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December 21, 2018, 04:36:56 PM
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Has anyone thought of gifting close friends and relatives with Bitcoin? I'm wondering if anyone else has done it before before I try.

I feel it might be a good idea to do it to try to get them to understand how the system works. I know a few of my friends are interested in cryptocurrency and I also haven't bought anything this year so it seems like a good excuse Wink.
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December 21, 2018, 06:11:20 PM
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Has anyone thought of gifting close friends and relatives with Bitcoin? I'm wondering if anyone else has done it before before I try.

I feel it might be a good idea to do it to try to get them to understand how the system works. I know a few of my friends are interested in cryptocurrency and I also haven't bought anything this year so it seems like a good excuse Wink.

I thought about it. It would be interesting to force the person who receives the gift to "claim" the bitcoin.

I thought about giving a piece of paper with 12 words written on it. And a few instructions about how to download Electrum mobile/desktop and claiming the bitcoin.
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December 25, 2018, 02:29:31 PM
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Has anyone thought of gifting close friends and relatives with Bitcoin? I'm wondering if anyone else has done it before before I try.

I feel it might be a good idea to do it to try to get them to understand how the system works. I know a few of my friends are interested in cryptocurrency and I also haven't bought anything this year so it seems like a good excuse Wink.

Id rather give out gifts that actually have meaning and thought put behind it.  I think handing out gold, gift cards, or bitcoin shows a bit of laziness to be honest.

That being said no one in my family is even interested in bitcoin and most of them wouldn't even use it.
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December 25, 2018, 06:21:18 PM
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Id rather give out gifts that actually have meaning and thought put behind it.  I think handing out gold, gift cards, or bitcoin shows a bit of laziness to be honest.

You're right, but I find that this can be a good idea for people you usually give cash or gift cards (because there are some, always).
However I remember reading someone on the forum that did so a year ago, and it wasn't a big success. For geeks like us it can be fun, but maybe it's still a bit early for "normal" people Grin
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December 27, 2018, 11:35:31 AM
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Id rather give out gifts that actually have meaning and thought put behind it.  I think handing out gold, gift cards, or bitcoin shows a bit of laziness to be honest.

That being said no one in my family is even interested in bitcoin and most of them wouldn't even use it.

It’s people I don’t normally give gifts to and can’t be bothered going out and getting anything. Also, giving gifts gives people and obligation for people to give stuff in return. Giving someone something they probably don’t want but has the same amount of money spent on it doesn’t...
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