Do I need TRX to use USDT on TRON?

To receive it, no. To send USDT from your own wallet, yes: the fee is paid with energy or by burning TRX. That's why it helps to keep some TRX after this swap.

Is my TRX address the same as my USDT TRC20 address?

In your own wallet, yes: one TRON address holds TRX and every TRC20 token. An exchange may show the same address on its TRX and USDT deposit pages or different ones, so copy it from the page for the coin you're getting.

What's the difference between energy and bandwidth?

Bandwidth pays for the size of a transaction and energy for running a contract. A TRX send only uses bandwidth; a USDT send is a contract call, so it uses energy too. Without enough of either, TRON burns TRX to cover it.

Is the TRX to USDT rate locked when I create the order?

No, it floats. The USDT amount follows the TRX price until your deposit is swapped, so it can come out a little higher or lower than the form showed.

Can I swap USDT on another network to TRX?

Yes. Pick USDT on BNB Smart Chain, Ethereum or any other chain in the form, and TRX as the side you get. The TRX always arrives on TRON.

Swap TRX to USDT TRC20, or back

TRX is TRON's own coin and USDT is a TRC20 token on the same chain, so one TRON address holds both. Send TRX to a one-time address, and USDT goes to the T-address you paste: your own wallet or an exchange's.

Set the form to USDT TRC20 to TRX

Networks and addresses

TRON

TRC20

Receiving address: Starts with T, 34 characters
Gas coin (to move it later): TRX
Explorer: Tronscan
USDT contract: TR7NHqjeKQxGTCi8q8ZY4pL8otSzgjLj6t
View on Tronscan

Every USDT and USDC contract, and how to spot a fake

Before you send

Paste the TRON address that should get the USDT. In your own wallet, it's the same T-address that holds your TRX.
Don't swap all your TRX. Sending USDT on later from your own wallet takes TRX or energy, so keep some back.
The form asks for the TRON wallet you're sending from. If the swap can't go through, the TRX goes back there, so give a wallet of your own, not an exchange's.
On an exchange, withdraw TRX on the TRON network. If it lists other networks for TRX, a deposit on those isn't part of the swap.
Sending TRX costs bandwidth, which TRON gives every account a little of each day for free. Once that runs out, the fee is a small amount of burnt TRX.

After it lands

USDT arrives at your TRON address, next to your TRX.
Sending that USDT on is a contract call, so it uses energy as well as bandwidth. With no energy, TRON burns TRX instead, and more when the address you send to has never held USDT.
Staking TRX for energy cuts what each USDT send burns, if you send often.

Going the other way

Paste a TRON address for the TRX. It can be the same wallet you send the USDT from.
No TRX left? Your wallet can't send USDT without TRX or energy, even to swap it for TRX. Withdraw from an exchange instead, or get a little TRX into the wallet first.
The form asks for the TRON wallet you're sending the USDT from, for a refund if the swap can't go through.
Receiving at an exchange? Use its TRX deposit page, not its USDT one, with TRON as the network.

Set the form to USDT TRC20 to TRX

How every Flipperr swap works

Fees are inside the estimate. The “You get” amount already has Flipperr's fee and the network fee for sending to you in it. Nothing is added on top.
The rate floats: the estimate moves with the market until your deposit is swapped. The final amount can differ a little on USDT and USDC, and more when a coin is involved.
Each order has a one-time deposit address and a window to send: 10 minutes for USDT or USDC, 45 for a coin.
Your exchange or wallet charges its own fee to send the deposit, separate from our estimate. If it takes that fee out of the amount you send, less arrives, and a short deposit can put the swap on hold until support sorts it out. Add the fee on top so the full amount arrives.
While the swap runs, your tokens are with our liquidity partner. It can pause a swap it flags as risky and ask you to verify.
A USDT or USDC swap usually takes a few minutes, and a coin on a slower network can take longer. Busy networks can slow any swap down, and the order page shows every stage.

Other ways to do this

An exchange that lists TRX and USDT can do this as a trade: deposit, trade, withdraw, with an account (usually with KYC). From your own wallet, a decentralised exchange on TRON swaps without an account, and the transaction costs TRX or energy.

Exchanges, bridges and swap services compared Which USDT network is cheapest to send on

Questions about this route

Do I need TRX to use USDT on TRON?: To receive it, no. To send USDT from your own wallet, yes: the fee is paid with energy or by burning TRX. That's why it helps to keep some TRX after this swap.
Is my TRX address the same as my USDT TRC20 address?: In your own wallet, yes: one TRON address holds TRX and every TRC20 token. An exchange may show the same address on its TRX and USDT deposit pages or different ones, so copy it from the page for the coin you're getting.
What's the difference between energy and bandwidth?: Bandwidth pays for the size of a transaction and energy for running a contract. A TRX send only uses bandwidth; a USDT send is a contract call, so it uses energy too. Without enough of either, TRON burns TRX to cover it.
Is the TRX to USDT rate locked when I create the order?: No, it floats. The USDT amount follows the TRX price until your deposit is swapped, so it can come out a little higher or lower than the form showed.
Can I swap USDT on another network to TRX?: Yes. Pick USDT on BNB Smart Chain, Ethereum or any other chain in the form, and TRX as the side you get. The TRX always arrives on TRON.

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