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# How to Pay With Bitcoin

How to pay with bitcoin, from getting a wallet and bitcoin to sending a payment, and the trade-offs of paying in BTC.

To pay with bitcoin, you need a wallet with bitcoin in it and the payee's Bitcoin address or payment QR code.

## Pay with bitcoin

1. **Get a wallet.** See [How to Create a Bitcoin Wallet](/learn/create-bitcoin-wallet.md).
2. **Get bitcoin.** Buy it in your wallet or on an exchange. You do not need a whole bitcoin: one bitcoin is 100,000,000 satoshis (sats). See [How to Buy Bitcoin](/learn/how-to-buy-bitcoin.md).
3. **Get the payment details.** At checkout, the merchant shows an address and amount, usually as a QR code.
4. **Send.** In Leather, click "Send" on the Home screen (in a narrow window, "Transfer" and then "Send"), choose Bitcoin, enter or paste the address and amount, choose a fee and confirm. See [Send Bitcoin (BTC)](/transactions/send-bitcoin.md).

![BTC send form with an amount and a recipient address](https://4209755586-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FaSQhveafXrLjROsW3JZ1%2Fuploads%2FBYg8iNMrboEWb6EotekP%2Fe-support-paying-with-bitcoin-01-btc-send-form.png?alt=media\&token=0a337102-c79c-494a-b57e-d4911880abbc)

To receive a payment, share your Bitcoin address from "Receive".

## Where you can pay

Online shops, travel and gift card sites, some local businesses and individuals accept bitcoin. Many use a payment processor that converts the bitcoin to local currency for the merchant.

## Trade-offs

**Advantages**

* Works across borders without a bank.
* No chargebacks: the merchant gets final payment.

**Disadvantages**

* A payment cannot be reversed if you send the wrong amount or to the wrong address.
* Network fees can be high when the network is busy.
* Confirmation takes minutes, not seconds.
* Paying with bitcoin can be a taxable sale in some countries.