$10 Tron Fees? Sun Claims Relief Is Coming

Justin Sun announced today that Tron will adjust its fees to stay competitive.

For those who don’t know: fees on Tron can actually be changed by the developers. This isn’t Bitcoin, where only the sender decides how much they’re willing to pay to get their transaction included in a block. On Tron, the protocol rules are flexible - and that gives developers a lot of power.

Which means what? You might buy tokens on Tron expecting one fee level, but when you finally go to transfer them, the fees could be several times higher. And yes, this has already happened. Back in late 2021, Tron dramatically raised the “energy cost”: from 20 sun to 420 sun per 1 energy - a 21x increase.

Now, will lowering fees be as “easy” as raising them was? I’m skeptical. Six months ago, Sun promised an innovation that would let users pay zero TRX fees for USDT TRC20 transfers “next week.” We’re still waiting.

The reality is: paying fees for USDT transfers is the main use case for TRX. If those fees were canceled or significantly reduced, demand for TRX itself would collapse. That’s why I doubt we’ll see a real fee cut anytime soon.

Meanwhile, fees for sending USDT on Tron have already spiked to as high as $10 per transaction. So it might be worth considering stablecoins on other blockchains.

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