Bitcards

The bitcoin you can actually hand someone.

Your money · fully secured · 100% offline

Real on-chain BTC on a card you fund yourself. Scan to add bitcoin, write the 12 words your phone shows, seal it, give it. No app, no account, no us in the loop, Bitcards never holds it. You hand over the only key.

real bitcoinno appno accountno sign-up

Offline Security

Private keys stay offline. No server to hack, no login to phish, no database holding your money.

You're in Control

No apps. No accounts. Just Bitcoin. You fund it, you hold it, you hand it over.

Easy to Use

Scan, write, seal, give. Opening it later takes a phone and nothing else.

THE HONEST PART

You can send sats for free. So why a card?

// sending bitcoin costs ~nothing. we know. here's what a transaction can't do:

It's a thing you put in a hand. A QR in a chat is forgettable and abstract. A sealed, numbered card is a real object you hand across a table. Self-custody stops being theoretical the second it's in their hand.

The other person needs zero setup. No exchange signup, no account, no "download this app first." They scan, peel the seals, and follow the phone, on their own time. It's the cleanest on-ramp that never touches a custodian.

WHY IT'S YOURS, WITHOUT TRUSTING US

This isn't "trust me." It's in your hand.

01 / KEY

The key is two halves

Our half is sealed on the card. Your half is the 12 words your phone shows during setup, which you write on the card's strip. It takes both to spend.

no words = no bitcoin · no backup.
02 / SETUP

Scan and fund it yourself

Scan the QR with any phone camera to add bitcoin and check the balance. You fund it with your own BTC, Bitcards never touches the coins.

no app, no account, no sign-up, ever.
03 / GIVE

You hand over the only key

Write the 12 words, seal it, and give it. The card carries the only key to real on-chain bitcoin, theirs the moment it's in their hand.

Bitcards never holds it, you hand them the only key.
OUR HALF
A
sealed on the card, opens nothing alone
+
YOUR HALF
B
the 12 words your phone shows, written on the card
=
THE ONLY KEY
spends it
only the holder ever has both halves

// right now the two halves are apart. nobody can spend, including us.

no math degree required.

No words = no bitcoin · no backup.

// both halves travel with the card. nothing stays behind with us.

FLOW

Three steps. No app at any of them.

01

Scan to add bitcoin

Scan the QR with any phone camera to add bitcoin and check the balance. Send from whatever wallet you already use, any amount. Our sealed half stays shut until the day the card is opened.

// printed on the card: "scan to add bitcoin & check the balance"
tap a step to see what is printed on the card

SPECIFICATIONS

The world's dumbest wallet.

Every other wallet has a spec sheet. Here's ours. It cannot be updated, patched, bricked, drained remotely or locked out of, because there is nothing in it to update, patch, brick, drain or lock.

batterynone
firmwarenone
appnone
accountnone
bluetoothnone
software updatesnever
attack surfacenone, it's offline
shelf lifeindefinite
ways to lose itlose the 12 words

THE CARDS

One card. Three finishes. Same fortress on the back.

The information and the cryptography never change. You're only choosing the front.

Bitcoin Orange

Everyone knows what this color means.

White

Says nothing until you turn it over.

Black

Looks like a bank card. Isn't one.

WHAT IT'S FOR

Two jobs a free transaction can't do.

// ORANGE-PILL

Bring someone in, the right way

Put real, self-custodied sats in a no-coiner's hand without sending them to an exchange first. They own it from the first second, with no custodian to teach them bad habits. The best first stack is one nobody else ever controlled.

// KEEPSAKE

Mark a moment in cold storage

Your first whole coin. A halving. A block height that meant something. Something you keep in a drawer, sovereignty you can actually hold, not a row in someone's database.

// THE NIGHT WATCH · MOVE YOUR LIGHT

Ten years in a drawer, and it still opens.

No server, no battery, no login, nothing that expires. A Bitcards card just sits there holding, sealed, until the day someone decides to open it. Finding it is easy. Opening it takes the twelve words.

THE FIELD

Physical bitcoin, without the usual trade-offs.

BitcardsOpenDimeTangemBurnerExchange
Maker can't spend itWe never hold it wholeChip-genChip-genChip-genCustodial
Designed to give, not self-buyYesPartialSelf-buySelf-buyNo
Open with no appScan · peel · phoneIts flowIts appIts appIts app
No app / no accountYesYesAppAppAccount
Works if maker disappearsYesYesApp-depRail-depNo
Designed to hand to someoneYesSelf-buyKitMerchantNo
Price (each)~$29~$13~$50+~$25Free*

swipe the table sideways to see every column

// yes, we cost more than an OpenDime and infinitely more than a free tx. you're paying for a key split in two (we never hold it whole), an open-with-no-app flow, scan · peel · follow the phone, and a gift-grade object made to hand to someone, not a self-buy stick. "chip-gen" = the device makes the key, so you trust the chip + supply chain. *exchange "free" = custodial + sign-up.

PROOF FROM PEOPLE

Holders don't hand out five stars easy.

4.9 average rating
from Google reviews
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Set it up at my kitchen table in five minutes. Loaded it, wrote the words, sealed it. My brother opened it later with nothing but his phone. No app, no account, no asking anyone's permission.
Jake M. · gifted three cards
I've walked six people through hardware wallet setups. Never again. This is scan, write, seal, hand it over. Cold storage that doesn't need me on call for tech support.
Sarah K. · verified buyer
The key splits in two and the company never holds it whole. Nothing online to hack, nobody who can freeze it. This is how you put real bitcoin in someone's hand.
Dan R. · verified buyer

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ON CAMERA

Watch a card get loaded, sealed and handed over.

Real bitcoin, in your hand
Go ahead. Hack it.
Forty pages of terms. Ours fit on the card.
Eleven notifications today. This sent zero.

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STRAIGHT ANSWERS

For people who ask the hard questions.

Why pay for this when I can just send sats for free? +
You're right that the transaction is ~free, we won't pretend otherwise. What you're buying is the object and the on-ramp: a tangible thing to hand someone, and an open path that needs no exchange, no app, and no account on their end, they just scan, peel the seals, and follow the phone. If you just want to move value to your own wallet, send the tx. If you want to put self-custody in someone else's hands as a real object, that's this.
Can Bitcards spend the bitcoin? +
No, Bitcards never holds it. The key comes in two halves: our half stays sealed on the card, and your half is the 12 words your phone shows during setup, which you write on the card's strip. It takes both halves together to spend, and only the holder of the card has both. We can't move the funds. One honest note: because the card publishes an address, anyone, including us, can watch its balance on-chain; watching isn't spending. And remember: no words = no bitcoin · no backup.
How do I know I'm the only one who can spend it? +
Because you hold both halves. Our half is sealed on the card; your half is the 12 words your phone shows, which you write down and keep with the card. Nobody can spend without both, and Bitcards only ever had one half, sealed, in your hand. We aim to be trust-minimized, not magic: source and hashes are published at launch, so you can check our half instead of taking our word for it, and the only key is yours to hand over.
What does the recipient need to open it? +
Just a phone. To open it later they scan the QR, peel the seals, and follow the phone, that's it. No app to install, no account to open, no sign-up. The 12 words on the strip plus our sealed half are the whole key; following the phone walks them through it. There is no Bitcards app, on purpose.
What's in the box? +
One Bitcards card in the finish you chose, Bitcoin Orange, White or Black. The back carries the QR, the 12-word strip and a unique serial number. It ships in a protective sleeve. No electronics, no battery, nothing to charge or pair: if it survives a decade in a drawer, it still works.
What if Bitcards the company disappears? +
Nothing changes for the holder. There's no server in the path to open it. The card is standard bitcoin, and the only key is the two halves in your hand, our sealed half plus the 12 words you wrote down. We're a stationer, not a counterparty.
What if the card is lost? +
It's a bearer instrument, whoever holds it holds the coins. The 12 words are the backup: lose the card with the words gone and it's gone, like cash. That's the honest line, no words = no bitcoin · no backup. Keep the words safe and keep the card sealed until you're ready, and the trade for true bearer ownership is that no one, including us, can restore it for you.
Is this legal / does it need KYC? +
No KYC, because there's nothing to KYC: we sell an empty card and never take custody of funds. You fund it with your own bitcoin and the recipient controls it. We stay a product, not a money business.

FIRST PRODUCTION RUN

Sovereignty you can hold. And hand over.

$29 for the card, plus the bitcoin you load. Charged only when it ships, cancel free before then. Your money, fully secured, 100% offline.

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