Bitcoin & Satoshi Converter (USD)
Convert between USD, BTC, and satoshis at a bitcoin price you enter yourself, no live feed required.
Check your exchange for the current price. This tool doesn't pull a live feed by design, so the numbers only move when you update the price yourself.
How it works
Enter the current bitcoin price in USD, then type an amount in whichever unit you're thinking in: dollars, BTC, or satoshis (the smallest unit a bitcoin splits into, one hundred millionth of a coin). The calculator converts that amount into the other two units using the price you entered. There's no live price feed here on purpose. Prices you pull from someone else's API can lag your actual exchange or payment processor by seconds or minutes, and in a market that moves as fast as bitcoin does, that gap matters when you're quoting a customer. Check your own exchange or processor for the number you're working with, then plug it in here.
Worked example: say BTC is trading at $80,000 and a customer owes you $100 for an invoice. Enter 100 with the unit set to USD and the price at 80,000, and the tool shows 0.00125 BTC, which is 125,000 satoshis. Flip it around: if a customer sends you 250,000 sats at that same $80,000 price, that's $200 worth of bitcoin, before your payment processor's fee comes out.
FAQ
Why do I have to type in the price myself?
Bitcoin's price moves throughout the day, sometimes by a meaningful percentage within minutes. A calculator that fetches a price automatically can quietly show you a number that's already stale by the time you read it. Typing in the price from your own exchange, wallet, or payment processor keeps the math tied to the number you're actually going to be paid or charged at.
What's a satoshi and why does it matter for a US business?
A satoshi is one hundred millionth of a bitcoin (0.00000001 BTC), named after Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator. Most invoices and point-of-sale receipts in the US quote dollar amounts, but under the hood, payment processors and wallets often display balances in sats because a whole BTC is worth tens of thousands of dollars and most transactions are a fraction of one coin. Knowing the conversion helps you sanity-check what your processor shows you.
Does this account for network or processor fees?
No. This tool only converts between USD, BTC, and satoshis at the price you enter. It doesn't subtract miner fees, Lightning routing fees, or a payment processor's percentage cut. Use the payment fee calculator on this site to estimate what a processor actually nets you after fees.
How is this different from tracking capital gains for the IRS?
This tool just converts units at a price you type in; it doesn't track cost basis, holding periods, or gains and losses. If your business holds bitcoin instead of converting it to USD immediately at settlement, the IRS treats it as property, and you'll need separate recordkeeping for that.
For more on the mechanics behind these numbers, see how bitcoin payments work step by step, bitcoin network fees explained, and managing bitcoin price volatility as a merchant.