Bitcoin

Bitcoin

Bitcoin can be accessed with the following coin types:

Environment	Coin Type	Faucet
Bitcoin Production	btc
Bitcoin Testnet	tbtc	https://coinfaucet.eu/en/btc-testnet/

Note: The Bitcoin wallets in Platform V2 should not be confused with the wallets created via V1 routes.

Generating wallets

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  .coin('tbtc')
  .wallets()
  .generateWallet({
    label: 'My Test Wallet',
    passphrase: 'secretpassphrase1a5df8380e0e30',
  })
  .then(function (wallet) {
    // print the new wallet
    console.dir(wallet);
  });

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LABEL="My Test Wallet"
PASSPHRASE="secretpassphrase1a5df8380e0e30"

curl -X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
-d "{ \"label\": \"$LABEL\", \"passphrase\": \"$PASSPHRASE\" }" \
http://$BITGO_EXPRESS_HOST:3080/api/v2/tbtc/wallet/generate

For Bitcoin, BitGo uses a 2-of-3 multisig P2SH scheme, with the keys in the order of User, Backup, and BitGo respectively.

You can create wallets with a single line of code using the BitGo SDK.

Creating addresses

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  .coin('tbtc')
  .wallets()
  .getWallet({ id: '585c51a5df8380e0e3082e46' })
  .then(function (wallet) {
    return wallet.createAddress();
  })
  .then(function (newAddress) {
    // print new address details
    console.dir(newAddress);
  });

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WALLET=585c51a5df8380e0e3082e46

curl -X POST \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
https://app.bitgo-test.com/api/v2/tbtc/wallet/$WALLET/address

Note: You can view address types and their Chain Codes. Bitcoin defaults to chain code 10.

Balances

Bitcoin (BTC) is the native asset of the Bitcoin blockchain. The base unit of Bitcoin is satoshi (or "sat"):

• 1 satoshi is (10-8) or 0.00000001 Bitcoin.
• 1 Bitcoin is (108) or 100000000 satoshis (100 million).

Balances are supported in string and number format but string is recommended to ensure values do not exceed the programmable number limit: balanceString, confirmedBalanceString, and spendableBalanceString.

Fee rate

Bitcoin's

minimum transaction fee

is 1000 satoshis. When sending a transaction, the default feeRate is 1000 satoshis/kvByte or 1 sat/vByte (which is 0.00000001 BTC/vByte). Use Get Fee Estimate to calculate a fee rate (feePerKb) that increases the probability that your transaction is confirmed.