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Show HN: Burner – A low cost wallet to gift crypto

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49 points ccamrobertson | 2 comments | 13 Nov 24 17:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

Hi HN! I’m one of the creators of Burner, a low cost Ethereum hardware wallet designed for gifting. After creating various forms of crypto “cash” (https://kong.cash/, https://offline.cash/) we learned that gifting cryptocurrencies was consistently one of the biggest challenges for holders and enthusiasts.

Burner looks and feels like a colorful gift card, but under the hood it incorporates a secure element chip. You can access its wallet with just an NFC tap, and it works entirely through our (soon to be) open source web app.

There is a lot more to share, like USD II (created by https://www.bridge.xyz/), a stablecoin that we designed to work with Burner without gas, but for now we’re excited to push Burner out the door and start getting feedback from users.

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snypher ◴[13 Nov 24 19:26 UTC] No.42129063[source]▶
>That’s why we’ve created USD II – the perfect stablecoin to give with Burner. It’s backed 1:1 with U.S. Dollars held in reserve by our partner, Bridge.

Ah shit, here we go again. Why would I use this?

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1. ccamrobertson ◴[14 Nov 24 00:39 UTC] No.42131881[source]▶
The same reason one would use any other stablecoin like USDC, you want to send dollars to someone.

The added benefit is that you don’t need to be worried about sending ETH as well to use USD II. Put another way, if I gift you a Ledger with USDC today, you as a possible crypto newbie need to work out how to get ETH to move that USDC.

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2. KomoD ◴[14 Nov 24 21:15 UTC] No.42141304[source]▶
> Put another way, if I gift you a Ledger with USDC today, you as a possible crypto newbie need to work out how to get ETH to move that USDC.

Or I could just gift them ETH instead of USDC