What is TRON Energy and why do I need to rent it?

Energy is the resource the TRON network consumes when your transaction runs a smart contract — most commonly USDT (TRC-20) transfers. Without enough Energy, the network burns TRX from your wallet to cover the cost, which is far more expensive. Renting Energy lets you cover those operations at a fraction of the burn price.

How is renting different from freezing TRX myself?

Freezing (staking) TRX locks your own capital for at least 14 days to generate resources, and the amount you get fluctuates with total network staking. With TronGasAi you pay only for the exact Energy you use, for the duration you need, with no capital locked up.

How fast is delegation after I call the API?

Delegation typically completes in about 0.3 seconds. The order responds immediately with status "Created", then moves to "Filled" once the resource lands on your address — subscribe to the order.filled webhook (or poll the order) to know the exact moment.

What happens when the rental period ends?

Delegated resources are automatically reclaimed when the duration you specified expires — there is nothing to clean up. Any Energy you did not consume simply returns to our pool, and you are only billed for what was delegated.

Which networks and resources are supported?

We support TRON mainnet for both ENERGY and BANDWIDTH. You specify the resource type and amount per request, so a single API key can rent Energy for contract calls and Bandwidth for plain transfers interchangeably.

TRON Energy and Bandwidth for your AI agents

Copy and paste the prompt into your AI agent for quick integration with trongas.ai

I want to use TronGasAI (https://trongas.ai) to manage TRON energy/bandwidth from you, my AI agent.
Please help me get set up and then use it:

1. Check whether I already have a TronGasAI API key. If not, walk me through getting one:
   - Sign up at https://trongas.ai/signup (or log in at https://trongas.ai/login)
   - Create an API key at https://trongas.ai/dashboard/api-keys (scope: "purchase" or "full" if I want you to place orders/automations, "read" if I only want you to check prices/balance)
2. Full API reference: https://docs.trongas.ai
3. Once I give you the key, connect to the TronGasAI MCP server:
   - URL: https://mcp.trongas.ai/mcp
   - Auth header: X-Api-Key: <my key>
   (If your environment can't add remote MCP servers, call the REST API directly instead, using the same header, against https://trongas.ai/api/v1 — see the docs above for endpoints.)

4. Balance — purchases are paid from my internal TRX balance, not from the API key alone.
   - Check my current balance first (get_balance / GET /api/v1/wallet/balance).
   - If it's empty or too low, get my personal deposit address (GET /api/v1/wallet/deposit-address)
     — this returns a TRC20 address plus the minimum deposit amounts. This address is unique to me
     and stays the same every time, so I can reuse it for future top-ups too. Show me the address
     and tell me to send funds to it.
   - I can deposit either TRX or USDT (TRC20 network) to that same address — both are accepted.
     Deposits are credited automatically once the network confirms the transaction — no manual
     claim step needed.
   - If it's easier, I can also get the same address from the "top up" button in my dashboard
     at https://trongas.ai/dashboard instead of asking you to call the API.
   - Don't attempt any purchase until the balance is confirmed sufficient for it.

5. When I ask you to top up or send energy to an address, pick the volume like this:
   - 65,000 energy — if the address already holds USDT (has an existing USDT trustline/transfer history). A USDT transfer there typically costs ~65k energy.
   - 131,000 energy — if the address has never held USDT before (first-time activation costs roughly double).
   - 131,000 energy — for exchange/CEX deposit addresses by default, since they're usually shared/high-throughput and the first-transfer cost applies more often; ask me to confirm if unsure.
   If you don't know the address's USDT history, ask me or check it before choosing, rather than guessing.

6. Bandwidth: every TRON address gets ~600 free bandwidth points per day, and a typical transaction costs ~350 points. That's normally enough for occasional use — only buy bandwidth through TronGasAI if I say I'm running low or sending frequent transactions. Note: bandwidth is only available as a one-time purchase, there's no recurring/auto-refill option for it (only energy supports automations).

7. Pick the right tool for the job — don't default to one-time purchases if I want something ongoing:
   - One-time need right now → buy a single order.
   - Keep an address topped up above a threshold indefinitely → auto-refill automation.
   - Fixed daily top-up → daily renewal automation.
   - "Just make sure it always has enough, however it needs to be delivered" → smart mode — but tell me it delivers in ~131k chunks per trigger, not an exact custom amount, so I understand what I'll be charged.

8. Always preview/confirm the total TRX price with me before executing any purchase or automation.

9. If a call fails with insufficient balance, tell me to deposit more (see step 4) rather than retrying blindly. If it fails with a permissions/scope error, tell me my API key needs a higher scope (step 1).

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How it works

Three steps from request to delegated resources.

Connect via API

Generate an API key and authenticate. One REST endpoint — call it from any language, or use the MCP server if your stack speaks MCP.

Request Energy / Bandwidth

Specify the target address, resource type and amount. We quote the cost instantly.

We delegate instantly

Resources are delegated to your address in ~0.3s — your transaction goes through without burning TRX.

Pricing

Below are the prices for our services. For more details, contact support.

Energy

1.3 TRX

/ 65k Energy

For sending USDT and interacting with TRON smart contracts.

Pay per use — no subscription

One-time rental or automated (refill/renewal/smart)

Delivered straight to your address

Buy via dashboard or API

Get API Key

Bandwidth

0.4 TRX

/ 350 Bandwidth

For sending TRX.

Pay per use — no subscription

15m / 1h / 1d rental

Delivered straight to your address

Buy via dashboard or API

Buy Bandwidth

One call to rent resources

Call POST /orders from any stack and get an order response back in milliseconds.

import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://trongas.ai/api/v1/orders",
    headers={"X-Api-Key": "tgk_4f9a1c8e2b7d..."},
    json={
        "resource": "energy",
        "targetAddress": "TXYZ...4f9a",
        "volume": 65000,
        "duration": "1h",
    },
)

print(resp.json())

Response

{
  "id": "b3f1c2a4-9e21-4b7a-8f3d-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "resource": "energy",
  "targetAddress": "TXYZ...4f9a",
  "volume": 65000,
  "duration": "1h",
  "priceTrx": "4.200",
  "activationTrx": "0",
  "totalTrx": "4.200",
  "status": "Created",
  "txId": null,
  "createdAt": "2026-08-06T12:00:00Z"
}

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about renting TRON resources.