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Monero Gift Printable (monero.town)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Monero Gift is a printable template for people that want to easily give Monero away as a present.

Here's the printable PDF: https://github.com/phloatingman/monero_gift/raw/main/Monero%20Gift.pdf

The source .ai file is available here if you want to make changes: https://github.com/phloatingman/monero_gift

Note: When you write down the seed phrase, make sure it's in all lower case. Cake Wallet only accepts lowercase words.

I usually use this printable in tandem with an Amazon Gift Card. For example, I would give $50 USD worth of XMR and $50 USD worth of Amazon Gift Card in the same envelope in case my gift receiver does not want anything to do with cryptocurrency. If the gift receiver does not transfer the funds to their own wallet within 1 year, the funds can be swept and regifted.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The concept may be lovely, but the fact is, many people nowadays have been Pavlov’ed to immediately ignore anything weird that says, "Congratulations! You got some money. Visit this URL and input something." As they say, the Cake is a lie…

Monero could be a wonderful gift to a friend of yours if they’re especially interested in privacy (in that case, you might want to talk to them privately, and perhaps recommend a better wallet). Otherwise, it may be kind of like casting pearls before swine…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I usually use this printable in tandem with an Amazon Gift Card. For example, I would give $50 USD worth of XMR and $50 USD worth of Amazon Gift Card in the same envelope in case my gift receiver does not want anything to do with cryptocurrency. If the gift receiver does not transfer the funds to their own wallet within 1 year, the funds can be swept and regifted.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Those are very generous gifts! You have lucky friends or relatives.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Neat idea, thanks for sharing :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Love this! Reminds me of BTCtip back in the day.

Edit: what do you know, it still exists. I had no idea and hadn't thought about the service in years. Your post jogged my memory.

For anyone interested:

https://bctip.org

XMR is better though, obviously 😉

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The main problem I see with this is that it looks complicated and it's unclear how to spend Monero upfront, so the bulk of people won't follow through on this even if they understood what to do. The BTCtip is closer to what being approachable...fewer words and a barcode to get to the site directly and an expiration date to encourage people to act now (and let you know if the gift was accepted). Ultimately, I don't see how you can avoid some one-on-one preparation (possibly with some hand holding) for this to work.