ETH → BTC: where to swap

Updated 22 September 2026 · compiled by the editorial team from the services' own pages

Where to swap Ethereum for Bitcoin without opening an account, what each service asks for and what decides the amount you actually receive. The market rate below is a reference; the final number is named by the service at the quote step.

ETH → BTC swaps one asset for another without going through a stablecoin. Two volatile sides mean the quote is held for a shorter window — that is where a fixed rate earns its small premium.

Leaving Ether often frees the balance that gas kept locked up: what is left after fees is the honest measure of the position.

Bitcoin is taken as the long position: the deepest liquidity of all coins here, and the slowest, most expensive network to move it on. People buy it to hold, not to shuffle.

Minimum for ETH: 0.02 ETH. Networks: ERC20 out, Bitcoin in — check the network your wallet supports before you send.

How this swap goes

1. Pick ETH → BTC and the amount. The quote is for that amount: a larger transfer can get a different one.
2. Give the receiving address on the right network — Bitcoin for BTC. The same coin on another network is another address.
3. Send from your wallet. Confirmations are the network's job, not the service's: under load the wait grows.
4. The payout arrives at your address. Nothing stays on an account anywhere — there is no account.

This pair in numbers

Networks and timing for this pair

Sending ETH takes about 12 seconds per confirmation, and the fee is gas, which swings with network load. The payout in BTC settles in about 10 minutes; its fee is the highest of the coins here at busy hours and is deducted from what you receive. ERC-20 gas is the single reason a small swap can return less than it cost — check the fee before the rate. Bitcoin confirmations are slow by design, so a floating rate has the most time to move while the transfer waits.

What changes the amount you get

• The network fee is deducted at payout. On BTC over Bitcoin it is the smallest part of the deal; over ERC-20 at a busy hour it can be the largest.
• The rate type. A floating rate follows the market until confirmation, a fixed one is locked — see which to choose.
• The minimum. Just above it the fixed network fee takes a painful share — see why.

Verification and AML

A standard swap here needs no identity check. A transfer that trips AML rules is held and verification is requested — every service in the table states this before you send, and this guide explains what it means in practice.

Questions about ETH → BTC

How long does ETH → BTC take?

Sending ETH takes about 12 seconds per confirmation, and the fee is gas, which swings with network load. The payout in BTC settles in about 10 minutes; its fee is the highest of the coins here at busy hours and is deducted from what you receive. ERC-20 gas is the single reason a small swap can return less than it cost — check the fee before the rate. Bitcoin confirmations are slow by design, so a floating rate has the most time to move while the transfer waits. In practice the whole swap is the sum of those two waits plus the seconds the service needs in between.

What is the smallest ETH amount that makes sense?

The service minimum is 0.02 ETH, but «makes sense» is higher: just above the minimum the fixed network fee of BTC takes a visible share of the payout. Why that happens.

Do I need an account to swap ETH for BTC?

Not with the services in the top of the table — they move coins from your wallet to your wallet and hold nothing in between. Verification appears only when a transfer trips AML rules.

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