Hynek on Nostr: How would you give a #bitcoin as a gift? It's Christmas, it's someone's birthday, or ...
How would you give a #bitcoin as a gift?
It's Christmas, it's someone's birthday, or you're going to a wedding and you want to give a bitcoin, of course. But how do you actually do that? Usually there is no room for explanation and the recipient doesn't know much bitcoin. At the same time, I want him to be in control of the bitcoin so that I can't turn it over either. Of course, this means that if he doesn't handle it well, he will lose the funds. Plus, it's not clear where to send the bitcoin anyway.
Sometimes I just give up on that and give people empty Trezor device at first. We deal with the bitcoin itself afterwards in person. I don't want to give a voucher to a service, but some time ago I liked the possibility of giving a bitcoin via the Lightning Network using a so-called LNURL → QR code that one scans with a mobile app. It's actually a voucher that authorizes the holder to withdraw funds from my account. If he doesn't know how to do it, the money won't be lost, but in the worst case it will stay with me.
More elegant than a QR code is to donate an NFC card. That's why in my spare time I'm working on an app that just makes it easier to upload bitcoin to a physical card and then suck the bitcoin out.
Try watching the video, one gets a better idea.
https://stacker.news/items/307757/r/hynek
It's Christmas, it's someone's birthday, or you're going to a wedding and you want to give a bitcoin, of course. But how do you actually do that? Usually there is no room for explanation and the recipient doesn't know much bitcoin. At the same time, I want him to be in control of the bitcoin so that I can't turn it over either. Of course, this means that if he doesn't handle it well, he will lose the funds. Plus, it's not clear where to send the bitcoin anyway.
Sometimes I just give up on that and give people empty Trezor device at first. We deal with the bitcoin itself afterwards in person. I don't want to give a voucher to a service, but some time ago I liked the possibility of giving a bitcoin via the Lightning Network using a so-called LNURL → QR code that one scans with a mobile app. It's actually a voucher that authorizes the holder to withdraw funds from my account. If he doesn't know how to do it, the money won't be lost, but in the worst case it will stay with me.
More elegant than a QR code is to donate an NFC card. That's why in my spare time I'm working on an app that just makes it easier to upload bitcoin to a physical card and then suck the bitcoin out.
Try watching the video, one gets a better idea.
https://stacker.news/items/307757/r/hynek