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Give A Life-Changing Gift This Season
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It’s that time again as we wind up another wild year, both in the crypto sphere and in general.
If you’re looking for gift ideas for a loved one and don’t want to resort to an ordinary gift card, I have not one but two options you can explore.
1) A Bitcoin (BTC) gift card
This is the most convenient way for the recipient to get their hands on some crypto without going through the entire process of registering an account, depositing funds, etc.
Yes, in 2023, most reputable vendors would need to use a form of payment that can trace the buyer’s identity. However, I have never purchased a Bitcoin gift card, so I cannot speak from experience.
Regardless, pre-loading a gift card with X amount of satoshis will help your friend or family member begin their Bitcoin/crypto journey.
Even though they could use it as a temporary “wallet” without redeeming the card’s code immediately, I wouldn’t advise this in case the email account linked to the card gets hacked.
Your best bet is to transfer the BTC to a non-custodial wallet sooner rather than later. As a bare minimum, you can send it to a…
