A Bill has formerly been passed to recognize May 22 as Bitcoin Pizza Day in the city of Porto Alegre in Brazil. Sebastiao Melo, the mayor of the city, is credited with having approved the law around the end of August.
A tweeter user @Akva556 announced the news following a press statement on Wednesday.
Councilors Jesse Sangalli and Alexandre Bobadra were responsible for drafting the bill after attending the Bitcoin Pizza Day event organized by the local community in 2022. They were both inspired by the lectures they received that explained Bitcoin in detail.
Sangalli stated that the purpose of making Bitcoin Pizza Day official is to increase awareness of the decentralized finance innovations in the city of Porto Alegre with a current population record of 1.5 million people.
Bitcoin pizza day originated when a user from the BitcoinTalk forum by the name of Laszlo Hanyecz offered 10,000 Bitcoins for two pizzas on May…
