how would you gift a bitcoin balance to a non technical person?

[stslimited]

Hello, how would you gift a bitcoin to a non technical person?


and how would I distribute the private key to them?


I don't want to turn it into a riddle for them either. maybe I should just make them a blockchain.info account?

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[BadBitcoin (James Sutton)]

physical bitcoins or bitcoin debit cards would work best, keep it as tangible as possible and avoid directly using the wallet.

[bowen151]

A casascius coin could be nice but it would only beg more questions from the person you are gifting it to, you would still have to explain that they need to use a service to import the privatekey etc.

I think that letting someone make their own blockchain.info account would be more beneficial. It would give them the opportunity to poke around the site without sending coins to anyone by accident.

Then maybe you could get away with handing them a casascius coin, a bitbill, a paper wallet you have printed out yourself or just send it to their new address which would be easily identified to this new user when logging in to the site.

[stslimited]

A casascius coin could be nice but it would only beg more questions from the person you are gifting it to, you would still have to explain that they need to use a service to import the privatekey etc.

I think that letting someone make their own blockchain.info account would be more beneficial. It would give them the opportunity to poke around the site without sending coins to anyone by accident.

Then maybe you could get away with handing them a casascius coin, a bitbill, a paper wallet you have printed out yourself or just send it to their new address which would be easily identified to this new user when logging in to the site.

hmmmm

what base units do casascius coins and bitbills come in?  1? what if I don't want to gift 1, then a paper wallet is the only way?

I don't want to do any handholding on this nor do I want to have them trying to solve a riddle once they figure out there is an exchange rate

"what you have to do is download this program from sourceforge, and then unzip it... you have to find where you saved the file, then open command prompt"

yeah no.


I think I'll just make a blockchain account, sent whatever I want at my discretion and give them the login info.

[Welsh]

A casascius coin could be nice but it would only beg more questions from the person you are gifting it to, you would still have to explain that they need to use a service to import the privatekey etc.

I think that letting someone make their own blockchain.info account would be more beneficial. It would give them the opportunity to poke around the site without sending coins to anyone by accident.

Then maybe you could get away with handing them a casascius coin, a bitbill, a paper wallet you have printed out yourself or just send it to their new address which would be easily identified to this new user when logging in to the site.

I believe they only come in 1 & up, but you might want to contact users who sell them, or casascius itself.

hmmmm

what base units do casascius coins and bitbills come in?  1? what if I don't want to gift 1, then a paper wallet is the only way?

I don't want to do any handholding on this nor do I want to have them trying to solve a riddle once they figure out there is an exchange rate

"what you have to do is download this program from sourceforge, and then unzip it... you have to find where you saved the file, then open command prompt"

yeah no.


I think I'll just make a blockchain account, sent whatever I want at my discretion and give them the login info.

[bowen151]

Casascius coins come in denominations of: 0.5, 1, 5, 10 (silver coin), 25(gold plated coin), 100 (gold plated bar), 1000 (gold coin)

Paper wallets can contain any amount you wish I believe, just create an address using blockchain.info, fund it with your required amount and then go into your import/export section of the accounts section, click paper wallet and then print the next page.

Bitbills I am unsure of to be honest. I think that they did come in a varied denomination.

[BTCnewbie]

I would probably just send it to this wallet
16zFs6aP1xNPK9KkpsHmBcAGaJUBpEn446

At least I know whatever gets sent to that wallet gets spent wisely on beer, cigarettes, drugs and the occasional whore.

[Elwar]

Send a public and private key while telling them they can spend it by making a wallet at blockchain.info.

Then list a few sites for spending it.
BitSpend for online purchases, Gyft for retail stores...

[Namealreadyexists]

Hello, how would you gift a bitcoin to a non technical person?
and how would I distribute the private key to them?
I don't want to turn it into a riddle for them either. maybe I should just make them a blockchain.info account?

One of the items in the Bitcoin 2013 conference gift bag was a "bctip", I believe it's the same idea. Check www.bctip.org

[alkuluku]

I'd probably think something else to give to a nontechnical person.

[odolvlobo]

A paper wallet like this would be a good choice:

[traderv]

Greeting odolvlobo, did you create this wallet template? If not, where did you get it? Thanks.

[odolvlobo]

Greeting odolvlobo, did you create this wallet template? If not, where did you get it? Thanks.

I did not. Click on the quote's link. There are other designs in other threads. This was the first example I could find. You can make a paper wallet with an interesting (and more functional) design at bitaddress.org, and follow a tutorial here: https://blockchain.info/wallet/paper-tutorial

[Lethn]

I think physical bitcoins would probably be a good idea too, I plan on buying some at some point in the future.

[norn]

Hello, how would you gift a bitcoin to a non technical person?


and how would I distribute the private key to them?


I don't want to turn it into a riddle for them either. maybe I should just make them a blockchain.info account?

https://www.bctip.org is exactly what are you looking for.

[GCInc.]

I have gone the riddle way, with just the public and private keys and "0.2 BTC" on a slip of paper. The receiver wasn't too elated but I hope he will be when the value reaches proper heights! It's just paramount to emphasize the importance of not losing the piece of paper that carries real value. I told him not to care about it for at least a year. Still I hold a backup copy just in case.

Physical coin like Casascius would certainly be a more elaborate gift, a real durable investment. A coupon with nice paper wallet template as sampled above is a tradeoff that some slightly technically inclined receiver could appreciate.

[odolvlobo]

Physical coin like Casascius would certainly be a more elaborate gift, a real durable investment. A coupon with nice paper wallet template as sampled above is a tradeoff that some slightly technically inclined receiver could appreciate.

physical bitcoins or bitcoin debit cards would work best, keep it as tangible as possible and avoid directly using the wallet.

Yes, nice appealing coins and notes (bills, cards) is a good way to gift bitcoins. You could also use them as a means of payment - like cash money. I just came across this: http://de.ebid.net/for-sale/1-stunning-brand-new-physical-bitcoin-107779519.htm
and this: http://de.ebid.net/for-sale/1-awesome-brand-new-bitnote-bitbill-107764070.htm

The first one -- the coin -- looks like a scam. The image is not real, it is computer-generated, and there is no way to redeem the coin. I assume the bill is a scam because the same person is selling it, and the picture is also fake.

[odolvlobo]

Did you read the description? Sorry but you dont seeem to understand anything. 

Yes. I read the description. It confirms everything that I wrote.

[sacko]

odolvlobo /ignore