Buy & Swap Stacks (STX)

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Stacks statistics

Market cap$3.1B

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24h volume$150M

Circulating supply1.50B STX

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All-time high$3.83

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About Stacks (STX)

Layer-1 blockchain

Stacks (STX) is a Layer-1 blockchain — a base network with its own consensus, validators, and native coin (STX) used to pay fees and secure the chain. Developers build applications directly on it, and STX is the asset that powers the whole ecosystem.

How does Stacks work?

The Stacks network is maintained by a distributed set of participants who validate transactions and add them to the blockchain. STX is required to pay for transactions and, on many networks, to stake and help secure the chain in exchange for rewards.

What is STX used for?

STX pays network fees, can often be staked for yield, and serves as the core unit of value across apps built on Stacks. Demand for STX tends to track activity and adoption on the network itself.

How to buy or swap STX on SwapRocket

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Stacks (STX) swap profile

This profile explains how Stacks swaps work on SwapRocket: the network STX settles on, what an exchange costs, how long it usually takes, and which pairs are published. Rates are aggregated live from every connected provider and shown in full before you commit to anything.

STX key facts

Ticker: STX
Settlement network: Stacks
Category: Layer-1 blockchain
Custody: Non-custodial — coins move from the provider straight to your wallet
Cost to you: Zero added fees; you see the provider rate
Verification: No KYC for crypto-to-crypto swaps
Typical completion: Most swaps finish in under 10 minutes
Rate options: Best rate, fastest route or fixed rate
Published pairs: 4 published STX pairs

How a STX swap works

Enter the amount you want to exchange, pick the asset on the other side, and SwapRocket queries every connected exchange partner at once. You choose an offer, paste the wallet address that should receive the funds, and send STX to the deposit address shown. The partner executes the trade and pays out to your address — SwapRocket never holds your coins, and there is no account to create before you start.

Choosing a rate for STX

Three offers are presented for every STX exchange. The best rate returns the largest amount for the size you entered. The fastest route favours the partner with the shortest expected settlement time, which matters when the market is moving. The fixed rate locks the quoted amount for the duration of the order, so what you are shown is what arrives, at the cost of a slightly smaller payout. Floating offers can move with the market between deposit and settlement.

Networks and addresses for STX

Stacks settles on Stacks. Always send from and to an address on that network: a deposit sent over a different chain cannot be recovered by the exchange partner. When an asset exists on several chains, pick the matching network in the widget before copying the deposit address, and send a small test amount first if you are unsure.

Popular STX pairs

Each pair below has its own page with a live quote, the current rate and the limits that apply to that route.

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What is STX? · Sourced guide · Updated 2026-09-24 · 14 sources cited

Stacks adds smart contracts and faster blocks without changing Bitcoin itself. How does a separate chain anchor its history to Bitcoin, and what role does STX play in keeping that link working?

Bitcoin is deliberately conservative: its scripting language is limited and protocol changes are slow. Stacks takes those constraints as fixed and builds a separate layer with its own blocks, its own contract language and its own native coin, while writing its progress into Bitcoin transactions. The design question is not whether Stacks turns Bitcoin into a smart-contract chain. It does not. The question is how much of Bitcoin's security and finality a separate network can borrow through anchoring, miners who spend BTC, and signers who approve blocks, and what that arrangement asks of the people who use it.

Proof of Transfer: miners spend bitcoin to write Stacks blocks

Stacks began with a leader-election mechanism specified in SIP-001 and extended by SIP-007. Instead of burning electricity directly, prospective Stacks miners commit BTC in Bitcoin transactions to compete for the right to produce Stacks blocks. The Stacks chain's history is therefore recorded as a series of commitments inside Bitcoin, and anyone running a node can check those commitments against the Bitcoin ledger.

In Proof of Transfer the BTC that miners commit is not simply destroyed. SIP-007 describes it being transferred to STX holders who lock their coins to participate in the protocol, a process called Stacking. Miners are paid in newly issued STX and transaction fees; participants who lock STX receive BTC. The coin is therefore part of the security budget itself: it is what miners are competing to earn, and what holders commit in order to receive the bitcoin miners spend.^{[1], [2], [5]}

Nakamoto: fast blocks with Bitcoin finality

Under the original design, Stacks blocks followed the pace of Bitcoin blocks, so confirmations were slow. SIP-021, the Nakamoto upgrade, separated block production from Bitcoin's block interval. A miner selected through a Bitcoin commitment can produce many fast Stacks blocks during its tenure, and a set of signers must approve each block before it joins the chain.

The upgrade also changed how Stacks history relates to Bitcoin reorganizations. SIP-021 ties each tenure to a Bitcoin block, so once that Bitcoin block is buried under enough proof of work, reversing the corresponding Stacks history would require reversing Bitcoin as well. The documentation describes this as Bitcoin finality. Fast blocks give quick feedback in a wallet; the deeper Bitcoin-anchored guarantee arrives on Bitcoin's schedule.^{[3], [5], [6]}

Clarity: contracts that can read Bitcoin

Stacks contracts are written in Clarity, specified in SIP-002. Clarity is interpreted rather than compiled, which means the code that runs on the chain is the code published by the developer. The language is decidable: it avoids unbounded loops so that the cost and behavior of a contract call can be analyzed before it runs. These are deliberate trade-offs that favor predictability over expressive flexibility.

Clarity contracts can read the state of the Bitcoin chain, which lets an application react to Bitcoin transactions without trusting a separate reporting service. Stacks also supports post-conditions, rules attached to a transaction that limit what assets it may move. If a contract call would transfer more than the user allowed, the transaction fails. For users that is a concrete safety feature: the wallet can state exactly what may leave the account.^{[4], [7], [8]}

sBTC: bringing bitcoin into Stacks applications

A contract layer is only as useful as the assets it can reach. sBTC is a token on Stacks designed to represent BTC one-for-one. Users deposit BTC to a wallet controlled by a group of signers and receive sBTC on Stacks; withdrawals burn sBTC and release BTC back on Bitcoin. The documentation describes an initial set of community-chosen signers maintaining the peg wallet under a threshold arrangement.

That makes sBTC a clear example of Stacks' approach: Bitcoin stays unchanged, and the bridge relies on an explicit, documented signer model instead of pretending to be trustless in every respect. Its code is public and its security model is written down. Anyone using sBTC is relying on that signer set, and should read the model rather than assume sBTC is identical to holding BTC directly.^{[9], [10]}

How the next staking design settles in

The Stacks documentation now describes PoX-5 and Bitcoin Staking, in which BTC holders can take part through a Bitcoin lockup that stays under their own keys, starting with a managed bootstrap phase and allowlisted participation. How far and how fast participation widens beyond that bootstrap phase is UNKNOWN from the current documentation, and this profile does not predict it.

Signer decentralization is a related open question. Nakamoto and sBTC both depend on signer sets whose size and makeup can change. The documents set out the rules, but the long-run spread of signing weight is something only observation can show, so it is UNKNOWN here rather than assumed.^{[11], [12], [13]}

What this means when you hold or move STX

STX is the native coin of the Stacks chain. It is not an ERC-20 token and it is not bitcoin. Send STX only to an address the receiving wallet or service labels as Stacks mainnet, and check the network named in any swap quote before sending. Stacks addresses have their own format, and an address copied from another chain is not interchangeable.

Stacks blocks appear quickly, but a swap provider sets its own confirmation threshold before releasing the destination coin. Keep the transaction ID until the order completes. If you lock STX for Stacking or hold sBTC, those positions follow their own protocol rules; unlock timing and peg operations are set by the protocol, not by a swap provider.

Sources and evidence (14)

[1] SIP-001 specifies Stacks leader election through commitments recorded in Bitcoin transactions. Stacks Improvement Proposal 001 — Burn Election · verified 2026-09-24 Confirmed
[2] SIP-007 specifies Proof of Transfer and Stacking, in which BTC committed by miners is transferred to participants who lock STX. Stacks Improvement Proposal 007 — Stacking Consensus · verified 2026-09-24 Confirmed
[3] SIP-021 specifies the Nakamoto upgrade: fast blocks during miner tenures, signer approval, and Stacks history tied to Bitcoin finality. Stacks Improvement Proposal 021 — Nakamoto · verified 2026-09-24 Confirmed
[4] SIP-002 specifies Clarity as an interpreted, decidable smart-contract language for Stacks. Stacks Improvement Proposal 002 — Smart Contract Language · verified 2026-09-24 Confirmed
[5] Stacks documentation describes block production through mining, signing and Bitcoin finality, with blocks joining the chain once enough signer weight approves them. Stacks Documentation — Block Production · verified 2026-09-24 Confirmed
[6] Stacks documentation explains the network's relationship to Bitcoin as a separate layer anchored to Bitcoin. Stacks Documentation — Network Fundamentals · verified 2026-09-24 Confirmed
[7] Clarity's official site describes a predictable, decidable language whose contracts can read Bitcoin state. Clarity Language — Official site · verified 2026-09-24 Confirmed
[8] Stacks post-conditions let a transaction limit the assets it may transfer, failing the transaction if the limits are exceeded. Stacks Documentation — Post-conditions overview · verified 2026-09-24 Confirmed
[9] sBTC is a SIP-010 token representing BTC 1:1, with the peg wallet initially maintained by 15 community-chosen signers. Stacks Documentation — sBTC · verified 2026-09-24 Confirmed
[10] The sBTC implementation is published as open-source code. GitHub — stacks-network/sbtc · verified 2026-09-24 Confirmed
[11] Stacks documentation describes PoX-5 as the upgrade enabling Bitcoin Staking, beginning with a managed bootstrap phase. Stacks Documentation — PoX-5 Overview · verified 2026-09-24 Confirmed
[12] Bitcoin Staking under PoX-5 uses a Bitcoin lockup committed to a Stacks principal, with native-bond participation allowlisted. Stacks Documentation — Bitcoin Staking · verified 2026-09-24 Confirmed
[13] The Stacks Improvement Proposal repository records protocol proposals and their status. GitHub — stacksgov/sips · verified 2026-09-24 Confirmed
[14] stacks-core is the public reference implementation of the Stacks blockchain node. GitHub — stacks-network/stacks-core · verified 2026-09-24 Confirmed

Profile last reviewed 2026-09-24. Historical background only — not investment advice.

Fees and pricing

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STX swap FAQ

How do I swap Stacks (STX) instantly on SwapRocket?

Pick STX as the asset you want to receive, choose what you're paying with, paste your wallet address, and confirm. SwapRocket hands your order to the provider whose quote pays out the most at that moment, and most swaps complete in under 10 minutes — no SwapRocket account needed.

Can I swap STX with no KYC?

No SwapRocket account or identity documents are needed to start a crypto-to-crypto swap of STX. The provider that executes the swap may still request identity verification or hold a swap for review under its own AML and sanctions policy, regardless of amount. Selling to a bank account goes through a regulated payment partner that verifies the payer; card purchases on SwapRocket are coming soon.

Is swapping Stacks on SwapRocket non-custodial?

Yes. SwapRocket never holds your funds. The provider that executes the swap receives your deposit, holds it only for the duration of the swap, and sends STX to the wallet address you provide.

Which network does STX use here?

SwapRocket supports Stacks on the Stacks network. Always double-check that your receiving wallet supports this network before confirming.

What fees apply when I swap STX?

SwapRocket adds no fee or markup to the provider's quote and may earn a commission from the provider on a completed swap. The provider's spread and any network cost it deducts on delivery are already reflected in the STX amount shown; the network fee your own wallet charges to send the deposit is separate. Spreads vary by provider, pair and size, so compare the quoted receive amount.

More on fees, limits, KYC and timing: read the full crypto swap FAQ.