Ready to use your bitcoins (BTC) in Starknet’s DeFi ecosystem? This tutorial guides you through bridging BTC to Starknet using the Ready Wallet.
👉 Prerequisites: Set up your Ready Wallet before starting. For background on Starknet and Bitcoin, see Starknet Onboarding for Bitcoiners.
We’ll cover three bridging options: Layerswap, Garden Finance and Atomiq
Layerswap integration inside Ready
Follow these steps:
1. Open Ready or Ready Wallet, tap “Fund”, then select “From another chain”.
2. Select Bitcoin
3. Select BTC
4. An address will be generated. Tap “Copy” to copy the address.
5. Sign into the exchange (for example, Coinbase) or wallet (for example, Ledger) from which you’d like to transfer. Then tap “Transfer”. In this example, we use Coinbase.
6. Tap “Send crypto”
7. Tap “Allow Paste”
8. Tap “Paste from clipboard” to paste the address into the search bar. Then tap your address under the search bar.
9. Select Bitcoin (BTC)
10. Select Bitcoin (Default)
11. Enter how much BTC you want to transfer. Tap “Preview”.
12. If it asks “Where are you sending your BTC?” select “Self-custody wallet”.
13. If it asks “Who are you sending to?” enter Layerswap under “Recipient full name” and United States as “Recipient country of residence”. Then tap “Continue”.
14. Tap “Continue” on the avoid scams and fraud screen.
15. Tap “Send Now”.
16. Done! Your Bitcoin will arrive in your Ready or Ready Wallet account once the transaction has been processed.
Garden Finance
Open Garden Finance app.
Click on Connect. Then connect your Bitcoin wallet and your Starknet wallet.
Enter the amount and hit Swap.
You’ll have to sign the deposit transaction in your Bitcoin wallet. After a few minutes, your Ready Wallet will be credited by the equivalent amount of WBTC.
Atomiq
Open the app —> https://app.atomiq.exchange/. This is the main page. By default, the bridging route is BTC → Solana. We don’t want that.
Click on the SOL logo, select Starknet, then select Wrapped BTC (WBTC).
The swap section changes to this. Click on “Bitcoin wallet”, connect your Bitcoin wallet. Phantom, UniSat, Xverse & Magic Eden are available. Then click on “Connect wallet” and choose Ready Wallet.
Enter the amount you’d like to bridge, tick the “Request gas drop” option if it’s a new wallet and execute the transaction.
After a few minutes, the transaction will be validated on Bitcoin and the funds will be credited in your Ready Wallet.
With these bridging options, bringing your bitcoins into Starknet’s DeFi ecosystem is easier than ever. Pick your favourite method and start exploring new opportunities.