I been involved in Bitcoin since 2012. This year cryptocurrency has exploded, and it’s still just in its infancy. Of course the more people that buy/use crypto the more accepted it becomes. A big problem I hear around the interwebs from other crypto enthusiasts “How do I give bitcoin as a gift?”.

Here are 3 ways you can gift bitcoin.

1. Bitcoin Greeting Cards.

Bitcoin greeting cards are an elegant, cheap, and easy way to give Bitcoin to someone. There are some new companies like www.coingreetings.com that you can purchase cool designs, they already securely print public and private keys on the card. The private keys are hidden under a scratch away sticker. All you have to do once you receive the card is add funds to the card, then fill it out and gift it. Coin Greetings cards stat around $5.

“Happy HODLdays” from coingreetings.com

2. Hardware Wallets

Hardware wallets are another way to gift bitcoins. You can buy a trezor, or a ledger nano s and open and set it up like its yours. Once you load the crypto you can then re-package it up and wrap it. This of course is a bit more expensive. Ledger’s start around $70 and Trezor’start around $105.

Left: Ledger Nano S , Right: Trezor

3. Physical Coins

Yes! Physical coins! Some companies like www.denarium.com are making physical coins that you can load with bitcoin. The are priced around $25 (for an empty coin).

Denarium Bitcoin

All three are great solutions. Since you are the crypto guru, ideally you should be showing your recipient how to use, claim, store the bitcoin from any of these solutions.