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Basic Understanding of USDT/TRX/Energy/Bandwidth

Concepts

USDT

Stablecoin. Despite various scandals, it seems to be the most commonly used cryptocurrency in the Chinese Telegram community.

Whenever the crypto market crashes, the exchange rate rises dramatically (everyone buying USDT)

TRX

The token of the Tron network.

Energy

Obtained by staking TRX. The algorithm is:

1 TRX staked for one day = 11.11 Energy

PS: Due to some exploitative behavior, it's now 1:5.5. Terrible people.

Bandwidth

Obtained by staking TRX. Since the cost isn't that high, regular users rarely stake for it. However, for energy rental business, it's needed.

Transfers

Transferring USDT on the TRON network requires energy and bandwidth. If energy and bandwidth requirements are met, transfers are basically free.

Energy per transaction: ~66k Bandwidth per transaction: 300+

Without energy, TRX needs to be burned, quite a lot, nearly 10+ TRX. Without bandwidth, TRX needs to be burned, very little, nearly 0.3+ TRX.

So, if you don't want to stake TRX for energy, you can usually make small payments in TRX/Alipay etc., for energy rental.

Disclaimer

Just learning. Making a note.

Planning to make an energy rental bot to rent out my small amount of energy~