==
* [https://blockchain.info/tx/a1075db55d416d3ca199f55b6084e2115b9345e16c5cf302fc80e9d5fbf5d48d? The Transaction on Blockchain.info]
* [http://bitcoinwhoswho.com/index/jercosinterview <i>A Living Currency</i> Interview with Jercos]

==Source==

[http://bitcoin.it/ http://bitcoin.it/]
[[Category:People of the industry]]
==See Also on BitcoinWiki==
* [[BIP MergedMiningScript]]
* [[BIP 0099]]
* [[OP CHECKSIGEX DRAFT BIP]]
* [[BIP Draft - Instant Partial Confirmation]]
* [[BIP 0123]]

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