The deposit
Send only ZEC on the Zcash network. Check that your wallet's send screen shows the full amount in the quote, including any fee it adds.
ZcashBitcoin
Swap ZEC to BTC — native, no account
Convert Zcash to bitcoin without an exchange account. Send ZEC to a one-time transparent deposit address and BTC is paid to the Bitcoin address you choose. If your ZEC is shielded, your wallet unshields it as part of sending.
- No account
- All fees included in the quote
- TorrentSwap never holds your funds
- You send
ZECZcash- You receive
BTCBitcoin- Typical time
- about 5–15 min
- Protocols
- 2
Swap ZEC to BTC
Live quotesEnter the amount of ZEC you want to swap
You receive
0
Fees are included in every amount. If a protocol can’t meet your minimum, your deposit is refunded.
Transparency
Who can execute this swap
NEAR Intents and Flashnet can each quote ZEC to BTC. Which of them responds at a given moment depends on liquidity; the swap box lists every protocol that does, ranked by what you receive after fees.
NEAR Intents
Typically about 5–15 min
Solvers compete to fill your swap at the best price.
Held briefly by the intents deposit service until a solver fills the order.
How NEAR Intents worksFlashnet
Typically about 5–15 min
Fast cross-chain settlement network.
Held briefly at a Flashnet deposit address while the swap settles.
How Flashnet works
How it works
How to swap ZEC to BTC
- 01
Enter how much ZEC to swap
Type the amount of ZEC on Zcash. Quotes from NEAR Intents and Flashnet arrive within seconds.
- 02
Pick a route
Routes are ranked by the BTC you receive after all fees. Each shows the protocol by name, its time estimate and the protected minimum.
- 03
Add your addresses
Paste the Bitcoin address that should receive the BTC, and a Zcash refund address you control.
- 04
Send the deposit
Send exactly the quoted ZEC to the one-time deposit address from any wallet or exchange withdrawal. Tracking starts automatically.
About this route
What ZEC to BTC actually does
This route starts with native ZEC on Zcash and delivers native BTC on Bitcoin.
Deposit addresses for swaps are transparent Zcash addresses. Modern wallets such as Zashi can send from a shielded balance to a transparent address; that final transfer is visible on-chain, like the BTC payout.
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- You send
- Zcash (ZEC) on Zcash, the network's native asset
- You receive
- Bitcoin (BTC) on Bitcoin, the network's native asset
- Receiving address
- Native SegWit (bc1q…), Taproot (bc1p…) or legacy addresses starting with 1 or 3. Lightning invoices are not Bitcoin addresses.
- Refund address
- A Zcash address you control. Refunds are paid in ZEC.
- Deposit confirmation
- Zcash deposits usually need several 75-second blocks: about 5–15 minutes.
- Fees
- Included in the quote: network, protocol and TorrentSwap fees. What you see is what you should receive.
Before you send
Three checks that prevent most mistakes
The receiving address
The destination must be a Bitcoin mainnet address you control.
The refund address
The refund address must be a transparent Zcash address (t1… or t3…) you control.
Support will never ask for a seed phrase or private key. TorrentSwap only ever needs public addresses.
FAQ
ZEC to BTC: common questions
Related guides
Can I send from a shielded balance?
Yes, if your wallet supports sending from the shielded pool to a transparent address. The deposit address itself is transparent.
Why must the refund address be transparent?
Refunds are sent by the protocol as an ordinary transparent transaction, so it needs a t-address to pay back to.
How long does ZEC to BTC take?
Typically about 5–15 min from sending your deposit to the payout. NEAR Intents: about 5–15 min; Flashnet: about 5–15 min. The time is driven mostly by how long Zcash takes to confirm the deposit, and each live quote shows that protocol's own estimate. The BTC payout then needs a Bitcoin block, usually around ten minutes, before most wallets show it as confirmed.
What fees do I pay to swap ZEC to BTC?
The platform fee, the executing protocol's fee and network fees are all already included in every quote, so the amount you see is what you should receive, and a protected minimum applies: if a protocol cannot deliver at least that, it refunds your deposit instead. Your own wallet charges the normal network fee to send the deposit.
Do I need an account or KYC to swap ZEC to BTC?
No. There is nothing to sign up for and no email to give — you only enter the receiving address and a refund address. The protocols that execute swaps can apply their own compliance screening, for example against sanctioned addresses.
What happens if the swap cannot complete?
If a protocol cannot fill your swap within the protected minimum, it refunds the deposit to your refund address. The refund address must be a transparent Zcash address (t1… or t3…) you control.