Swap BTC to LTC: Bitcoin to Litecoin exchange
Litecoin shares Bitcoin’s design but confirms roughly four times faster and costs a fraction as much to move.
Swapping Bitcoin (BTC) to Litecoin (LTC)
Litecoin exists to be the version of Bitcoin you actually transact with. Blocks come four times as often, and fees have stayed negligible through every period when Bitcoin’s mempool has not. The codebase is close enough that wallet and merchant support came almost for free. When you need to move value rather than store it, the difference is practical rather than ideological.
The two chains are separate despite the resemblance, and the address formats overlap enough to be dangerous. Both use bech32, and a Litecoin address beginning ltc1 is easy to mistake for a Bitcoin one beginning bc1 at a glance. Read the prefix, not the shape. Litecoin sent to a Bitcoin address, or the reverse, is not recoverable by any exchange service, ours included.
This route serves people who are about to make several payments rather than one. Converting a working balance into Litecoin and spending from it repeatedly is cheaper than sending Bitcoin each time, and the difference compounds quickly at small amounts. Keep the holding position in Bitcoin and move only the spending float. A Bitcoin to Litecoin exchange is also one of the better-quoted routes we run: nearly every partner handles the pair, so several quotes compete and the spread stays tight at most sizes. Litecoin confirms in about two and a half minutes, so once the Bitcoin deposit is in, the rest of the swap is quick. You swap BTC to LTC, no account needed, and an LTC to BTC exchange is the same widget flipped.
BTC to LTC converter and conversion rates
- 1 BTC
- ≈ 1,222.01 LTC
- 10 BTC
- ≈ 12,220.11 LTC
- 100 BTC
- ≈ 122,201.08 LTC
- 1,000 BTC
- ≈ 1,222,010.79 LTC
Those are reference figures, not offers; the widget above is the live calculator for any amount. When you request this swap we compare live rates across several independent liquidity partners and show the best receive amount, which is what the order is created with. The partner's spread, our commission and the fee for delivering LTC to your wallet are already inside it — see fees and how the comparison works.
Convert BTC to LTC: conversion rate and estimated amount
To convert BTC to LTC, enter the exchange amount in the widget. The LTC converter tool then shows the estimated amount you will receive. That figure is the BTC to LTC conversion rate from the best of our partners at that moment, with every fee already taken off. It is a receive amount, not a mid-market price. The widget doubles as a BTC to LTC exchange and price calculator: change the amount and the BTC to LTC conversion updates with it, with no order created.
The rate moves with market conditions across the cryptocurrency market, so the estimated amount is only current until you confirm. At that point it is priced once more, and the order is created at the rate you were shown. Converting Bitcoin costs nothing beyond that figure except one thing: the Bitcoin transaction fee your own wallet pays to send the deposit. On some chains those are called gas fees. They depend on network conditions, not on us.
The exchange process has one manual step, which is sending the deposit. Everything after it is automatic. Once the exchange is completed, the LTC is in your wallet and the swap's data is purged. If something looks wrong before then — a deposit below the minimum, a transfer on the wrong network — the support team can be reached with your swap link. The refund address you set is where funds return.
BTC to LTC minimum amount, network fee and exchange rate
- Minimum amount
- The live minimum amount of BTC for this pair is shown in the widget before you confirm. It moves with network conditions rather than being a fixed figure, and there is no maximum.
- Network fee
- The fee for delivering LTC to your wallet is already inside the receive amount. The one cost outside the quote is the Bitcoin network fee your own wallet pays to broadcast the deposit.
- Exchange rate
- The BTC to LTC exchange rate is compared in real time across several partners when you enter the amount, and re-priced server-side the moment you confirm, so the rate you see is the rate the order is created with.
- Confirmations
- The exchange runs once the BTC deposit has the network confirmations the partner requires, and Bitcoin produces a block every ~10 min. How many it waits for depends on the amount, so the tracking page shows the live count.
Instant BTC to LTC swaps
Every BTC to LTC swap is processed automatically as soon as the required blockchain confirmations land — no manual approval, no review queue, no waiting period we impose. Exchange Bitcoin to Litecoin here and there is no account step either, so your Litecoin leaves for your wallet as fast as network conditions allow.
Before you send
- Set a refund address. It is where funds go back to automatically if the swap cannot complete. Without one a refund is still possible, but you have to contact support with your swap link and a return address first — see refund handling.
What we can and can't see
This swap needs no account, no email and no identity document, because there is no mechanism here to collect them. What is stored is the amount, the destination address and the refund address — the minimum needed to execute and, if necessary, reverse the exchange — and it is purged once the swap finalizes.
Private mode routes the exchange so that no single party sees both ends of it, at the cost of slightly more spread and one extra settlement hop. The full architecture, and what it deliberately does not promise, is on the privacy page.
How to exchange BTC for LTC
- 01Pick the pair and amount
Set how much BTC you want to exchange. The widget quotes live across our partners and shows the best LTC receive amount.
- 02Give two addresses
Your LTC destination address, and a BTC refund address in case the swap cannot complete. No account, no email, no identity check.
- 03Send the deposit
Transfer the BTC from your own wallet to the address shown. Nothing is held on your behalf — it is forwarded on arrival.
- 04Receive your coins
Once the deposit confirms, the exchange executes and the LTC is sent to your address. Follow it the whole way on the tracking page.
BTC to LTC — frequently asked questions
Do I need an account to swap BTC for LTC?
No. There is no registration, no email and no identity check anywhere in the flow. You provide a destination address and a refund address, send the deposit from your own wallet, and the funds are forwarded to you.
How do I avoid confusing the two address formats?
Read the prefix rather than the shape. Both chains use bech32, so a Litecoin address beginning ltc1 and a Bitcoin one beginning bc1 look almost identical at a glance and differ by three characters. Litecoin also uses addresses starting L or M. Coins sent to the other chain’s address cannot be recovered.
Is it cheaper to send several payments in Litecoin?
Considerably, which is usually the point of this route. Litecoin’s fees have stayed negligible even when Bitcoin’s have spiked, so converting a spending float once and paying from it repeatedly costs less than sending Bitcoin each time. Keep the long-term holding in Bitcoin and move only what you intend to spend.
What is the minimum BTC amount?
It moves with network conditions, so the widget shows the live minimum for this pair before you confirm rather than quoting a fixed figure. Minimums exist so on-chain costs stay a small fraction of the swap instead of swallowing it. There is no maximum.
What happens if the swap fails?
It is refunded to the return address you set before confirming — that address is the whole mechanism, which is why it is asked for up front. Deposits below the minimum, deposits that arrive after the quote window closes, and routes that stall are all handled the same way.
How long does a BTC to LTC swap take?
Mostly the time the Bitcoin network takes to confirm your deposit. The exchange runs automatically once the deposit has the confirmations the partner requires, and the LTC payout follows within minutes of that. The time depends on network conditions and on the amount. Larger deposits wait for more confirmations, and Bitcoin produces a block roughly every ~10 min. The tracking page shows the live confirmation count.