How to send TRX (TRON)

Updated November 6, 2026

Short answer: you need the recipient's TRON address (it starts with T) and enough TRX for the amount plus a little for bandwidth. A plain TRX transfer uses bandwidth, not energy: about 265–270 bandwidth, which the 600 free daily bandwidth of an activated account usually covers. Once that is used up it costs about 0.27 TRX, and sending to an address that has never been activated costs about 1.1 TRX extra.

TRX is TRON's own coin, so sending it is the simplest transaction on the network. You don't need energy, you don't need to approve a contract, and in most wallets it takes under a minute. The only things that really matter are the address, the network, and keeping a small amount of TRX back for the fee.

How to send TRX from TronLink

Browser extension

1. Open the TronLink extension and unlock it with your password.
2. Check that you are on the right account and that the network is TRON Mainnet.
3. Click Send and choose TRX as the asset.
4. Paste the recipient's address, for example TJ4kP8sQc2nW7xLmF9dRtY3vB6hAZe5NqU (a made-up address), and enter the amount.
5. Leave a little TRX in the wallet for bandwidth, check the address character by character, and confirm.

Mobile app

1. Open TronLink on your phone and tap TRX in your asset list.
2. Tap Send (some versions say Transfer).
3. Paste or scan the recipient's address and enter the amount.
4. Review the resources or fee shown on the confirmation screen, then confirm with your password or biometrics.

How to send TRX from Trust Wallet

Trust Wallet's own help article, Sending cryptocurrency from Trust Wallet, describes the same flow:

1. Open the app and tap TRX (Tron). Make sure it is TRX on the TRON network, not a TRX token on another chain.
2. Tap Send, paste the recipient's address and enter the amount.
3. Check the address carefully.
4. Review the network fee and approve the transaction.

How to send TRX from an exchange (withdrawal)

1. Go to Withdraw and choose TRX.
2. Pick the network TRON (sometimes labelled TRC-20 or TRX). Don't pick BNB Smart Chain, Ethereum or any other network.
3. Paste the address and check it against the original, not against your transaction history.
4. Fill in a memo or tag only if the receiver asked for one. Most personal TRON wallets don't use memos; some exchange deposit addresses do.
5. Confirm the withdrawal. The exchange charges its own withdrawal fee, which it shows before you confirm.

How to check it arrived

Copy the transaction ID (TxID) from your wallet or exchange and paste it into explorer.trontransfer.com. SUCCESS with the right recipient means the TRX has arrived. TRON produces a block every 3 seconds, so this usually takes seconds; see how long a TRON transfer takes and the step-by-step guide on checking a TRC-20 transaction, which works the same way for TRX.

What a TRX transfer costs

Every TRON transaction uses bandwidth, roughly one point per byte of the transaction. A plain TRX transfer is about 265–270 bytes; the TRON developer docs use 270 bandwidth as the typical example. Your wallet pays for it in this order:

1. Bandwidth you have staked or that someone delegated to you.
2. Your free daily bandwidth: each activated account gets 600 bandwidth, which refills over 24 hours.
3. If neither covers the whole transaction, the network burns TRX at 1,000 sun per bandwidth (1 TRX = 1,000,000 sun), so about 0.27 TRX.

Sending to an address that has never been activated costs more. Your transfer activates it, and the network charges an account creation fee of 1 TRX. Free daily bandwidth can't pay for this, so without staked bandwidth the network also burns a fixed 0.1 TRX.

Do you need energy to send TRON?

Not for TRX. Energy pays for smart-contract work, and a plain TRX transfer doesn't run a contract, so it only uses bandwidth. Yes for USDT and other TRC-20 tokens: a USDT transfer runs the USDT contract and uses about 65,000 energy, or about 131,000 to an address that has never held USDT. Without energy, the network burns TRX for it. See TRON energy explained and how much TRX you need to send USDT.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Wrong network. TRX also exists as a token on BNB Smart Chain and other chains. Sending it there does not arrive at a TRON address. Pick TRON (TRC-20) every time.
• Look-alike addresses. Scammers send tiny transfers from addresses that share the first and last characters with ones you use, hoping you copy theirs from your history. Read about address poisoning and always copy the address from the original source.
• Sending to a contract address. Don't paste a token contract, such as the USDT contract, as the recipient. It isn't anyone's wallet.
• Forgetting the exchange memo. If an exchange deposit page shows a memo or tag, include it, or the deposit may not be credited automatically.
• Sending everything. Leave a little TRX for bandwidth, or the transfer may be rejected.
• Expecting an undo. Confirmed TRON transfers can't be reversed by anyone. See can you reverse a transfer?

Sending USDT instead of TRX?

USDT on TRON needs energy, which is what makes it expensive from a plain wallet: burning it yourself costs about 6.5 TRX (~$2.18) to an address that already holds USDT and about 13.1 TRX (~$4.28) to a new one, at today's energy price of 100 sun.

TronTransfer sponsors that energy for a flat fee of about 5.48 TRX (~$1.74) to an address that already holds USDT, or 10.76 TRX (~$3.43) to a new one. It is non-custodial: you sign in your own wallet and your keys never leave it, and every recipient gets a scam-address check first. If your wallet is already activated, you can also pay the fee in USDT. TronTransfer doesn't send TRX; for that, follow the steps above.