How to give Bitcoin as a gift?

New Year is just around the corner, but you don’t know how to surprise your loved ones? Keep up with technology, be original. Surely your friends and family have not yet received cryptocurrency as a gift. This is not as difficult to do as it seems.

You don’t have to spend thousands of dollars on a gift, because you can give a symbolic amount of Bitcoin 0.2018 or 0.02018.

One of the easiest and most beautiful ways is a Gift Certificate.

Using a service like bit4coin, for example, you need to select a certificate denomination of 25, 50 or 100 euros and fill out all the fields of the application. After payment has been made, the gift certificate will be sent to the specified address. The recipient can easily exchange the certificate for cryptocurrency.

Paper wallet

This method is one of the safest, since the wallet is literally printed on paper. On the website bitcoinpaperwallet.com you can create an empty wallet and top it up with any amount you want to donate. After generating a Bitcoin address, you can choose the design of the picture on which the address and access key to the wallet will be printed. On the back of the postcard are instructions for using Bitcoin (Russian is also included in the selection). Instructions for creating a paper wallet can be viewed here.

Then all that remains is to print the picture, write congratulations and the gift is ready! 

Gadget wallet

Hardware wallet for Bitcoin is the most popular and original idea for a modern, stylish gift. 

There are a number of special USB wallets, the most famous of them are TREZOR and Ledger Nano S

Both devices can be purchased on the official websites of the manufacturers. You need to install official software on your gadget to create a Bitcoin wallet, set a PIN code and configure seeds. Next, package the gadget beautifully and don’t forget to tell the recipient the PIN code and seeds. The wallet can only be accessed if you have a physical device, so this method is great for sending and receiving Bitcoin securely. You can compare and decide on the choice of Ledger Nano S or TREZOR here

Bitcoin wallet address and key.

Wallet address to which you can transfer any amount, and a private key for access. To do this, use the service bitaddress.org. On the site you can generate a wallet address and key for free.. Then transfer any amount from your wallet to the generated address. All that remains is to print the QR codes to access the wallet with the gift. Design the printout as a New Year's card or stick a Bitcoin on a souvenir coin. You can order a decorative coin, for example, at aliexpress Or put in a cup with the Bitcoin logo

or pack it with watch

There are many options, choose yours taste.

And finally, a method for advanced and wealthy investors who seriously work with cryptocurrency. Bitcoin futures.

On December 10, 2017, the Chicago exchange Cboe Global Markets began futures trading for the first time in history. Through a broker you can now buy a contract with an expiration date until March 2018. The obvious disadvantages are the difficulty of purchasing and the high cost, since the contract unit is one bitcoin.

Whichever option you choose, such a gift will be the most original and memorable. 

Just before that, we advise you to re-read the article in which we talked about advantages and disadvantages of different types of wallets.