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Ethereum WBTC transfer notifications, delivered as webhooks

Get a signed webhook when a Ethereum address sends or receives Wrapped BTC (WBTC). Chainhook waits 12 blocks, about 2 minutes, then posts the transfer to your endpoint.

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WBTC on Ethereum at a glance

The contract Chainhook watches, how amounts are scaled, and how long WBTC takes to reach your endpoint.

Token
Wrapped BTC (WBTC)
Network
Ethereum
Contract
0x2260fac5e5542a773aa44fbcfedf7c193bc2c599
Decimals
8
Confirmations
12
Time to webhook
About 2 minutes

How WBTC ERC-20 webhooks work

Detecting deposits yourself means running or renting a node, subscribing to new heads, filtering Transfer logs, handling reorgs, and backfilling after downtime. Chainhook does that for every block, waits 12 confirmations, and sends you one event per matching transfer.

  1. Register the address

    Create a webhook with network: "ethereum", type: "token" and the address you want to watch. The signing secret is returned once.

  2. Chainhook waits for confirmations

    Every Ethereum block is scanned. A matching WBTC transfer is held until it is 12 blocks deep, about 2 minutes.

  3. Your endpoint gets a signed POST

    A transfer.detected event arrives with an X-Webhook-Signature header. Failed attempts are retried automatically, up to 3 attempts in total, waiting 1 minute, then 5 minutes between attempts.

POST /v1/webhooks

{
  "network": "ethereum",
  "type": "token",
  "direction": "in",
  "address": "0x5b8ddac816baad6111c7c7b39c88355c00ba7ea1",
  "webhook_url": "https://api.example.com/webhooks/chainhook"
}

Sample webhook payload

What your endpoint receives for an incoming WBTC transfer on Ethereum. amount is already scaled by decimals; amount_raw is the on-chain integer.

WBTC on Ethereum

POST /webhooks/chainhook HTTP/1.1
Host: api.example.com
Content-Type: application/json
User-Agent: chainhook/1.x
X-Webhook-Id: 01a0fbfd-4fe4-7a3c-8f21-6b9d0e4c7a15
X-Webhook-Signature: 7a12d02673420517279805cf8188a1a62c6f69706161ba5cf0a8ec91ea66b8e3

{
  "id": "01a0fbfd-4fe4-7a3c-8f21-6b9d0e4c7a15",
  "event": "transfer.detected",
  "created_at": "2026-10-02T09:41:17Z",
  "webhook_id": "01a0fbf2-fadc-7c3e-9b1a-4d6f2e8a5c71",
  "data": {
    "network": "ethereum",
    "direction": "in",
    "type": "token",
    "transaction_hash": "0xdaf7068dc860066b2f74bd5cc1181cc2512681f580f2aec6171c0ef3dac503ec",
    "transfer_index": 57,
    "block_number": 26239201,
    "block_hash": "0xe9dcf5f9c1a0475f8ea1fb9a215efaebd0e0db95bb92ae120cf86a9008a8ba48",
    "block_timestamp": "2026-10-02T09:41:05Z",
    "confirmations": 12,
    "from": "0x5bf5a1da194ed738308ecbfcfa38f6e1dc50ace5",
    "to": "0x5b8ddac816baad6111c7c7b39c88355c00ba7ea1",
    "currency": "WBTC",
    "amount": "0.5",
    "amount_raw": "50000000",
    "decimals": 8,
    "contract_address": "0x2260fac5e5542a773aa44fbcfedf7c193bc2c599"
  }
}

Verify the signature

X-Webhook-Signature is a hex HMAC-SHA256 of the raw body, keyed with your webhook's secret. Reject any request where it doesn't match.

import crypto from 'node:crypto';
import express from 'express';

const app = express();

app.post(
  '/webhooks/chainhook',
  express.raw({ type: 'application/json' }),
  (req, res) => {
    const signature = req.get('X-Webhook-Signature') ?? '';
    const expected = crypto
      .createHmac('sha256', process.env.CHAINHOOK_SIGNING_SECRET)
      .update(req.body)
      .digest('hex');

    const valid =
      signature.length === expected.length &&
      crypto.timingSafeEqual(Buffer.from(signature), Buffer.from(expected));

    if (!valid) {
      return res.sendStatus(401);
    }

    const event = JSON.parse(req.body);
    // Skip event.id if you've already processed it.

    res.sendStatus(200);
  },
);

Crediting WBTC deposits safely

A wrapped asset

Wrapped BTC (WBTC) is a wrapped ERC-20 token that tracks another asset on Ethereum. Chainhook detects it as a token, separately from any native coin on the network.

Only this contract

Chainhook watches 0x2260fac5e5542a773aa44fbcfedf7c193bc2c599. Versions of WBTC bridged to Ethereum through other routes are separate tokens and are not reported.

8 decimals

WBTC on Ethereum uses 8 decimals. Credit the amount string, or scale amount_raw by decimals; never parse amounts as floating-point numbers.

Credit once per transfer

Delivery is at least once. Store the event id, or transaction_hash with transfer_index, and skip events you have already processed.

Pay per detection

Start with 100 trial detections for 1 month and pay only for what you use. Paid plans add detections, webhooks, and per-detection overage.

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    • Decoded transfers, delivered once confirmed
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  • Starter

    $9/month

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    • 25,000 detections a month
    • 25 active webhooks
    • $0.0006 per extra detection
    • Decoded transfers, delivered once confirmed
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    $29/month

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    • 100,000 detections a month
    • 100 active webhooks
    • $0.0003 per extra detection
    • Decoded transfers, delivered once confirmed
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  • Scale

    $99/month

    or $990/year billed yearly

    • 400,000 detections a month
    • 200 active webhooks
    • $0.0002 per extra detection
    • Decoded transfers, delivered once confirmed
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WBTC on Ethereum questions

Can't find your answer? Contact support.

What is the WBTC contract address on Ethereum?

0x2260fac5e5542a773aa44fbcfedf7c193bc2c599, with 8 decimals.

How do I detect an incoming WBTC transfer on Ethereum?

Create a webhook with network: "ethereum", type: "token", direction: "in" and the receiving address. Each confirmed WBTC transfer arrives as a transfer.detected event.

How long until a WBTC transfer is reported?

About 2 minutes. Chainhook waits 12 blocks on Ethereum before it sends the event.

Does Chainhook need my private key?

No. Chainhook only reads public blockchain data. You register a public address and receive events about it.

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