<blockquote>
<p>I can't find anything to send sats to , as a test. Why did I just put funds in a lightning wallet I cannot use?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The lightning network is a young technology, but nonetheless there are plenty places online / IRL that accept lightning payments. A quick websearch brings up tons or results, for example:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://yalls.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://yalls.org/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://lightningnetworkstores.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://lightningnetworkstores.com/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://acceptlightning.com/list.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://acceptlightning.com/list.html</a></li>
</ul>
<p>(I do not affiliated with and do not endorse any of those websites, they were simply some of the first examples that showed up in a web search)</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Is there a way to send funds back to my BTC wallet? I read somewhere that the only way is to buy a BTC voucher with lightning and then redeem the voucher back to my BTC wallet?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Moving funds from lightning back to 'on-chain' bitcoin is as easy as sending a bitcoin transaction. There is no 'BTC voucher' or any other nonsense like that. Your wallet should be able to create a transaction that will close your lightning channel(s) under the hood, moving your funds back into a regular bitcoin address.</p>
<p>Note that some wallets might hide this functionality, for easier UX. You'll need to decide which wallet to use based on factors such as this (eg fine-grained control vs easy user experience).</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Is BlueWallet &quot;meant to be&quot; a one way BTC to lightning directional transfer only?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I am not intimately familiar with Blue Wallet, but in general, no. Any good wallet should allow you control over your funds (including the ability to move funds out of a lightning channel, if desired).</p>

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2021-06-15T01:49:16.890Z
2021-06-15T01:49:16.890Z
chytrik
<p>I had the same question.  My lightning wallet would not accept an address from my on-chain wallet. Apparently, what you need to do is use a service that does <em>atomic swaps</em>.  I was able to use:</p>
<p><a href="https://boltz.exchange/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://boltz.exchange/</a></p>
<p>You go there, no signup necessary, paste in your on-chain receiving address, set an amount of sats, then it will generate a new lightning <em>invoice</em> address, that you can paste into the lightning wallet send form.  The transaction will go through this service, they will convert from lightning to BTC and forward the BTC to your on-chain wallet.</p>

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2024-04-03T22:06:57.113Z
2024-04-03T22:06:57.113Z
Brian Davis
<p>You can do this in a variety of ways as others have mentioned - and one service I've used is coinos.io where you can send Layer-1 (onchain) bitcoin or Layer-2 bitcoin (Lightning), and then withdraw the other.</p>
<p>If you want to experiment with a bitcoin sidechain (Liquid) then you can also withdraw to that - whole other area though!</p>
<p>I like coinos.io because there it is completely anonymous; note though that you are trusting the service for the period between your deposit and your withdrawal. If you want to learn more about the service before using it, you can listen to the TFTC podcast #202 where Marty Bent talks with Adam Soltys.</p>

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2021-06-16T11:09:07.190Z
2021-06-16T11:09:07.190Z
WizardofAus
<p>You can swap mainnet BTC with Lightning sats using any Lightning wallet on:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mtpelerin.com/exchange-crypto?ssa=0.01&amp;wsc=sat&amp;wdc=BTC&amp;wsa=1000000?rfr=uWMvVJQ2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.mtpelerin.com/</a></p>

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2024-04-25T11:01:28.540Z
2024-04-25T11:01:28.540Z
Kawa
<p>Use wallet of Satoshi for beginning, it is really user friendly. You can easily move from layer one to layer 2 lightning, then back again.</p>

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2022-12-31T13:24:43.463Z
Suggesting that a different wallet should be used is not a great answer.  Instead, it would be better to explain how on-chain and off-chain sats differ and the various options for achieving the desired outcome (independent from a specific vendor)
Jonathan Cross
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2022-12-26T10:19:46.927Z
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Matt
<p>I had many of the same questions when I first started using the lightning network and BlueWallet.</p>
<p>To move funds back to an &quot;on-chain&quot; BTC wallet you can use the exchange function.</p>
<ol>
<li>Open your BlueWallet Lightning Wallet</li>
<li>Select Manage Funds</li>
<li>Select Exchange</li>
<li>This will take you to zigzag.io where you can send a lightning payment and receive BTC at a BTC address.</li>
</ol>
<p>As far as using your Sats to pay for goods and services I like paywithmoon.com It can be used at basically any online retailer. It creates a one time use virtual credit card which you can fund via a lightning payment from your lightning wallet.</p>

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2021-12-23T22:34:08.150Z
yeah that worked.  Since then, i have learned there there are wallets that make this easier for users.  One example is breez.
djangofan
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2022-11-06T23:24:27.607Z
If I want to withdraw $400, the commission is around ~$17 ... Is there a better way?
AndroC
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2023-04-03T16:50:18.003Z
This no longer seems to work. I cannot find the "Exchange" option in the "Manage funds" menu
Kikin-Sama
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2021-06-15T19:04:09.693Z
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PanPan7100
<p>How can I move sats from a lightning wallet back to a BTC wallet?</p>
<p>I installed BlueWallet and put $20 of Bitcoin in my wallet.  Then I created a Lightning wallet and moved most of the sats into the lightning wallet.</p>
<p>At this point I am totally stuck:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>I can't find anything to send sats to, as a test.  Why did I just put funds in a lightning wallet I cannot use?</p>
</li>
<li><p>Is there a way to send funds back to my BTC wallet?   I read somewhere that the only way is to buy a BTC voucher with lightning and then redeem the voucher back to my BTC wallet?  Is this normal?</p>
</li>
<li><p>Is BlueWallet &quot;meant to be&quot; a one-way, BTC to lightning directional transfer only?</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>It is really strange that the above questions are so difficult to find answers for.   So confused.</p>

<lightning-network><withdrawal><bluewallet>
How to move sats from a lightning wallet back to BTC wallet?
djangofan
# How to move sats from a lightning wallet back to BTC wallet?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-06-15)

How can I move sats from a lightning wallet back to a BTC wallet?

I installed BlueWallet and put $20 of Bitcoin in my wallet. Then I created a Lightning wallet and moved most of the sats into the lightning wallet.

At this point I am totally stuck:

1. I can't find anything to send sats to, as a test. Why did I just put funds in a lightning wallet I cannot use?
2. Is there a way to send funds back to my BTC wallet? I read somewhere that the only way is to buy a BTC voucher with lightning and then redeem the voucher back to my BTC wallet? Is this normal?
3. Is BlueWallet "meant to be" a one-way, BTC to lightning directional transfer only?

It is really strange that the above questions are so difficult to find answers for. So confused.

**Tags:** lightning-network, withdrawal, bluewallet


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## 6 answers

### Answer by username_7 on 2021-06-15. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

I had many of the same questions when I first started using the lightning network and BlueWallet.

To move funds back to an "on-chain" BTC wallet you can use the exchange function.

1. Open your BlueWallet Lightning Wallet
2. Select Manage Funds
3. Select Exchange
4. This will take you to zigzag.io where you can send a lightning payment and receive BTC at a BTC address.

As far as using your Sats to pay for goods and services I like paywithmoon.com It can be used at basically any online retailer. It creates a one time use virtual credit card which you can fund via a lightning payment from your lightning wallet.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: yeah that worked.  Since then, i have learned there there are wallets that make this easier for users.  One example is breez.  
> **username_8**: If I want to withdraw $400, the commission is around ~$17 ... Is there a better way?  
> **username_9**: This no longer seems to work. I cannot find the "Exchange" option in the "Manage funds" menu  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-06-15. Score: 2

> I can't find anything to send sats to , as a test. Why did I just put funds in a lightning wallet I cannot use?

The lightning network is a young technology, but nonetheless there are plenty places online / IRL that accept lightning payments. A quick websearch brings up tons or results, for example:

* <https://yalls.org/>
* <https://lightningnetworkstores.com/>
* <https://acceptlightning.com/list.html>

(I do not affiliated with and do not endorse any of those websites, they were simply some of the first examples that showed up in a web search)

> Is there a way to send funds back to my BTC wallet? I read somewhere that the only way is to buy a BTC voucher with lightning and then redeem the voucher back to my BTC wallet?

Moving funds from lightning back to 'on-chain' bitcoin is as easy as sending a bitcoin transaction. There is no 'BTC voucher' or any other nonsense like that. Your wallet should be able to create a transaction that will close your lightning channel(s) under the hood, moving your funds back into a regular bitcoin address.

Note that some wallets might hide this functionality, for easier UX. You'll need to decide which wallet to use based on factors such as this (eg fine-grained control vs easy user experience).

> Is BlueWallet "meant to be" a one way BTC to lightning directional transfer only?

I am not intimately familiar with Blue Wallet, but in general, no. Any good wallet should allow you control over your funds (including the ability to move funds out of a lightning channel, if desired).


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### Answer by username_2 on 2024-04-03. Score: 1

I had the same question. My lightning wallet would not accept an address from my on-chain wallet. Apparently, what you need to do is use a service that does *atomic swaps*. I was able to use:

<https://boltz.exchange/>

You go there, no signup necessary, paste in your on-chain receiving address, set an amount of sats, then it will generate a new lightning *invoice* address, that you can paste into the lightning wallet send form. The transaction will go through this service, they will convert from lightning to BTC and forward the BTC to your on-chain wallet.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2021-06-16. Score: 1

You can do this in a variety of ways as others have mentioned - and one service I've used is coinos.io where you can send Layer-1 (onchain) bitcoin or Layer-2 bitcoin (Lightning), and then withdraw the other.

If you want to experiment with a bitcoin sidechain (Liquid) then you can also withdraw to that - whole other area though!

I like coinos.io because there it is completely anonymous; note though that you are trusting the service for the period between your deposit and your withdrawal. If you want to learn more about the service before using it, you can listen to the TFTC podcast #202 where Marty Bent talks with Adam Soltys.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2024-04-25. Score: 0

You can swap mainnet BTC with Lightning sats using any Lightning wallet on:

[https://www.mtpelerin.com/](https://www.mtpelerin.com/exchange-crypto?ssa=0.01&wsc=sat&wdc=BTC&wsa=1000000?rfr=uWMvVJQ2)


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### Answer by username_5 on 2022-12-26. Score: 0

Use wallet of Satoshi for beginning, it is really user friendly. You can easily move from layer one to layer 2 lightning, then back again.

> **Comments:**
> **username_6**: Suggesting that a different wallet should be used is not a great answer.  Instead, it would be better to explain how on-chain and off-chain sats differ and the various options for achieving the desired outcome (independent from a specific vendor)  

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