Paying with Bitcoin (BTC)
Last updated: 31 July 2026
You can pay Claude Store in Bitcoin, and it is the slowest option we accept: expect a network fee of one to five dollars and ten to forty minutes to confirm. Our invoices lock the rate for a window, so the BTC amount quoted settles the order even if the market moves while the transaction is confirming. If you are in a hurry, USDT on TRC20 is the better choice.
- Typical fee
- $1–5, higher when the network is busy
- Confirmation
- 10–40 minutes
- Delivery after payment
- 41 min median
Why Bitcoin is the slow option
Bitcoin produces a block roughly every ten minutes, and a payment is considered settled after a small number of blocks. That puts a floor of ten to forty minutes on confirmation that no fee can remove. Every other coin we accept settles faster, and most settle in about a minute.
This is a design property, not congestion. Bitcoin is worth using here if it is what you already hold — not if you want your code quickly.
How the fee is actually decided
Bitcoin fees are an auction. You are bidding for space in the next block, priced per byte of transaction data rather than by the amount you are sending. When the mempool is busy the going rate rises, which is why the same payment can cost one dollar on a quiet Sunday and five or more mid-week.
- The fee is not a percentage — sending $24 and sending $2,400 cost about the same.
- Most wallets estimate the current rate for you; taking the default is usually right.
- Setting a fee far below the going rate can leave the transaction pending for hours.
Why the rate lock matters more here
Bitcoin is volatile, and the gap between broadcasting and settling can be forty minutes. Our invoices are fixed-rate: the BTC figure quoted is what settles the order, so a move in the market while you wait is not your problem. Send the quoted amount rather than recalculating it yourself from a price you saw somewhere else.
The fixed-rate window has a time limit, shown on the payment page. Send within it. If it expires before your transaction is broadcast, nothing is charged and you simply start again at the current price.
Lightning is not the same network
A Lightning payment cannot settle an on-chain Bitcoin invoice — they are different layers with different addresses. If your balance lives in a Lightning wallet, withdraw to an on-chain address first, then pay from there. Wallets that hold both will ask which one you are sending from; choose on-chain.
Send the exact amount
Exchanges take their withdrawal fee out of the amount you send. Requesting exactly the invoice total therefore arrives short and marks the invoice partially paid, which holds your order for manual review instead of delivering it. Add the fee on top; anything extra is refundable on request.
What happens after you send
- Your wallet broadcasts the Bitcoin transaction to the network.
- The payment processor sees it as unconfirmed and marks the invoice as detected.
- Once it reaches the required number of confirmations, the invoice settles.
- We are alerted automatically and prepare your code — 41 minutes on median, guaranteed within 12 hours.
- The code and its redemption instructions arrive at the email you gave at checkout.
You do not need to keep the payment page open. Your order has a private status link that we send by email, and it updates on its own as the payment confirms.
If something goes wrong
| What happened | What to do |
|---|---|
| You sent less than the quoted amount | The invoice shows partially paid and we hold the order for review rather than delivering. Reply to us with the transaction hash and we resolve it. |
| You sent more than the quoted amount | The order is fulfilled normally. The difference is refundable on request. |
| The invoice expired before you sent | Nothing was charged. Start a new order — the rate is re-quoted at the current price. |
| You sent on the wrong network | Contact us immediately with the transaction hash. Recovery is often impossible, but it costs nothing to ask and the answer depends on the chain. |
Questions about paying with Bitcoin
Why is Bitcoin slower than the other coins you accept?
Because a block arrives about every ten minutes and settlement waits for a few of them. That floor is part of Bitcoin’s design and cannot be paid around. USDT on Tron settles in one to two minutes by comparison.
Can I pay over the Lightning Network?
No. Lightning is a separate layer and cannot settle an on-chain invoice. Move the funds to an on-chain address first, then send from there.
What if Bitcoin’s price moves while my payment confirms?
It does not affect you. The invoice is fixed-rate, so the quoted BTC amount settles the order regardless of what the market does inside the payment window.
My transaction is stuck as unconfirmed. What now?
It is almost always an underpaid fee during a busy period, and it usually clears on its own. If your wallet supports fee bumping (RBF or child-pays-for-parent) you can speed it up. Send us the transaction hash and we will hold the order rather than expiring it.
Is Bitcoin the cheapest way to pay you?
No. Toncoin, Litecoin and BNB all cost well under a dollar, and USDT on Tron is about a dollar. Bitcoin makes sense when it is what you already hold, not as a cost decision.
Other coins we accept
| Coin | Typical fee | Confirmation |
|---|---|---|
| USDT (USDT) | ~$1 on TRC20 · $3–12 on ERC20 | 1–2 minutes on TRC20 |
| Ethereum (ETH) | $1–8, driven by network congestion | 1–3 minutes |
| BNB (BNB) | Under $0.50 | About 1 minute |
| Litecoin (LTC) | Under $0.10 | 3–10 minutes |
| Toncoin (TON) | Under $0.05 | Under 1 minute |