Give bitcoins as a gift to someone that haven't got bitcoin wallet - page 2.

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Quote from: kenneho on May 07, 2016, 05:34:11 AM

Hi all.

I'd like to give (part of a) a bitcoin as a gift to a friend that probably haven't used bitcoins before, and therefore don't have a wallet. In fact, I haven't bought and used bitcoins myself even, so it's quite new to me too.

What's my options when it comes to giving bitcoins as a gift? I'm going to give him a birthday card, so some physical token symbolising the bitcoin would be great.

Regards, kenneho

Use a paper wallet. Write him a card with the paper wallet inside it.

Don't just send him bitcoins. He'll just waste it on worthless fiat once he receives them. But with paper wallets, he will actually have to import the private keys himself.

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Quote from: odolvlobo on May 07, 2016, 04:55:15 PM

Quote from: kenneho on May 07, 2016, 09:27:26 AM

I find giving him a paper wallet to be the best option at the moment, as the birthday is coming up real soon. Did a quick google search, and there seems to be a lot of sites where one can order paper wallets from, but rather I'd like to use my own printer and put that piece of paper in an envelope together with the birthday card. I'll do some more googling, but if anyone want to point me to relevant resources please feel free to do so.

By the way, is it possible for my to buy say 1/4 of a bitcoin, or must I buy a whole bitcoin and split it up?

Definitely, print the paper wallet yourself.

Go to https://www.bitaddress.org and click on "Paper Wallet". Print out one or more and then send bitcoins (or a fraction of a coin) to the address on the wallet you are sending to him. I recommend keeping a copy so that if your friend loses it, you can still recover the bitcoins for him.

Others will warn you about security and such, but this is a gift and the chance of losing the bitcoins to hackers is low, so don't bother with precautions that seem excessive.

I just think that printing paper wallets online would always have security risks, no matter who you're printing them for, if the key is compromised then the only gift someone would receive is a piece of paper worth nothing, especially if that someone is new to bitcoins and don't know how to transfer them to their wallet right away and by the time they do, it is possible that the hacker might have already wiped it clean.

So even though these precaution may seem excessive, I am still going to recommend that OP downloads the source code from github, verifies the download, takes it offline and prints the paper wallets there. And I would also print a little set of instructions in the back, telling them how to go about redeeming them. Using electrum wallet would be more than easy and it has a sweep key function.

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Quote from: ~BitSy~ on May 07, 2016, 06:44:51 AM

That's nice gift but due to high prices for most physical bitcoins I would advise on buying some satori coins which is the cheapest one out there and has nice bitcoin symbol in a nicely made texture too but the problem is how his going to use it because neither him or you have used it in the past so better learn a little bit of how bitcoin works so you could teach your friend as well. Another option would be buying t-shirts that have bitcoin symbols as well and it might be more useful to him because he could simply wear it without any further knowledge.

A physical coin would not be right for every gift you are right. But some actually go up in value depending on which one you pick. But it is possible to have a nice token and it go up over time. I doubt we will see any have the jump like some of the originals but still possible.

But with OP mentioning needing it soon a paper wallet is best idea. Coin takes some planning ahead. OP just make sure to read on creating a secure paper wallet, and do it at home on home printer. Also look at clearing printer cache and don't store it digitally on computer is my advice.

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Quote from: kenneho on May 07, 2016, 09:27:26 AM

I find giving him a paper wallet to be the best option at the moment, as the birthday is coming up real soon. Did a quick google search, and there seems to be a lot of sites where one can order paper wallets from, but rather I'd like to use my own printer and put that piece of paper in an envelope together with the birthday card. I'll do some more googling, but if anyone want to point me to relevant resources please feel free to do so.

By the way, is it possible for my to buy say 1/4 of a bitcoin, or must I buy a whole bitcoin and split it up?

Definitely, print the paper wallet yourself.

Go to https://www.bitaddress.org and click on "Paper Wallet". Print out one or more and then send bitcoins (or a fraction of a coin) to the address on the wallet you are sending to him. I recommend keeping a copy so that if your friend loses it, you can still recover the bitcoins for him.

Others will warn you about security and such, but this is a gift and the chance of losing the bitcoins to hackers is low, so don't bother with precautions that seem excessive.

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To avoid complications better create a wallet and send him the identifier with password through a gift card. Also indicate all those online stores that accept bitcoin. This might go good on birthday.

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You can simply hand out the private key of an address which has funds on it on paper (which is basically a paper wallet).
Since you're new and your friend is too, make sure you understand how they work and how to keep them secure.

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physical coins is not a good idea because they are mostly expensive and more of a collectible thing.

you can create a nice paper wallet, with a neat design on your own. just print out the bitcoin logo with the private key and public key of the bitcoin address with the coins in it and give it a cool background then print it.

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Quote from: kenneho on May 07, 2016, 09:27:26 AM

Thanks for the excellent replies.

I find giving him a paper wallet to be the best option at the moment, as the birthday is coming up real soon. Did a quick google search, and there seems to be a lot of sites where one can order paper wallets from, but rather I'd like to use my own printer and put that piece of paper in an envelope together with the birthday card. I'll do some more googling, but if anyone want to point me to relevant resources please feel free to do so.

By the way, is it possible for my to buy say 1/4 of a bitcoin, or must I buy a whole bitcoin and split it up?

kenneho

I suggest that you do not use any online website for your Paper Wallet but make one on your own with Vanitygen

And YES! , you can buy whatever amount you want - you do not have to buy the whole thing

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Thanks for the excellent replies.

I find giving him a paper wallet to be the best option at the moment, as the birthday is coming up real soon. Did a quick google search, and there seems to be a lot of sites where one can order paper wallets from, but rather I'd like to use my own printer and put that piece of paper in an envelope together with the birthday card. I'll do some more googling, but if anyone want to point me to relevant resources please feel free to do so.

By the way, is it possible for my to buy say 1/4 of a bitcoin, or must I buy a whole bitcoin and split it up?

kenneho

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Op. If you want him to have bitcoin then simply tell him to create wallet and you will credit it.
But if you want give him a great gift and something that will make him 'oomph' with awe then there is only 2 options for you:

1. Buy him hardware wallet, I believe the most popular is Trezor https://bitcointrezor.com/ the problem is that wallet alone costs $99
2. Buy him a physical bitcoin - on the form of beautiful coin, there are huge variety of designs an you can check some on the here: http://www.coindesk.com/10-physical-bitcoins-good-bad-ugly/

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just make him create a wallet and send them to it

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That's nice gift but due to high prices for most physical bitcoins I would advise on buying some satori coins which is the cheapest one out there and has nice bitcoin symbol in a nicely made texture too but the problem is how his going to use it because neither him or you have used it in the past so better learn a little bit of how bitcoin works so you could teach your friend as well. Another option would be buying t-shirts that have bitcoin symbols as well and it might be more useful to him because he could simply wear it without any further knowledge.

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Quote from: kenneho on May 07, 2016, 05:34:11 AM

Hi all.

I'd like to give (part of a) a bitcoin as a gift to a friend that probably haven't used bitcoins before, and therefore don't have a wallet. In fact, I haven't bought and used bitcoins myself even, so it's quite new to me too.

What's my options when it comes to giving bitcoins as a gift? I'm going to give him a birthday card, so some physical token symbolising the bitcoin would be great.

Regards, kenneho

You can order a physical coin if you want that token, there are lots of options and priced vary greatly. But you can do a coin and load it with however much coins you want. Some come already with key in coin, others you do yourself. Always be careful on making sure it is secure.

Other most popular will be a paper wallet. You can print off a piece of paper and put that in a card. Again lots to make it secure. But you have a LOT of different options out there.

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Hi all.

I'd like to give (part of a) a bitcoin as a gift to a friend that probably haven't used bitcoins before, and therefore don't have a wallet. In fact, I haven't bought and used bitcoins myself even, so it's quite new to me too.

What's my options when it comes to giving bitcoins as a gift? I'm going to give him a birthday card, so some physical token symbolising the bitcoin would be great.

Regards, kenneho

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