How to give cryptocurrency as a gift
On the internet, you connect with thousands of people every day. Sometimes you just want to say a quick thank you—giving a small gift to an active follower, an engaged community member, or a referral.
Or perhaps you just launched a fun new meme coin and want to airdrop a small amount to your followers to build excitement and reward your early supporters.
"Hey! Thanks for being so active in the community. Let me send you a $5 gift. What is your wallet address? Or your Coinbase account? Maybe Starbucks?"
"Sorry, I don't have those accounts. 😭"
This is where the friction begins. Payment fragmentation disrupts micro-gifting, kills conversion rates, and stalls the momentum of a great interaction.
p2p.gifts is a browser-based, peer-to-peer gifting wizard designed to eliminate this exact complexity. Neither the sender nor the receiver needs to download an app, register an account, or configure a wallet.
Gifting and claiming cryptocurrency with zero signups, downloads, installs, or even having to ask anything—that is the key point of this article.
The idea
To understand how p2p.gifts works behind the scenes, think of this simple MetaMask mental model:
Setup: You generate a temporary wallet in MetaMask and load it with funds.
Gift: Next, you create a gift card featuring a custom image, a personal gift note, and a QR code that encodes the seed phrase. Then you share the gift card.
Claim: Your recipient scans the QR code, imports the seed phrase into MetaMask, and withdraws the funds to their personal wallet.
While this path sounds clear, it is also highly tedious. p2p.gifts keeps this exact same framework but packages it into a seamless, automated experience powered by mybucks.online.
How to Create a Gift Card
This walkthrough shows you how to gift crypto through p2p.gifts, from opening the site to sharing a finished gift card with someone you care about.
Start Gifting
Open p2p.gifts in your browser. On the welcome screen you will see a sample gift card and a short introduction to the product. When you are ready to begin, click the Start Gifting button.
Step 1 — Review the Auto-Filled Passphrase and PIN
The first step of the wizard asks you to secure your gift wallet. The app generates a strong passphrase and PIN for you automatically, so you do not need to invent credentials or try to remember them for later. Review the values on the screen. If you prefer a different pair, tap the refresh icon next to either field to generate a new one. You can also type your own values, as long as they pass the strength meter shown below each field.
⚠️ Important: These credentials are for one-time use only. Once you share the gift card, anyone with the card or QR code can extract the credentials—so do not reuse private credentials you use for other accounts.
When you are satisfied, click Create Wallet. A short loading dialog will appear while the wallet is created in your browser. Please do not refresh or close the tab until you have downloaded your gift card, because these credentials exist only in this browser session.
Behind the loading dialog, a secure cryptographic process is running to create a one-time wallet account from your current credentials.
In the following steps, you will deposit cryptocurrency into this account, then embed the full account credentials in a QR code on a gift card with an image and a note.
Step 2 — Deposit Crypto into the Wallet
Next, fund the gift wallet. Choose a network from the dropdown, then send cryptocurrency to the address displayed on the screen. You can scan the QR code with a mobile wallet or copy the address and paste it into the wallet you normally use.
For your recipient’s convenience, include a little gas fee along with the other tokens—for example ETH or POL with Pepe, Bonk, or USDT/USDC—so they can withdraw the funds without friction.
💡 Pro-Tip: We recommend using Polygon, Base, or Monad networks, since gas fees there are very low. For example, on Polygon, you can deposit your gift amount in USDT or USDC along with just 0.003 POL to easily cover their withdrawal gas fee.
After your deposit is complete, click Proceed to continue.
Step 3 — Customize the Look and Write a Note
In the final step of the wizard, you design the gift card itself. Choose a card style that fits the occasion, and write a warm gift note in the text area. The note supports simple Markdown formatting if you want headings, bold text, or a bit of structure. As you edit, the live preview on the left updates so you can see how the card will look before you share it.
Besides a few prepared card styles, you can prepare your own card image and upload it for a special gift.
The QR code in the card preview encodes a URL of the form https://app.mybucks.online#wallet=<base64-encoding-of-passphrase-pin-and-active-network>.
p2p.gifts is a step-by-step gifting wizard, and technically it utilizes mybucks.online.
When the card design looks nice, share the gift card in whichever way is easiest. Use Download Image to save the full gift card as a PNG that you can send or print.
Use Download QR Code if you only need the QR code. You can insert this QR code into a personal email or anywhere else.
You can also use Copy Gifting Link to place the claim URL on your clipboard and paste it into a chat or email.
https://app.mybucks.online/#wallet=o9zYSPAhNXbTA0LWgrbnAteFMsSS11RmIkB3J1NWxlODAHcG9seWdvbgvBHguo
You can send the card by DM, email, or even print it and slip it into an ordinary greeting card.
How to Claim a Gift
When your friend receives the card, they scan the QR code or open the gifting link. Their browser opens app.mybucks.online, unlocks the same gift wallet, and lets them transfer the funds to an address they control. They do not need to create an account or install an app.
Treat the gift card like cash. Anyone who has the link or the QR code can claim the funds, so share it only with the person you intend to gift.
You may be concerned about leakage of the gift card, QR code, or claim URL through an ISP, email, or messaging platform. For that reason, we encourage using this platform for micro-gifting.
Attackers can try brute-force or dictionary attacks against your credentials. Key generation uses the Scrypt KDF to make that harder for attackers, and p2p.gifts also auto-fills a high-entropy, random passphrase and PIN. Human-chosen credentials are often weaker, so we do not recommend entering a passphrase and PIN manually.
Please try p2p.gifts and mybucks.online yourself, and review the documentation here.
