How to Use the sBTC Bridge
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The sBTC bridge is a web application allowing you to convert your BTC into sBTC on the Stacks chain.
Ensure that you are using the bridge located at app.stacks.co. This is the only official sBTC bridge.
If you aren't familiar with sBTC, be sure to check out the to understand how it works.
The bridge has been designed to be as simple as possible to use. In order to utilize sBTC, all you need to do is send a Bitcoin transaction using a supported wallet (like or ).
Below you'll find both a video and written walkthrough of using the bridge.
There are 5 simple steps to convert your BTC to sBTC.
In the UI, you can monitor the status of your transaction to see when it has been completed, at which point you can see the sBTC in your wallet. It will go through three stages:
Pending - Your Bitcoin transaction is processing
Minting - Your Bitcoin transaction has processed and the sBTC signers are minting your sBTC
Completed - Your sBTC has been minted to your wallet
Note that you may need to enable the display of the sBTC token within your wallet by clicking on 'Manage Tokens' and enabling sBTC.
There is an intermediate step in between depositing BTC and the sBTC signers consolidating it into the single signer UTXO. If the transaction is not picked up by signers, you can reclaim it using this UI. Note there is a 'Lock Time' field on the Reclaim page. That indicates the amount of blocks that must have passed in order to reclaim your BTC.
This initiates a Bitcoin transaction that will transfer your BTC back to you.
If you accidentally leave the transaction page, you can view the status of your transaction by adding the txId
, step
, and amount
query parameters to the bridge URL, eg.
If your sBTC mint fails, you can reclaim your sBTC. You can do this via the bridge by visiting the reclaim page at https://app.stacks.co/reclaim?depositTxId=[TX_ID_HERE] and replacing the bracketed text with your transaction ID, eg.