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If your goal is to have a pizza and not speculate on future value of internet-money, transacting with bitcoin is not a stupid thing to do

It is because you'd still have a lot more pizza. So unless you were starving, there really isn't a good reason.

Or those early transactions are the only reason it ever grew into the behemoth it became. So if you were an early adopter, spending a little to make the rest of your stash valuable could be seen as an investment. If the guy didn't buy the pizza, then maybe Bitcoin never takes off.

That being said, I've never thought it would work well as a currency. I do like Ethereum due to its digital utility though.

I think you read one story about a pizza and really clung to it.