Tron
Tron chain reference for Plaidly
Tron
Status: coming soon. Plaidly does not yet settle payments on Tron. The details below describe planned support. Today only Ethereum and Solana are settleable.
Overview
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
chain value | tron |
| Finality | 20 blocks (~1 minute) |
| Native token | TRX |
| Address format | Base58Check, starts with T |
| Mainnet RPC | Planned |
| Testnet | Nile |
Supported tokens
| Token | Contract (Mainnet) |
|---|---|
| USDT | TR7NHqjeKQxGTCi8q8ZY4pL8otSzgjLj6t |
| TRX (native) | — |
Confirmations
When Tron settlement ships, Plaidly will require 20 block confirmations before marking a payment confirmed. At ~3 seconds per block this is approximately 1 minute.
Fees
Tron uses an energy/bandwidth resource model. Simple TRC-20 token transfers (USDT) cost roughly $0.10–$1.00 depending on account resource availability. This makes Tron popular for USDT transfers globally.
Testnet (Nile)
- Faucet: https://nileex.io/join/getJoinPage
- Explorer: https://nile.tronscan.org
- Use the sandbox simulate endpoint for instant test confirmations
Address format
Tron addresses start with T and are Base58Check encoded:
TQn9Y2khEsLJW1ChVWFMSMeRDow5KcbLSENotes
- USDT on Tron uses the TRC-20 standard
- Tron is the dominant chain for USDT volume globally
- Some wallets display Tron addresses as hex (starts with
41) — both formats are equivalent