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# Depositing BTC

## What you need

Two wallets:

* **A Bitcoin wallet you control** - to send BTC. Not an exchange account.
* **A Pharos EVM wallet** - to receive and hold BTCvp. The connected Pharos address becomes the mint recipient.

Minimum deposit: 0.0001 BTC.

## How it works

1. Connect both wallets on [vault.vishwalab.com](https://vault.vishwalab.com/).
2. Use the **Mint** tab. The interface associates your deposit with your connected Pharos address.
3. Send BTC from your connected Bitcoin wallet to the displayed custody address.
4. After 6 Bitcoin confirmations (about 60 minutes), the deposit is detected and BTCvp is minted to your Pharos wallet at approximately 1:1 (8 decimal places).

## Do not deposit from an exchange

Always deposit through the interface from a Bitcoin wallet you control. Exchange withdrawals cannot carry the routing information that directs minting to your Pharos address, and may require manual recovery.