USDT TRC-20 fee calculator
A USDT transfer on TRON now needs about 64,285 energy to an address that holds USDT and 130,285 to one that never has. Without staked energy that burns about 6.4 or 13.0 TRX.
| Energy | 64,285 × 100 sun = 6.429 TRX |
|---|---|
| Bandwidth | covered by free bandwidth (600 points a day) |
| Total | 6.429 TRX (6,428,500 sun) |
Keep a little more TRX than this in the sending wallet: if a transfer runs out of energy and TRX halfway, it fails and still burns what it used.
Read from the TRON chain through TronGrid at 2026-10-27 22:18 UTC: energy price 100 sun, bandwidth price 1000 sun per byte, free bandwidth 600 a day. Energy figures are TronGrid estimates (triggerconstantcontract) for a 1 USDT transfer; refreshed at most hourly.
How the fee is worked out
- Energy. A USDT transfer runs the USDT contract and needs energy. Energy you staked or rented is used first; the rest is burned at the network's energy price (100 sun per unit; 1 TRX = 1,000,000 sun).
- Surcharge. Of the 64,285 units, about 49,635 are TRON's dynamic-energy surcharge on heavily used contracts (100,635 of 130,285 for a new recipient). It is included above.
- Bandwidth. The transaction is about 345 bytes. Free daily bandwidth covers it if you have not used it up; otherwise all 345 bytes are burned at 1000 sun each.
The amount of USDT does not matter: sending 1 USDT or 100,000 USDT uses the same energy. What matters is whether the recipient already holds USDT.
On a casino withdrawal
The casino's wallet sends the transaction, so it pays the energy. Casinos then set their own withdrawal fee, which can be fixed, variable or zero - see the stated fees in withdrawal terms across casinos and which casinos state USDT on TRON in USDT TRC-20 casinos. After a payout, paste its transaction ID into the USDT TRC-20 transaction checker to see the energy and TRX the sender actually burned.
Paying less
Staking TRX for energy only pays off if you send token transfers regularly; renting energy from third parties is often cheaper than burning but means trusting a service (never share a seed phrase or private key). For one or two transfers a month, burning a few TRX is simpler. We do not link to energy-rental services. The full background is in TRON fees explained: energy, bandwidth and burned TRX and USDT TRC-20 vs ERC-20 vs BEP-20.
FAQ
Who pays the fee on a casino USDT withdrawal?
On TRON the sender pays all network resources, so on a withdrawal the casino’s wallet pays the energy and bandwidth. Whether the casino passes a fee on to you is its own rule: compare the amount you requested with the amount the transaction delivered, which our transaction checker shows.
Why does sending USDT to a new address cost about twice as much?
The USDT contract has to create a balance entry for an address that has never held USDT, which uses roughly twice the energy of a transfer to an address that already has one. Most of either figure is TRON’s dynamic-energy surcharge on heavily used contracts, which can move up or down with usage.
Do I need bandwidth as well as energy?
Yes. A USDT transfer is about 345 bytes. An activated account gets free bandwidth every day; if free plus staked bandwidth cannot cover the whole transaction, TRX is burned for all of it at the bandwidth price.
Can the fee change without the energy price changing?
Yes. The energy price is a network parameter changed by governance votes, but the energy a USDT transfer needs also changes with the dynamic-energy surcharge. That is why this page re-reads both from the chain instead of using a fixed number.