Jack Dorsey buys $100 worth of fries, and folks are losing it originally appeared on TheStreet.
In a viral post made on Thursday, Jack Dorsey, who was a co-founder of Twitter, posted pictures of himself buying fries at Steak ‘n Shake with the Bitcoin Lightning Network, saying “full circle.”
The receipt indicates that Dorsey paid 96,173 sats (satoshis), or roughly $100.07, by scanning a QR code on a payment terminal operated by Tryspeed, a Lightning payments service provider. The transaction was immediate, on-chain, and Bitcoin-settled.
“Bought with bitcoin @SteaknShake,” Dorsey wrote in his post, which received over 330,000 views in only a few hours. The visual carousel featured the fries, the QR code screen, a payment confirmation, and a printed receipt that explicitly stated, “All Bitcoin transactions are final.”
For long-time Bitcoin fans, this mirrors Satoshi Nakamoto’s initial idea of peer-to-peer digital payment. It also recalls the memorable Bitcoin Pizza Day in 2010, when 10,000 BTC was swapped for two pizzas. But this time, the transaction was quick, inexpensive, and widely apparent.
Steak ‘n Shake officially began taking Bitcoin as a payment option on May 16, in all locations. According to Steak ‘n Shake Executive Dan Edwards, this implementation gives customers a different option for payment.
Edwards, speaking at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas on May 27, stated that Bitcoin payments are faster and cheaper than standard credit card purchases.
Riding the success of Bitcoin payments, Edwards stated that the company is exploring new methods to use technology to carry its meals into the future, such as robo-taxis, cyber-chefs, and drones.
Bitcoiners couldn’t stop buzzing on Dorsey’s post.
“That’s a lot of sats. Hope that was a big order,” one user (@88shibe88keyz) joked, echoing the surprise many felt about the price tag.
Another, @meerkatmaxi, chimed in: “96173 sats?!?! Those are some expensive fries.” Some users even questioned the transaction economics. @OwlGuy4 wrote, “$100? What did you buy…the restaurant?”
Still, most saw it as a milestone for Bitcoin adoption, and a nod to its earliest use-case as peer-to-peer digital cash.
