Tron’s Strategic Fee Cuts Ignite User Explosion While Super Representatives Feel the Squeeze
Tron slashes fees—Super Representatives wince as revenue dips, but users flood in like never before.
The Growth Engine Ignites
Transaction costs plummet, adoption skyrockets. Network activity surges as barriers to entry vanish overnight.
The Representative Dilemma
While validators count smaller rewards, the ecosystem expands exponentially—proving once again that in crypto, sometimes you gotta spend satoshis to make satoshis. Traditional bankers still don't get it—they're too busy calculating their bonus commissions.
Earnings Plunge After Proposal #789
Data from CryptoQuant shows that daily income for Tron’s Super Representatives dropped to just $5 million on September 7, the lowest level in more than a year. Before the change, they were collecting around $14 million per day.
The decline began in late August, when the community approved Proposal #789, which lowered the cost of energy units used to calculate transaction fees. Rates fell from 210 sun to 100 sun, cutting average gas costs on the network by about 60%. Since one TRX equals one million sun, the adjustment has been immediately felt across high-volume activity.
Why the Change Was Made
The proposal’s author, a community member known as GrothenDI, argued that cheaper transactions WOULD unlock broader usage. His estimates suggested that the fee reduction could enable more than 12 million extra transactions, improving Tron’s competitiveness against rival blockchains.
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Tron’s Market Lead Still Intact
Although block producers are earning less, Tron remains the dominant player in network revenue. According to Token Terminal, the blockchain generated over 92% of all layer-1 fee revenue during the past week. Over the last three months, Tron has amassed about $1.1 billion in fees, outpacing Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, and Avalanche by a wide margin.
Balancing Short-Term Pain With Long-Term Strategy
The fee cut highlights a tradeoff: Super Representatives face immediate financial pressure, but the network is betting that lower costs will attract more users and increase activity. If adoption expands as projected, TRON could offset today’s revenue drop with stronger ecosystem growth in the months ahead.
