Mark Mason
Well-known member
This year’s Bitcoin Pizza Day celebrations were a bit different in that some celebrations were paid for with Dash.
Eight years ago, on May 22nd, was the infamous day when the first reported Bitcoin transaction occurred – 10,000 Bitcoins for a pair of Papa John’s pizzas. Each year the event is commemorated by Bitcoin and cryptocurrency enthusiasts ordering pizza with Bitcoin. However, recent developments have lead to a meetup group in Keene, NH, USA to pay with Dash instead.
Ian, one of the meetup organizers, said “[l]ast year during the dramatic spike in fees on the Bitcoin Core network, several local businesses began accepting DASH as an alternative to BTC, to give their customers a choice”. He expanded on how the current “fees to send BTC are typically about $0.40 and to send DASH about $0.01”, and that “it’s a no-brainer” choice. He added that Dash “confirms four times faster than BTC”.
Read more: https://www.dashforcenews.com/bitcoin-pizza-day-celebrations-paid-for-with-dash/