This step-by-step tutorial shows you how to buy Bitcoin on the Lightning network with our service, through our website or with our mobile app.
5 minutes|Yann Gerardi|Published 2023-02-09|Updated 2024-10-24
With our exchange service, you can buy satoshis easily and receive them directly on any of your existing Lightning wallets.
The step-by-step guide below shows you how it works:
If you already have a profile with us, login with one of the methods available to continue. For this example, we choose the SMS option:
If you don't have a Lightning wallet yet, downloading our mobile app is the easiest way to get started if you want to buy sats. This step-by-step tutorial below shows you how it works:
This step-by-step tutorial below shows you how it works:
Create a new wallet, or restore an existing one if you prefer to. If you need help on the creation of a wallet, we have made a step-by-step guide here.
Go in Settings > My profile > Register, choose an authentication mode then provide an email address on which you will receive notifications about your transactions.
Registering allows to buy sats by bank transfer up to CHF1,000 per day, CHF15,000 per month and CHF100,000 per year.
To buy sats above these limits or to buy sats by card, you will need to identify. For more info, please see our support page.
Switch to the Lightning network by using the menu on the top left of the screen or in the app's Settings, then choose "sat".
Once you are on the sat screen, click on the "Add" button.
Choose the purchase method by selecting the "Bank account" or "Card" tab. You can then choose to buy sats in 19 different fiat currencies. Select one of them, enter a purchase amount, and you will see our all-inclusive exchange rate.
By default, your receiving address is your Bridge Wallet address. You can also receive your sats directly on another address. To do so, you will need to link it first to your profile, here is how to do it.
If you have chosen to buy sats by bank transfer, you will see here our bank account information. Follow the instructions to make your bank transfer, and you will receive a notification as soon as we receive it. See "Bank transfer times" for more info.
If you have chosen to buy sats by card, enter your card details and confirm. Please note that once your payment has been confirmed, your sats can take from several minutes up to several hours to be delivered on your wallet. See "Delivery time of card purchases" for more info.
About the author
Yann is the head of marketing of Mt Pelerin. He fell down the rabbit hole of crypto at the end of 2017, when he joined the assembling team that would give birth to Mt Pelerin.
The most common questions that our clients ask us are all answered there. Have a look!
We answer all your questions, and we answer them fast! Get in touch by email or through Bridge Wallet's contact form.
We accept clients from all countries, except US and Russian persons, and residents of:
Afghanistan, Belarus, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mainland China (Hong Kong and Taiwan accepted), Mali, Myanmar, Nicaragua, North Korea, Romania, Russia, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe.