TVL tells you where money is parked. Active addresses tell you where people actually show up. On that count, TRON leads the pack 👇 DefiLlama's chain rankings list the top 10 chains by DeFi TVL. Look at the 24h active addresses column: ➜ 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗻: 𝟯.𝟳𝟯𝗺 ➜ Solana: 3m ➜ BSC: 2.4m ➜ Bitcoin: 632,369 ➜ Ethereum: 464,007 ➜ Base: 373,491 ➜ Arbitrum: 152,097 That puts TRON first among the top 10 by daily active addresses, even though it ranks #𝟱 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗙𝗶 𝗧𝗩𝗟 at $𝟱.𝟱𝟬𝟯𝗯, per DefiLlama. Why the gap? Most of TRON's activity isn't yield farming. It's people sending and receiving dollars. The same table shows TRON with a $𝟵𝟰.𝟴𝟲𝟴𝗯 stablecoin market cap and $𝟴𝟱𝟵,𝟰𝟯𝟬 in 24h chain fees, the highest fees in the top 10. A fair caveat: an active address isn't the same as a unique person, and one person can run several wallets. It's still the cleanest public signal of everyday usage across chains. So when someone asks "who actually uses @trondao's network?", this is the answer: millions of addresses, every single day. Check the live chain rankings yourself here 👇 defillama.com/chains Usage you can verify beats hype you can't. @justinsuntron @trondao #TronEcoStar #TRON

Node operators, heads up: java-tron just shipped another mandatory upgrade. Meet 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗩𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗴𝗲-𝘃𝟰.𝟴.𝟮.𝟰, codename Empedocles 👇 The release went live on GitHub on October 22, and the notice is short and clear: 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲. What changed, per the official release notes: ➜ Improved execution consistency and stability for operations in rare cases ➜ Optimized smart contract storage and metadata handling in edge cases No flashy features. Just hardening. That's exactly what you want from the client software behind a network that moves trillions in stablecoins every quarter. Who needs to act: ➜ Super Representatives and anyone running a FullNode should upgrade ➜ Builds are published for both x86_64 and aarch64 (ARM) ➜ Every JAR is GPG-signed, so verify the signature before you deploy The cadence is worth noticing too. Empedocles is the fourth mandatory java-tron release since mid-July: ➜ v4.8.2 𝗣𝘆𝗿𝗿𝗵𝗼: Ethereum Osaka/Pectra-aligned features, including a P-256 precompile ➜ v4.8.2.2 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀: Stake 2.0 and contract deployment refinements ➜ v4.8.2.3 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝘅𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘀: storage access and BN128 pairing optimizations ➜ v4.8.2.4 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀: the hardening release above Steady, incremental upgrades like these are a big part of why @trondao's network can run without a maintenance window. Read the official Empedocles release notes here 👇 github.com/tronprotocol/java… @justinsuntron @trondao #TronEcoStar #TRON

Just received your first USDT on TRON and have zero TRX for fees? You can still send it. Here's the simple mental model behind GasFree 👇 Normally, a USDT transfer on @trondao's network consumes Energy and Bandwidth, paid in TRX. GasFree flips who pays. Think of it as a courier who covers the postage and takes a small fee from the parcel. The four roles, per the official GasFree spec: ➜ 𝗬𝗼𝘂: your normal wallet, which stays in control ➜ 𝗚𝗮𝘀𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁: a linked address generated from yours, holding the USDT you send ➜ 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲-𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿: submits the transfer on-chain and pays the gas ➜ 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁: the app that shows your balance and asks you to sign What happens when you hit send: ➜ You sign a transfer authorization off-chain (signing itself costs nothing) ➜ You set a max fee, a deadline and the receiver ➜ The provider checks it and returns a trace ID ➜ It lands on-chain and the fee is taken in 𝗨𝗦𝗗𝗧, not TRX Two fees to know: ➜ A one-time 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗲 on your first GasFree transfer ➜ A flat 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲 each time after that Fees are set by the service and can change, so always check the amount your wallet shows before signing. When does it make sense? Occasional senders and brand-new users who hold only USDT. Heavy users usually save more by staking TRX for Energy. Read the official GasFree specification here 👇 gasfree.io/specification @justinsuntron @trondao #TronEcoStar #TRON

How does Bitcoin end up working inside TRON DeFi? Through a part of the JUST ecosystem most people never notice: JustCrypto 👇 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼 is the JUST ecosystem's cross-chain token layer. It brings major assets from other chains onto TRON as tokens that JustLend and other JUST apps recognize. Assets currently listed on the official page: ➜ BTC ➜ ETH ➜ LTC ➜ DOGE ➜ NFT The size surprises people. Per DefiLlama today: ➜ $𝟮.𝟲𝟭𝗕 in TVL, all of it on TRON ➜ #𝟳 among all bridge protocols by TVL ➜ Peak of $𝟴.𝟮𝟳𝗕 back in March 2024 How it works, honestly. This isn't a trustless bridge where a smart contract locks coins on one chain and mints on another. Per the JUST site, the cross-chain mechanism is provided by platforms such as Poloniex. So the trust model leans on the custodian. That's the trade-off for getting deep BTC and ETH liquidity onto TRON. The transparency piece is on-chain, though: ➜ The BTC token contract address is public on TRONSCAN ➜ The page explains the math: Bitcoin on TRON equals total supply minus the Bitcoin Treasury ➜ A smart contract security audit report for the BTC token is published Why it matters for @trondao? Lending markets need good collateral. Wrapped BTC and ETH give TRON users more to borrow against and trade beyond TRX and stablecoins. Not financial advice. Know who holds the underlying before you use any wrapped asset. See JustCrypto's assets, contract and audit here 👇 justnetwork.io/token @justinsuntron @trondao #TronEcoStar #TRON

You just created a fresh TRON wallet, but Tronscan can't find it and your Bandwidth shows zero. Nothing is broken. It just isn't activated yet 👇 Here's how activation works, straight from the official @trondao developer docs. An address exists the moment your wallet generates its key pair. But the network only recognizes it after activation. Until then, explorers and APIs can't look it up. How to activate a new address: ➜ Send it any amount of 𝗧𝗥𝗫 (or a TRC-10 token) from an account that's already active ➜ Or have an existing account call 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁/𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 for it Who pays? The 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿, not the new address. The account creation fee is currently 𝟭 𝗧𝗥𝗫 on Mainnet. On top of that, the creation transaction needs Bandwidth. If the sender's staked or delegated Bandwidth can't cover it, a fixed 𝟬.𝟭 𝗧𝗥𝗫 is burned instead. One detail people miss: the 600 free daily Bandwidth can't be used to pay for account creation. There's also a second path. When a smart contract sends TRX or a TRC-10 token to an unactivated address, the recipient is activated automatically, and the 1 TRX creation fee doesn't apply. What you get once it's live: ➜ The address becomes visible on Tronscan ➜ A free Bandwidth quota of 𝟲𝟬𝟬, which Tronscan's help center says recovers gradually over 24 hours ➜ A normal account that can stake, vote and hold tokens Practical tip: if you're onboarding a friend, send a small amount of TRX to their new address first. That one transfer activates it and gives them something to work with. Read the official TRON guide to accounts and activation here 👇 developers.tron.network/docs… @justinsuntron @trondao #TronEcoStar #TRON

TRC-10, TRC-20, TRC-721, TRC-1155. Four token standards on TRON, and mixing them up is how people get confused about fees and wallets. Here's the cheat sheet 👇 First, TRX isn't on this list. The official @trondao developer docs are clear: TRX is the native token of the network, not a token standard. It pays for fees and staking. Now the four standards: 𝗧𝗥𝗖-𝟭𝟬: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹-𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 ➜ Built into the TRON protocol itself, no TRON Virtual Machine needed ➜ Each account can issue only one, for a current Mainnet fee of 𝟭,𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗧𝗥𝗫 ➜ Kept for existing tokens. The docs recommend TRC-20 for anything new 𝗧𝗥𝗖-𝟮𝟬: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 ➜ Runs as a smart contract inside the TVM ➜ Matches Ethereum's ERC-20 at the interface level, so most ERC-20 contracts compile and run on TRON without changes ➜ The recommended standard for new fungible tokens. USDT on TRON is a TRC-20 token 𝗧𝗥𝗖-𝟳𝟮𝟭: 𝗡𝗙𝗧𝘀 ➜ One token, one owner. Defines balance, ownership, transfer and approval functions ➜ Compatible with ERC-721. The main TRON difference is the receiver-hook return value 𝗧𝗥𝗖-𝟭𝟭𝟱𝟱: 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘀, 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 ➜ Manages fungible, non-fungible and semi-fungible tokens together, with batch transfers ➜ The docs point to in-game items as the classic use case Why this matters day to day: ➜ TRC-20 and NFT transfers run contract code, so they use 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 ➜ TRC-10 skips the TVM entirely ➜ Before you send or approve anything, check which standard and which contract it is TronLink supports TRX, TRC-10, TRC-20 and TRC-721, and the token details page shows the type. Read the official TRON token standards overview here 👇 developers.tron.network/docs… @justinsuntron @trondao #TronEcoStar #TRON

Nearly 𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝟮 𝗧𝗥𝗫 in circulation is locked in staking right now. And it barely moves. 👇 From Tronscan's staking and resource data as of Oct 23: ➜ 𝟰𝟱.𝟭𝟳𝗕 𝗧𝗥𝗫 staked ➜ That's 𝟰𝟳.𝟱𝟱% of the ~95.01B TRX in circulation ➜ Worth about $𝟭𝟰.𝟵𝗕, per Tronscan's TRX Staking figure ➜ The 30-day average staking rate is 𝟰𝟳.𝟴% ➜ Over the last 15 days it stayed between 𝟰𝟳.𝟱% 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟰𝟳.𝟵% What is it staked for? This is the part most people don't know: ➜ ~𝟱𝟵% (26.63B TRX) is staked for 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗱𝘁𝗵 ➜ ~𝟰𝟭% (18.55B TRX) is staked for 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 And how is it staked? ➜ ~𝟲𝟬% sits in Stake 2.0, the current model ➜ ~𝟰𝟬% is still in legacy Stake 1.0 positions Why this matters: On TRON, staking isn't only about rewards. Staked TRX gives Energy and Bandwidth to cover transactions, plus votes for the Super Representatives who produce blocks. So a flat, high staking rate means a big share of holders treat TRX as long-term infrastructure: fuel for their own transfers and a voice in who secures @trondao's network. A number that holds near 48% day after day is one of the quietest signals of conviction on any chain. See TRON's staking and supply stats on Tronscan here 👇 tronscan.org/ @justinsuntron @trondao #TronEcoStar #TRON

Blockchains don't grow on code alone. They grow through people who show up, explain, and build. That's what TRON CORE is for 👇 𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗘 is the @trondao ambassador program: volunteers who grow the community and push real adoption in their own regions. Per TRON DAO's own guide, ambassadors take on four jobs: ➜ 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: organizing events, forums and discussions ➜ 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: promoting HackaTRON and ecosystem projects ➜ 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: helping newcomers find their way around TRON ➜ 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁: posting about TRON at least 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 What members get in return: ➜ Exclusive invites to TRON events ➜ Access to the core team and global meetups ➜ Research or event grants for content and local events ➜ Limited-edition CORE merch ➜ A voice in where the ecosystem goes next The path in is simple: ➜ Apply and explain your vision for community ➜ Interview with a program manager ➜ A second chat with a senior ambassador, if needed TRON DAO is upfront about who it wants: people who genuinely enjoy helping others, not perk hunters. And you don't need a badge to start. The community already lives on X, Telegram, Discord, Reddit and the TRON DAO Forum, where anyone can post proposals and ideas. Read the full TRON CORE guide from TRON DAO here 👇 trondao.medium.com/how-to-be… Watch @trondao for the next application window. Every global network starts with someone local. @justinsuntron @trondao #TronEcoStar #TRON

Visa now settles stablecoins at a $20B+ yearly pace. But on the spending side, TRON is already the chain to beat 👇 Visa's own numbers this year: ➜ Stablecoin settlement passed a $𝟮𝟬𝗕 annualized run rate, up more than 𝟭𝟱𝘅 year over year ➜ More than 𝟭𝟲𝟬 stablecoin-linked card programs live on its network ➜ Payment volume on those programs up nearly 𝟮𝟬𝟬% year over year ➜ About 𝟭𝟳% of stablecoin-linked card volume now comes from business and commercial cards Visa also cited Allium research: stablecoin payments are now the fastest-growing use case, at an estimated $𝟰𝟬𝟭𝗕 𝘁𝗼 $𝟱𝟮𝟳𝗕 a year. So where does TRON fit? Here's how a stablecoin-linked card works for most people: you hold dollars on-chain, then spend them anywhere the card is accepted. The question is which chain those dollars sit on before you tap. Per CoinDesk Research's Q2 2026 report on @trondao's network: ➜ Crypto payment card volume across chains grew from $𝟮.𝟬𝗕 𝘁𝗼 $𝟮.𝟰𝗕 in a quarter ➜ TRON's share of that card volume rose to 𝟯𝟰%, the highest of any chain ➜ CoinDesk calls TRON the dominant chain for merchant acceptance and consumer-to-business payments via Visa-linked stablecoin cards To be precise, that 34% is about the user side: which chain card balances are funded and spent from. Visa's back-end settlement pilot is a separate program with its own list of chains. Card networks bring the acceptance. TRON brings the dollars people already hold. Read Visa's latest stablecoin payments data here 👇 investor.visa.com/news/news-… @justinsuntron @trondao #TronEcoStar #TRON

𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟬 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗙𝗶 𝗨𝗫 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴. Starknet Earn introduced simplified @WrappedBTC deployment for EVM users. ➜ Deploy WBTC strategies in a few clicks ➜ Start earning in under 30 seconds ➜ No complex manual bridging steps On Starknet, WBTC borrow positions on Vesu have also passed $1 million. The pattern is clear. Layer 2s are competing to make Bitcoin DeFi effortless, and WBTC is the Bitcoin they build around. Explore the ecosystem: wbtc.network/ecosystem @justinsuntron @WrappedBTC #TronEcoStar

Want to test a TRON dApp or contract without spending a single real TRX? Grab free testnet tokens. Here's exactly how 👇 The official @trondao developer docs list two ways to fill up a test wallet on the 𝗡𝗶𝗹𝗲 and 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮 testnets. Option 1: the faucet website ➜ 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟭: In TronLink, switch to Nile or Shasta and copy your address ➜ 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟮: Open the faucet linked from the official docs ➜ 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟯: Paste your address, complete the reCAPTCHA, click 𝗢𝗯𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 ➜ 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟰: Watch the popup. "Successful acquisition of test tokens" means it's on the way Each wallet and IP can claim 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟰 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 per token. Option 2: TronFAQBot on Telegram or Discord Join the TRON developer groups and send a command like: ➜ !𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗲 + your address for Nile TRX ➜ !𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗲_𝘂𝘀𝗱𝘁, !𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗲_𝘂𝘀𝗱𝗰 or !𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗲_𝘂𝘀𝗱𝗱 for test stablecoins ➜ The same commands work with !𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮 The bot's limit is 𝟮,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟰 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀. Make your test tokens last longer: ➜ Use small amounts. 0.001 TRX is enough to test a transfer flow ➜ Recycle test USDT back to one treasury address after each run. TRC-20 tokens move, they don't burn ➜ Stake a little test TRX for Bandwidth and Energy, since Stake 2.0 works the same as Mainnet ➜ Need custom supply? Deploy your own test token Security rules that still apply: ➜ Use a fresh wallet just for testing. Never import a Mainnet key or seed phrase ➜ Testnet tokens have no value. Never trade them ➜ Only use faucet links from official docs, never forwarded ones Check results on nile.tronscan.org or shasta.tronscan.org. Get the official faucet links and bot commands here 👇 developers.tron.network/docs… @justinsuntron @trondao #TronEcoStar #TRON

Holding serious TRX or USDT in a browser wallet alone? Pair it with a hardware wallet. Here's the official TronLink + Ledger setup, step by step 👇 With a Ledger paired, every transaction you send on @trondao's network has to be confirmed and signed on the device itself. A click in the browser isn't enough. Before you start: ➜ Install the 𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗮𝗽𝗽 on your Ledger through Ledger Wallet (formerly Ledger Live), under My Ledger ➜ Open it on the device and wait for "𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆" On desktop (TronLink Extension, USB): ➜ 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟭: First time? Click "Ledger" on the welcome page. Already have a wallet? Open "Add Wallet" and choose "𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁" ➜ 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟮: Select the 𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡 network and click Continue ➜ 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟯: Plug in the Ledger with a USB data cable, unlock it, click Next ➜ 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟰: Pick your Ledger in the browser's device window and click Connect ➜ 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟱: Open the TRON app on the device and approve ➜ 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟲: Select the accounts to import, up to 𝟭𝟬 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, and click Import On mobile (TronLink App, Bluetooth): ➜ Needs TronLink 𝟰.𝟮𝟬.𝟬 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 and a Bluetooth-enabled 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗫 ➜ "Add Wallet" ➜ "Pair Ledger", match the pairing code, then import your address with the TRON app open Tips from the TronLink docs: ➜ Stick to the default derivation path unless you really know what "Custom Path" does, or you may not find your account later ➜ "Unable to Get Wallet Address" usually means the TRON app isn't open on the Ledger ➜ Close any other app using the Ledger, then reconnect ➜ TronLink doesn't store your extension password and can't recover it, so keep it safe Read TronLink's official Ledger guide here 👇 support.tronlink.org/hc/en-u… @justinsuntron @trondao #TronEcoStar #TRON

How big can stablecoins get? Wall Street's forecasts say "much bigger." This month one big bank changed its timeline, and the reason is more interesting than the headline 👇 The big forecasts on the table: ➜ 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶: $𝟭.𝟵𝗧 base case and $𝟰.𝟬𝗧 bull case by 2030 ➜ 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱: $𝟮𝗧, now expected by 2030 instead of 2028 ➜ 𝗮𝟭𝟲𝘇 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼: stablecoins projected to pass $𝟯𝗧 by 2030 Why did Standard Chartered push its date back? Supply stalled. It has sat between $𝟯𝟬𝟬𝗕 𝗮𝗻𝗱 $𝟯𝟮𝟬𝗕 for a year, around $𝟯𝟬𝟵𝗕 now. But here's the part that matters: usage didn't stall. Per Standard Chartered's Geoffrey Kendrick, as reported by The Block: ➜ Monthly on-chain transfer value averaged just under $𝟭𝟬𝗧 this year, up from $𝟰𝗧 in 2025 ➜ Average stablecoin velocity doubled, from about 𝟭𝟱𝘅 𝘁𝗼 𝟯𝟬𝘅 ➜ USDT is mainly used for dollar savings in emerging markets Fewer new dollars minted. The existing ones working much harder. That's where TRON comes in. Per CoinDesk Research, USDT on @trondao's network hit an all-time high of about $𝟴𝟵𝗕 in Q2 2026, roughly 𝟰𝟳% of all USDT, with about 𝟵𝟯% of TRON stablecoin volume moving peer-to-peer. Fair caveat: Kendrick also flags regulation as the main risk to USDT's emerging-market lead if other countries copy the US GENIUS Act. Forecasts will keep moving. The rails people already use every day are the part you can actually measure. Read The Block's breakdown of the new forecast here 👇 theblock.co/news/web3/2026-1… @justinsuntron @trondao #TronEcoStar #TRON