got paid in BTC at work two years ago and only just figured out what to do with it

not even an investment thing. a coworker just paid me back for something in bitcoin because he didn't have cash. i put it in a wallet and kind of forgot it existed. started looking into it recently because i felt weird just sitting on it forever.

I always thought that the two actual choices I have are to either sell it on an exchange, which means providing some form of identification as well as waiting for a bank deposit, or to continue holding onto it forever.

what I found out, though, is that there exists something else which I have never heard of before. gift card exchanges, where one can buy a virtual gift card with crypto and receive the code through their email address. no need for exchange accounts and no need for any identification procedures or even waiting periods. last week, I made a purchase using Aceb for my spotify membership, and it honestly didn't take as long as I anticipated.

why this didn't come up anytime I searched for "how to use my bitcoin."