Bitcoin and Monero represent opposite ends of the transparency spectrum in cryptocurrency. Bitcoin's blockchain is permanently public — every transaction, every address, every amount, indexed and searchable by anyone. Monero's protocol makes this structurally impossible — no sender, no recipient, no amount is visible on chain. Swapping between them is a direct conversion from one philosophy to the other.
How to swap Bitcoin to Monero
Select BTC as the send asset and XMR as the receive asset in a non-custodial swap service. Enter the amount of Bitcoin you want to convert. Provide your Monero wallet address — from Feather Wallet or Cake Wallet, beginning with "4". The service generates a Bitcoin deposit address. Send BTC from your Bitcoin wallet. After 1–3 Bitcoin confirmations — typically 10–30 minutes — the service sends XMR to your Monero wallet.
What changes after the swap
The Bitcoin you send is visible on the public blockchain — any observer can see BTC was sent to the deposit address. What happens after that is not visible. The XMR arrives in your Monero wallet with no public record of its Bitcoin origin, the amount received, or the destination address. Ring signatures, stealth addresses, and RingCT apply from the moment of receipt. An observer examining the Monero blockchain sees that a transaction occurred — and nothing else.
Monero wallet to use
Feather Wallet for desktop — featherwallet.org. Cake Wallet for mobile — iOS and Android. Both generate a receiving address immediately after setup. Keep the seed phrase offline before initiating any transaction.
Bitcoin to Monero on Terce: Bitcoin's confirmation time is the delay. Monero delivery is near-instant once processed. No account or KYC required. The rate is locked when your BTC deposit receives sufficient confirmations.