To swap BTC to TRX, connect a Bitcoin wallet, choose BTC on Bitcoin as “from” and TRX on Tron as “to”, paste your Tron address (it starts with T) and sign one Bitcoin transaction. On November 5, 2026, $1,000 of BTC quoted 3,125.18 TRX through NEAR Intents in about 29 minutes, before the 0.7% service fee. No exchange account, no wrapped bitcoin and no bridge on your side.
Key Takeaways
- Route type: cross-chain. You sign on Bitcoin; a NEAR Intents solver pays out TRX on Tron once your deposit is confirmed.
- Time: about 29 minutes at every amount we checked.
- Cost: about 0.37% in route fees plus a flat Bitcoin fee of about $0.49, before the 0.7% service fee.
- Main catch: BTC leaves from a bc1, 3 or 1 address, but TRX can only land on a T… Tron address. An exchange deposit address on another network will not do.
What Is BTC?
BTC is the native coin of the Bitcoin network. Here it means real bitcoin from your own wallet, not WBTC or another wrapped version on an EVM chain. Bitcoin has no smart contracts for the swap itself, so you send a normal transaction to a deposit address and the cross-chain part happens after it confirms. Background: what is wrapped bitcoin.
What Is TRX?
TRX is the native coin of Tron. Every Tron account needs it: transfers use bandwidth, and contract calls such as USDT (TRC-20) transfers use energy, which the network covers by burning TRX when you have none staked. Most people buying TRX with bitcoin want exactly that: fuel for a Tron wallet that holds or will hold USDT.
How the BTC to TRX Swap Works
The router found one route on our check: NEAR Intents. You send BTC to a one-time deposit address generated for your quote. After the Bitcoin confirmations, a solver delivers TRX from its own liquidity to your Tron address. Nothing is minted or wrapped on the way, and you never sign a Tron transaction, so an empty Tron wallet is fine as the destination. See what is an intent-based bridge.
Quotes by Amount (November 5, 2026)
| You send | You receive | Route fees | Bitcoin fee | Full cost | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $100 of BTC | 312.25 TRX | $0.37 | $0.49 | about $0.98 (1.0%) | about 29 min |
| $1,000 of BTC | 3,125.18 TRX | $3.70 | $0.49 | about $4.54 (0.45%) | about 29 min |
| $10,000 of BTC | 31,252.67 TRX | $36.97 | $0.49 | about $40.71 (0.41%) | about 29 min |
Full cost is the gap between what you send and the dollar value LI.FI put on the TRX you receive, plus the Bitcoin fee. TRX per dollar was the same from $100 to $10,000 (about 3.125), so there is no reason to split a large swap. The only thing that changes is the flat $0.49 Bitcoin fee: about 0.5% of a $100 swap, almost nothing on $10,000. Quotes are LI.FI routes before the 0.7% Step Exchange service fee and change every minute.
How Much TRX Do You Actually Need?
If the goal is gas for USDT on Tron, $100 of BTC already gave 312 TRX on our check. A USDT transfer to an address that has never held USDT burns more energy than one to an active address, and the price of energy changes, so check the cheapest way to move USDT before deciding how much to keep. If you want dollars on Tron rather than gas, swap to USDT directly: BTC to USDT.
Step by Step
- Copy your Tron address (starts with T) from your wallet.
- Connect your Bitcoin wallet and pick BTC on Bitcoin as “from”.
- To: TRX on Tron. Paste the Tron address.
- Check the quote: amount of TRX, fees and the roughly 29-minute wait.
- Sign the Bitcoin transaction with a normal fee and wait for the payout; do not send a second deposit while the first is confirming.
Mistakes to Avoid
- Sending from an exchange balance: the deposit address belongs to this quote. Send BTC from a wallet you control, in the amount shown, so any refund goes back to a wallet you control.
- A low Bitcoin fee to save cents: if your transaction sits unconfirmed, the swap waits with it. The quoted $0.49 fee is already small.
- Wrong recipient format: a 0x or bc1 address is not a Tron address. The swap needs a T… address.
- Expecting USDT: this route pays native TRX. If you need TRC-20 USDT, choose USDT on Tron as “to” instead.
Going back: TRX to BTC. Other ways to fill a Tron wallet: SOL to TRX, ETH to TRX. More from bitcoin: BTC to SOL.