Bitcoin trader Laszlo Hanyecz who spent crypto currency now worth £306MILLION on two pizzas says ‘I have no regrets’

CRYPTO cash fans around the world are tucking into slices of pizza today - thanks to one man's very, very costly appetite.

Programmer Laszlo Hanyecz made history when he made the first “real world” purchase with Bitcoin more than a decade ago.

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However, little did he know when he spent 10,000 Bitcoin on two Papa John’s pies it would also secure him a place in the crypto currency hall of fame.

He also had no clue that 11 years later the coins - worth around £30 at the time - would be now be worth more than £306million.

It is a fortune which could have bought him a private island, a luxurious mansion, and several private jets.

Amazingly, Laszlo insists he has absolutely no sleepless nights over his impulse purchase one lunchtime in 2010.

He has said: "I don't regret it. I think that it's great that I got to be part of the early history of Bitcoin in that way.

"People know about the pizza...everybody can kind of relate to that and be [like] 'Oh my God, you spent all of that money!'"

The Florida man was an early contributor to Bitcoin’s software when it was barely a year old.

He even coded a programme that made it possible for fans to mine the currency using their computer’s graphics cards (GPU).

However, his life changed forever when he posted a message on a Bitcoin chat forum on May 22, 2010.

He wrote on Bitcointalk: "I'll pay 10,000 Bitcoins for a couple of pizzas.. like maybe 2 large ones so I have some left over for the next day. 

"I like things like onions, peppers, sausage, mushrooms, tomatoes, pepperoni, etc.. just standard stuff no weird fish topping or anything like that.