TRON Cuts the Energy Price From 210 to 100 sun: What a USDT Transfer Costs Now
The network cut the energy price for the second time in less than a year. A USDT transfer to a wallet that already holds the token goes from about 13.5 TRX to about 6.4 TRX when the fee is paid by burning TRX.
Historical reference: September 2, 2025. Published on this site on November 2, 2026. Dates in the text identify the period covered.
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Key points
- On August 29, 2025, TRON proposal 104 took effect, cutting the price of an energy unit from 210 to 100 sun, a reduction of about 52%.
- By burning TRX, sending USDT to a wallet that already holds the token goes from about 13.5 TRX to about 6.4 TRX; to a wallet without USDT, from about 27.4 TRX to about 13 TRX.
- Those with frozen or rented energy pay less or nothing. The cut applies to the burn fee; rentals are priced by the market.
- In reais, the calculation depends on the TRX price, which moved a lot in 2025. Check the amount before each transfer.
São Paulo, September 2, 2025 — The TRON network lowered the cost of energy, the resource that pays for executing contracts such as the USDT contract. The change took effect on Friday, August 29, and should make cheaper the stablecoin transfers that account for most of the network's use. Anyone who sends USDT on TRON often, such as an importer paying suppliers, will on average spend half the TRX per transfer.
- Price of an energy unit after proposal 104 (1 TRX = 1 million sun)
- 210 → 100 sun
- Cost of sending USDT to a wallet that already holds the token, by burning TRX (TIP-789)
- 6.4 TRX
- Cost of sending to a wallet without USDT, by burning TRX (calculation)
- 13 TRX
- Super Representatives who approved the proposal; the minimum was 18
- 27 of 27
What was approved
The proposal was opened on August 8, 2025 in TRON's improvement repository (TIP-789) and appears on the network as proposal 104. Voting among the 27 Super Representatives (SRs), the block producers elected by the community, began on August 26. To pass, 18 votes were needed; Cointelegraph counted 17 in favor on August 27, and Justin Sun, TRON's founder, announced on X that the measure was approved and would take effect at 8 p.m. (GMT+8) on Friday. The network's record of the proposal shows 27 approvals at the end of voting.
- 08/08Proposal TIP-789 is published on TRON's GitHub.
- 08/26Voting by the Super Representatives on proposal 104 begins.
- 08/27Cointelegraph records 17 votes in favor of the 18 needed.
- 08/29The proposal ends with 27 approvals; the new energy price takes effect at 8 p.m. (GMT+8).
The reduction comes less than a year after proposal 95, which in September 2024 lowered the energy price from 420 to 210 sun. The proponents say there is a strong correlation between lower fees and ecosystem growth, and estimate that the cut makes the network accessible to almost 45% more users: the number of accounts with enough balance for a transfer would go from about 26.9 million to 39 million.
What a USDT transfer costs now
A TRC-20 USDT transfer consumes about 64,000 energy units when the destination wallet already holds the token. If the destination has never received USDT, the cost is about 130,000, because the contract has to create the wallet's record. As explained in TRON fees: energy and bandwidth, anyone without their own energy pays by burning TRX, in proportion to the energy price. The proposal itself uses 13.5 TRX and 6.4 TRX as the reference for a wallet that already holds USDT; the value for a wallet without USDT is a calculation using the same rule.
| Destination wallet | Before (210 sun) | Now (100 sun) | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Already holds USDT (~64,000 energy) | ~13.5 TRX | ~6.4 TRX | ~52% |
| No USDT (~130,000 energy) | ~27.4 TRX | ~13 TRX | ~52% |
With TRX at US$0.32, the price the proposal used as a reference for the third quarter of 2025, sending to a wallet with USDT falls from about US$4.30 to about US$2, and sending to a wallet without USDT from about US$8.80 to about US$4.20. It is an estimate: the TRX price varies and changes the result in dollars and in reais.
Some outlets reported a cut of 60% or 50%. The direct calculation, from 210 to 100 sun, gives 52.4% on the energy price. The numbers vary depending on what each report measures, such as the average fee paid before and after.
Effect on wallets and exchanges
- Those who burn TRX. They are the direct beneficiaries: the TRX fee is cut in half for the same transfer.
- Those who freeze TRX to get energy. The energy obtained by freezing is a share of the network's total and does not depend on the burn price; the gain shows up mainly for those who were paying the fee by burning TRX. Having your own energy remains the cheapest way to send.
- Those who rent energy. Rental services charge market prices, and the cut in the burn price reduces these services' margin. Expect lower rental prices, but check the offer at the time.
- Exchanges. They charge a fixed USDT TRC-20 withdrawal fee, which usually reflects the network cost. With the new price, the cost base falls; whether it is passed on to customers depends on each platform.
For the Brazilian payer, the logic is the same as before: the network fee is a separate cost, added to the spread and to the IOF (Brazil's tax on foreign exchange operations), when it applies, in the payment calculation. The introduction to the TRON network explains why TRON concentrates USDT transfers, and the Tron Inc. debut on Nasdaq shows another recent move in the ecosystem.
Risks and trade-offs
A lower fee reduces the network's revenue. Today TRON burns the TRX paid in fees, which takes coins out of circulation: according to Cointelegraph, at the 210 sun price the burn exceeded the issuance of new TRX. With the new price, the burn falls and, if transaction volume does not grow, the TRX supply may stop shrinking and start to grow, as the proposal itself acknowledges. Sun said the proposal affects profitability in the short term and that he expects more transactions to sustain revenue in the long term.
TRON plans quarterly fee reviews, taking into account the TRX price, network activity and growth, according to Cryptonews. This means the cost may rise again. For anyone paying a supplier, it is worth treating the network fee as variable: check the amount at the time of sending and, if in doubt, run a test with a small amount.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to send USDT on the TRON network after the cut?
By burning TRX, about 6.4 TRX if the destination wallet already holds USDT and about 13 TRX if it does not. Those with frozen or rented energy pay less. The value in reais depends on the TRX price at the time of sending.
What changed in TRON proposal 104?
The price of an energy unit fell from 210 to 100 sun, a drop of about 52%. The measure was approved by the Super Representatives and took effect on August 29, 2025.
Why does sending USDT to a wallet with no balance cost double?
Because when the destination has never received USDT, the contract has to create its record, which consumes about 130,000 energy units, double the roughly 64,000 for a wallet that already holds the token.
Will the fee stay low?
There is no guarantee. TRON plans quarterly reviews, which consider the TRX price, network activity and growth. The cost in TRX and in reais may change again.
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Sources
- Tron proposal 789: transaction fees vote · Cointelegraph, Aug 27, 2025
- Tron votes to slash network fees 60% to defend stablecoin dominance · Cryptonews
- Decrease the transaction fees (TIP-789) · TRON DAO, GitHub tronprotocol/tips, Aug 8, 2025
- Proposta 104: preço da energia de 210 para 100 sun · TRON (registro on-chain no Tronscan), Aug 26, 2025
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