On-chain basics
Confirmations
A confirmation is one block mined on top of the block containing your transaction; exchanges wait for several before treating a deposit as final.
Bitcoin: ~10 minutes per block, 1–3 confirmations typical. Monero: ~2 minutes, 10 confirmations. Solana, Tron and TON settle in seconds. This is the main driver of swap time.
On Swap.bz
The order page shows “deposit detected” before confirmations complete, then “exchanging” and “completed”.
Typical swap time →Related terms
Finality
Finality is the point after which a transaction cannot be reversed or reorganised out of the chain.
Block time
Block time is the average interval between blocks: ~10 min on Bitcoin, ~2 min on Monero, ~12 s on Ethereum, sub-second on Solana.
Swap time
Swap time is the elapsed time from your deposit being broadcast to the payout landing in your wallet — dominated by confirmation requirements on both chains.
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