What's a cool way to present .1btc to someone as a gift?

[DeboraMeeks]

A cool paper wallet design that can be found online.

[herebittybittybitty]

Here's what I do, and it always creates a "wow" moment and a real convert.

I go to bitcoinpaperwallet.com and show them how to print a random paper wallet.  I explain the difference between the public address and the private key.  I then show them my Mycelium wallet and send some BTC to the new paper wallet.  We go to blockchain.info to explore the concept of confirmations, and we talk very briefly about miners and their role. I then hand them the paper wallet as a gift.  This is a magical experience.

I then provide them some info about how to learn more on their own.

Thank you to everyone for your responses, some of these physical "wallets" are really damn cool looking but in the end I wouldn't trust anyone with a private key, and BIP 0038 encryption just defeats the purpose of having everything stored in one place. And an engraving machine is just too expensive.  

I think I'm going to go with something like what blossbloss suggested... get some Teslin waterproof printing paper for printing, and maybe a fire-proof baggie to store it in.

[Razick]

Here's what I do, and it always creates a "wow" moment and a real convert.

I go to bitcoinpaperwallet.com and show them how to print a random paper wallet.  I explain the difference between the public address and the private key.  I then show them my Mycelium wallet and send some BTC to the new paper wallet.  We go to blockchain.info to explore the concept of confirmations, and we talk very briefly about miners and their role. I then hand them the paper wallet as a gift.  This is a magical experience.

I then provide them some info about how to learn more on their own.

Thank you to everyone for your responses, some of these physical "wallets" are really damn cool looking but in the end I wouldn't trust anyone with a private key, and BIP 0038 encryption just defeats the purpose of having everything stored in one place. And an engraving machine is just too expensive.  

I think I'm going to go with something like what blossbloss suggested... get some Teslin waterproof printing paper for printing, and maybe a fire-proof baggie to store it in.

Those are the same reasons I didn't make the metal wallets I had planned a few years back. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=169291.0

[bitkee]

You might wanna check this
https://bitkee.com/
https://cryobit.co/

Just about ~$30

Hello, Jay from bitkee here.

We were actually discussing a new design as a "gift card" to give someone BTC as a gift maybe for a Birthday or Holiday. We will probably incorporate a denomination on it somewhere too, for example "0.1 BTC" or even "1.0 BTC" somewhere on the card.

We would try our best to bring down the price for these as we understand someone will be buying them and then loading BTC onto the addresses and then gifting them to a friend/family.

While a paper wallet made of paper is a great gift, I personally feel like a "paper" wallet out of metal will less likely be disposed of in the future as it is hard to throw one of these bitkees away when you're holding it and see how it is not easily destroyed! In other words it is solid and has weight.

I see that your friend is already tech-savvy and libertarian-minded so maybe a paper wallet made of "paper" might be just fine for her/him. But for a skeptic of Bitcoin they may appreciate the gift when received but as time passes they may just see view it as a foreign piece of paper with "gibberish" on it that holds no value for them and thus easily discard it. Just my thoughts.

Contact us at info@bitkee.com and let us know if you're interested and we can get started on creating a "Gift" card layout for gifting to friends.

I check Bitcointalk from time to time, so it is easiest to reach us at info@bitkee.com

Thank you,
Jay @ bitkee

[ducatitalia]

The Bitcoin ecosystem is such a challenging concept to many...so much of this new world order is complex, cryptic and intangible.  People tend to really enjoy holding onto physical representations.  Casascius coins are perhaps the most beautiful and tangible representations of Bitcoin as currency.  Here are examples of the 0.1BTC, 0.5BTC and 1BTC all silver editions...

[wordman267645]

That's a damn perfect idea..but i don't know how to design wallet..This man must needs to learn about bitcoin.

[bornil267645]

girls dont like bitcoin and I'm not going to buy any of my guys that kind of costly gifts.

[allthingsluxury]

Put it in a physical form, people love it, they look nice and can show it to others.

[DDuckworth]

Send him one of those 90's style e-cards containing his address, then you can present him with his private keys and such in person.  Maybe he'll find the retro of it all to be hilarious.

[Bitbirdhunt]

You can buy usb thumb driver for that money. Or gift him mouse-keyboard peripherals..else a headphone Good luck.

[CreamyPie]

You can tell the guy how much he received in mBTC, that will be larger amount

Else buy something physical.

[kawsmic]

Casascius coin would be pretty cool. I guess from what I read their not being made anymore so that is a cool gift IMO.  Something tangible to showoff, hold and look at is always nice especially if it appreciates in value.

I dont think the guy wants to be set back a couple btc lol

[cisahasa]

send me one, i tell how it did feel, for testing..

[abercrombie]

This person is tech-savvy and libertarian-minded. He's heard of Bitcoin but doesn't know too much about it. Any ideas for a cool way to give .1 as a birthday present other than just a print-out? Not too expensive, obviously 

Look on Etsy, there are a few people that can etch a private key on a dog tag.  Put it into a fire safe, and it won't burn nor get water damaged.

For security, I'd only provide a bip-38 password protected QRC.

[MoonRise]

Gift him headsets, buy him software or gift him a btc wallet with 0.1 balance..

He will enjoy it.

[oceans]

I personally feel that with anything of that amount he will be happy to receive it in anyway saying you are giving him .1btc will probably not mean much to him but if you was to tell him the conversion of that I can imagine he would be a very happy chap indeed. It's always the thought that counts in my opinion.

[Ringumbau]

You'll have to explain what btc is before that 

[findftp]

if engraving, do not use a remote bitcoin service for it. instead go to a local store in your town that engraves metal or glass and get them to do it.

firstly due to the fact that he is less likely to even know what bitcoin is to even care what he is engraving, secondly you can be in more control of watching him to ensure he doesnt keep a copy. thirdly you know where he physically is and able to make a return visit to slap him with a wet fish if he did screw you

Check out how these guys do it.  (trustless) 

https://woodwallets.io/

Amazing, I'm definitively going to buy one of these sometimes

[wasserman99]

This person is tech-savvy and libertarian-minded. He's heard of Bitcoin but doesn't know too much about it. Any ideas for a cool way to give .1 as a birthday present other than just a print-out? Not too expensive, obviously 

Look on Etsy, there are a few people that can etch a private key on a dog tag.  Put it into a fire safe, and it won't burn nor get water damaged.

For security, I'd only provide a bip-38 password protected QRC.

I don't think it would really be necessary to give someone a wallet that has this level of security. If you give the other person anything that involves them having the private key that you have had access to then they will need to trust that you will not steal/take the bitcoin on the wallet.

I would personally say the best way to present someone with .1 BTC as a gift would be to make some kind of card that says you will give them .1 BTC, then have them give you an addrees to send the BTC to.

[Kayex]

This person is tech-savvy and libertarian-minded. He's heard of Bitcoin but doesn't know too much about it. Any ideas for a cool way to give .1 as a birthday present other than just a print-out? Not too expensive, obviously 

Look on Etsy, there are a few people that can etch a private key on a dog tag.  Put it into a fire safe, and it won't burn nor get water damaged.

For security, I'd only provide a bip-38 password protected QRC.

I don't think it would really be necessary to give someone a wallet that has this level of security. If you give the other person anything that involves them having the private key that you have had access to then they will need to trust that you will not steal/take the bitcoin on the wallet.

I would personally say the best way to present someone with .1 BTC as a gift would be to make some kind of card that says you will give them .1 BTC, then have them give you an addrees to send the BTC to.

Oooh. That sounds nice and simple.
I would still go with the idea of using that BTC to buy the other person a gift. Maybe USD? Or use the btc to buy a present.