Making your first swap

Before you start

You need a crypto wallet. Any EVM wallet you already use works, and Solana wallets work for Solana trades. roodswap never holds your funds. You sign every transaction yourself, and tokens move straight from your wallet to the destination.

Connect your wallet first. If you are swapping across ecosystems, for example SOL to ETH, connect a wallet on both sides so there is an address to receive the output.

The steps

1. 1
   Choose your pay token and chain

   Pick the token you want to spend and the chain it lives on. This is the top field.

2. 2
   Choose your receive token and chain

   Pick the token you want to get and the chain you want it on. Same chain is a swap. A different chain is a bridge. roodswap handles both.

3. 3
   Enter an amount

   Type how much you want to pay, or how much you want to receive. The other field fills in automatically.

4. 4
   Read the quote

   Check the rate, the minimum you will receive, and the fees. All of it is shown before you sign. See the next section.

5. 5
   Approve the token if needed

   For an ERC-20 token you sign a one-time approval so the swap can move it. Native tokens like ETH and SOL skip this step.

6. 6
   Confirm in your wallet

   Sign the swap transaction in your wallet. Nothing leaves your wallet until you sign.

7. 7
   Wait for confirmation

   The transaction goes out with priority and lands fast. When it confirms, the received token is in your wallet.

Reading the quote

roodswap compares prices across dozens of DEXs and bridges through several leading routing engines at once, then picks the route with the most output after fees and gas. Quotes return in under a second.

The quote shows you everything up front:

• Rate — how much you receive per unit paid.
• Minimum received — the floor. Prices move, so this is the least you will get. If the route can't deliver it, the transaction fails instead of giving you less.
• Fees — a flat 0.1% service fee, already included in the displayed rate, plus network gas and the underlying DEX or bridge fee. Nothing is hidden.

After you confirm

Crypto transactions are irreversible. Once you sign and the transaction lands, it is done. roodswap cannot hold, freeze, move, or recover funds because funds never touch roodswap.

Check the token, chain, and amount before you confirm. If something looks wrong, adjust it and get a fresh quote. If you get stuck, contact team@roodswap.com.