BCH to USDC (ERC20): Swap Bitcoin Cash to USD Coin on Ethereum, No KYC

Bitcoin Cash split from Bitcoin in 2017, and the two still share a lot: the same style of wallet, similar transactions and, in the old format, addresses that start with 1. That shared history is the source of the most expensive mistake on this pair. BTC sent to a Bitcoin Cash deposit address is on the wrong chain and does not count as a deposit.

Electron Cash and Cashonize send real BCH. Multi-coin apps list both coins, sometimes with similar icons, so open the BCH account, not the BTC one. If you hold Bitcoin and want USDC, the right page is BTC в USDC.

Modern Bitcoin Cash wallets show addresses in CashAddr form, starting with bitcoincash:q or just q. The sender address you enter here should be that BCH address. Blockchair lets you look up the deposit and confirm it went out on the Bitcoin Cash chain.

Bitcoin Cash targets a block about every ten minutes, like Bitcoin. On this site's figures, a BCH deposit takes about 10 to 20 minutes to confirm. That is the longest leg of the swap, and nothing can speed it up once the transaction is broadcast.

The network fee is low and is paid in BCH by your wallet when you send. Send the amount the box asks for, plus whatever fee the wallet adds; do not subtract the fee from the deposit amount yourself.

While the deposit waits for confirmation, the rate keeps floating with the BCH price. The quote comes from aggregated liquidity from leading crypto markets, and the box shows the USDC amount after fees before you send. Once the deposit confirms, most swaps finish within minutes. A large move in BCH during those minutes can shift the final USDC figure a little from the first quote.

USDC on this pair is the ERC-20 version on Ethereum. Its address starts with 0x and has 40 hex characters after that, and MetaMask, Rabby or a Ledger can hold it. A Bitcoin Cash wallet cannot.

USDC also exists on other chains, and so do apps that show all of them in one list. Before you paste an address, decide which chain the USDC should end up on. The Ethereum version is the one this pair pays. For USDC on Solana, use BCH to USDC on Solana; for BNB Smart Chain, use BCH на USDC BEP20.

After the payout, Ethereum confirms in about 2 to 5 minutes, and Etherscan shows the transfer under your 0x address. If MetaMask does not list USDC on its own, add the token in the wallet and the balance appears.

Receiving USDC costs nothing. Moving it does. Every ERC-20 transfer on Ethereum pays gas in ETH, so the 0x address that holds the USD Coin needs some ETH too. Your BCH cannot pay Ethereum fees, and the USDC cannot pay its own.

If the receiving address is new, plan the ETH before you need it. A small separate swap on BCH в ETH can send Ethereum's coin to the same 0x address. Ethereum gas is usually higher than fees on Bitcoin Cash, so expect each USDC transfer to cost more than your BCH sends did.

One more property of the token: Circle, the issuer of USDC, can freeze USDC at any address. That is part of what USDC is, on Ethereum and elsewhere, and a swap does not change it.

Bitcoin Cash moves with the wider market. Holders who want a stable dollar value for a while, or who need to pay someone a fixed dollar amount, move part of their BCH into a stablecoin. USDC is one of the two largest, issued by Circle.

USDC and USDT are not the same token. They come from different issuers and keep their own reserves, even though both aim at one US dollar. If the person or app you deal with asks for Tether, BCH на USDT TRC20 Это наиболее подходящий вариант.

Choosing USDC on Ethereum makes sense when the next step is an Ethereum wallet or app that expects it. GhostSwap is a no-KYC crypto exchange, so the swap needs no account, email or ID, just your two addresses and the BCH deposit. To return to Bitcoin Cash later, use USDC в BCH.

The Bitcoin Cash address you enter as the sender is also your refund address. If a swap cannot be completed, the coins are refunded to the sender address you entered, so the BCH goes back to that address on the Bitcoin Cash chain.

Use an address from your own wallet. BCH withdrawn from an exchange account comes from a pooled wallet, and a refund to that address may not find its way back to you. A legacy address that starts with 1 is fine as a sender as long as it is a Bitcoin Cash address you control.

Your swap ID page walks through deposit, exchange and payout. Because the BCH confirmation alone can take up to 20 minutes, give it that time before worrying. If Blockchair shows the deposit confirmed and the status page has not moved for hours, email support@ghostswap.io with the swap ID and the BCH transaction ID.