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Are you planning to gift BTC as a Christmas present?

1783 sats \ 37 comments \ @Bitcoiner1 1 Dec bitcoin

I just wanted to know, how are you planning to do it?

LightSATs? , opendime?,etc..

Please don't.

In most cases it's a complete waste of time and sats. When people get something like BTC as a gift, it mostly reinforces the idea that it's a game and some sort of token to play on the internet. You have to make an effort to get to it, you have to take the time to understand, and you have to let your ego behind and free yourself from bias, that's maybe the most difficult part. And all that has to be on your own, no one can go through that path but yourself.

When people come to me with real interest I always take the time and try to explain, share resources and help, but never gift. People know I'm into it, and I always tell them we can talk about it if they like, but most simply don't want to.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @tomlaies 1 Dec

Gifting money is weird. Giftcards are a copout gift. Fiat money is a weird gift. Actual real money is a weird gift. If you care about your loved ones put some goddamn effort in and make a real gift or do nothing.
On the other hand it seems to be a successful method for orangepilling. I don't understand why but from hearsay it sounds like it's true

122 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 1 Dec

This will be my 4th year giving out sats. I only give bitcoin to people I know have expressed some interest, so I will only give to a handful. I don't get fancy. This will be the first year the people I'm gifting have finally moved their bitcoin off exchanges, so I will be sending bitcoin directly to their cold storage. No LN yet. They have never used it. Baby steps.

22 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 1 Dec

My friends and family have lost enough sats. They have to come to me when they're serious about learning.

99 sats \ 5 replies \ @supratic 1 Dec

make it easier and print your bitcoin ecash from https://brrr.gandlaf.com/

194 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin 1 Dec

I would prefer some LN vouchers printed from a LNbits. So if they do not redeem them or lose them, at least the sats are still in MY OWN node.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @supratic 2 Dec

That's a good point. Will be nice to see it running on LNbits or any other node implementation

23 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 2 Dec

Lnbits already have the option to print vouchers.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @supratic 2 Dec

I'll explore this option

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 2 Dec

Also if you want to customize the print out, you can change it here https://github.com/lnbits/withdraw/blob/main/templates/withdraw/print_qr_custom.html

Also keep in mind this setting

If you need more help don't hesitate to ask in LNbits group https://t.me/lnbits

96 sats \ 8 replies \ @DesertDave 1 Dec

About 5 years back, I had what I called a million Satoshi Christmas. I gave out million sats each to several people, all on paper wallets. I kept a copy of each as a backup. Everyone of them lost it and I ended up just claiming the sats back for myself since they didn't seem to care. 🤷‍♂️

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan 1 Dec

That is so funny. And so perfectly illustrative of the uselessness or thrusting sats on people who aren't ready. Sats come to people when they are ready to receive them, as Gigi says. Not sooner.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave 1 Dec

Yeah. It was really tough for me to learn about not trying to onboard everybody. I wait for people to come to me now.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @028559d218 1 Dec

Why people don't 'get' Bitcoin and care about it... is a complete mystery to me. I understand if people haven't heard of it, or if there weren't resources available to use learning about it. But it's not like that anymore.

It seems like it would just 'click' with people especially the last few years.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave 1 Dec

On a deeper level, people will not resonate with it until they have completed a certain part of their healing journey. All the pieces of the puzzle can be present but without realizing some level of some self worth and self reflection, they just can't open up to new things, like abundance. That's how I see it anyways.

11 sats \ 3 replies \ @zapsammy 1 Dec

omfg. everyone?! i helped someone load sats onto a satscard from an exchange, and she lost it one week later. she found the card in another week, but damn, really!? it's disrespectful to my education efforts; i was very direct and straightforward.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @DesertDave 1 Dec

I am sure they aren't intentionally disrespectful. They just have such a different perspective. Also, I feel your pain.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @zapsammy 1 Dec

maybe i still suck as a teacher. maybe i suck at picking the students. maybe i cud be funnier. maybe i cud learn to gauge better whether the student is ready for more. maybe i need a lot more knowledge.

one thing is for sure: i will not stop spreading the knowledge, in whatever way it takes. we are in a spiritual battle for all the marbles.

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave 1 Dec

That's all we can do. I know I have a long way to go but I feel much more effective as a teacher than how I used to feel.

27 sats \ 0 replies \ @flat24 1 Dec

Just like the teacher @datrhcoin says, only very selective individuals maybe my mother, my wife and daughters, and nobody else. I don't know anyone who knows about the use of bitcoin, much less who deserve any of it...

37 sats \ 1 reply \ @JesseJames 1 Dec

Nope, I am planning to gift a book or an article to read about if they want to learn.... then after they read it... maybe :-)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @flat24 1 Dec

This is a fantastic idea, giving them an entrance to the rabbit hole, a walk through the corners of the rabbit's knowledge 🐇. to see if they wake up

16 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 1 Dec

Yes,

Satscards

14 sats \ 0 replies \ @SpaceHodler 1 Dec

No, I don't know anyone IRL that wouldn't lose it. I might zap extra, maybe donate to a Bitcoin cause.

Bitcoiners deserve bitcoin, fiaters don't.

43 sats \ 5 replies \ @DarthCoin 1 Dec

Yes but only to selected individuals

How? First they must learn basic procedure to save the fucking seed or if is a LN gift, at least backup the access to that wallet. Otherwise... nothing will get. I will not throw away sats on papers, opendime or whatever crap custodial LN wallet and then they forget how to access it or just throw it away. Fuck 'em. If they want sats, must prove they worth it.

10 sats \ 4 replies \ @Satosora 1 Dec

I thought the opendime was a pretty cute novelty. I might buy some and give some away. Not my SN sats, though. They are precious.

30 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin 1 Dec

Opendime is cool, I like it. But for own personal use case. Many times you end up gifting them to noobs and they throw it away. There's no way to recover those sats.

So if you use opendimes as gifts, choose wisely to who you give them and teach them clearly all the aspects.

I would prefer some LN vouchers printed from a LNbits. So if they do not redeem them or lose the voucher, at least the sats are still in MY OWN node.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @itsrealfake 1 Dec

azteco could be a neat utility here..

give voucher (but you took a photo) they can sweep to a wallet they set up or else, you sweep the voucher in 1week

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 1 Dec

Yes, much better than that crap shitcoin company, good point, vouchers are easier to handle.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 1 Dec

Right. I get your style of thinking. I will only give the opendime to people who have that kind of interest. Its pretty unique. Not everyone will appreciate its simplicity. They are pretty expensive, though. Especially once you add bitcoin to it to gift to someone.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark 1 Dec

No, I'm not going to give anyone sats, but I'm setting aside a portion of my sats for my nieces education. Her father (my brother in law) died of pancreatic cancer, leaving behind my sister and her daughter. I still have a few bull runs before she will be old enough to need it.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @criptopanas 1 Dec

I'd rather GIFT a BTC class to my family members & friends than SATS.

I've heard so many histories of people losing the sats, because the newbies don't value them.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jddska 1 Dec

not a single sat, my family and cousins are all are vaccinated comunists

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bee_Aye 1 Dec

no, i think its really weird to give people btc as gifts, especially if they are not a bitcoiner.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 1 Dec

Yep the more sats you donate and don’t get used take Satoshi approach to this which is lost or unused coins is a donation to everyone

So I try every everything open dimes lightning vouchers, sat cards. Gift in what ever form should be appreciated

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @c137Heather 1 Dec

Most of the few opendimes that I have given out have been lost or not used. I agree with other posters- only give to those who have shown some interest. I do like the idea of sats cards. I am not sure the fate of the few of those that I have given. They are so cool but for the most part wasted on normies.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @2053456d48 1 Dec

Wow! Opendime it's new for me. Great to know about it!