Bringing Gasless UX to Tron, Powered by Gelato
Enterprise-grade gasless infrastructure now live on Tron.
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Gelato’s Paymaster & Bundler are now live on Tron, enabling gasless transactions and any token gas payments. Trusted by Gemini, Kraken, and OKX, it delivers unmatched performance with sub-second inclusion latency and 99.99% uptime.
Gelato’s algorithmic energy-renting mechanism will soon reduce sponsored transaction costs on Tron by up to 80%.
The integration simplifies onboarding, lowers operational costs, and expands access to stablecoin and DeFi applications across Tron’s global user base.
Making Tron more accessible
Tron powers one of the largest stablecoin ecosystems in Web3, processing billions of dollars in daily transactions.
Until now, every on-chain action, from sending USDT to interacting with a DeFi protocol or executing a swap, required users to hold TRX to pay for energy. That persistent requirement adds friction for wallets, fintechs, and developers aiming to reach mainstream audiences.
With Gelato’s Paymaster & Bundler, applications on Tron can now sponsor transactions to cover those fees automatically or accept token payments such as USDT for gas. For users, transactions become frictionless. For developers, managing TRX balances or staking is no longer necessary.
Understanding Tron’s energy model
Tron manages computational costs differently from most blockchains.
Instead of variable gas pricing, it uses two fixed resources: energy and bandwidth.
Bandwidth covers the data size of transactions.
Energy represents the computational power required to run smart contracts.
To gain energy, users typically stake TRX. If they do not have enough, the network burns TRX at a fixed rate per transaction. This makes fees predictable but creates a capital and operational burden for applications serving large user bases.
Energy rental emerged as a workaround. Third-party providers stake TRX in bulk and rent energy to dApps or users for a small fee, often at a significant discount compared with burning TRX to pay for the transaction directly.
Gelato’s gasless APIs now automate and optimize this process for you. Developers no longer need to stake, rent manually, or track fluctuating costs.
Algorithmic energy renting
Every Gelato transaction on Tron benefits from an algorithmic, just-in-time energy sourcing model.
Instead of staking large TRX balances or relying on manual rental services, Gelato’s system continuously evaluates real-time market conditions and rents only the required energy for each transaction, returning any remainder afterward.
This process allows Gelato to execute transactions more efficiently, reducing the effective cost of execution by up to 80 percent compared with traditional TRX burns. The result is a predictable, capital-light model that scales with demand rather than locked balances.
For developers, energy renting removes the need for staking or external rental integrations.
For users, it enables gasless interaction with stablecoin and DeFi applications without owning TRX.
Gelato Paymaster & Bundler
Gelato’s Paymaster & Bundler infrastructure, trusted by leading teams such as Gemini, Kraken, and OKX, offers unmatched performance for high-throughput applications.
Built for demanding use cases, it combines low latency, reliability, and flexibility to power real-time products such as perpetuals trading.
Key metrics:
Sub-second inclusion latency (benchmarks average 0.5 to 0.8 seconds)
Enterprise-grade 99.99% uptime across 100+ supported chains
Compatible with all ERC-4337 and EIP-7702 smart accounts
Used by high-frequency applications including Avantis, GMX, and Infinex
For developers, this means faster confirmations, consistent reliability, and an infrastructure layer that meets the needs of high-throughput products.
This same infrastructure now powers gasless transactions on Tron, bringing enterprise-grade performance to one of Web3’s largest ecosystems.
How transactions are processed
A user signs a transaction in a Tron-based application or wallet.
The transaction is sent to Gelato’s Bundler, which prepares and submits it to the network.
The Paymaster covers the energy requirement using the just-in-time rental pool.
After execution, the developer’s Gas Tank is charged for the transaction cost incurred with the energy discounts applied.
Usage data and sponsorship settings are visible in the Gelato dashboard.
This structure gives developers precise control over budgets while users experience fast, low-cost transactions with no extra steps.
Why this matters
Developers gain predictable, cost-efficient execution and can extend gasless functionality to millions of users on Tron from a single dashboard.
Users transact without acquiring TRX, improving usability and removing a common onboarding barrier.
The Tron ecosystem benefits from infrastructure that algorithmically optimizes resource use, improving throughput economics and supporting the next generation of high-volume applications.
Proven reliability
The same Paymaster & Bundler architecture that supports Gemini, Kraken, OKX, and Morpho now operates on Tron.
Gelato’s Paymaster & Bundler is the most performant available and is backed by enterprise SLAs with 99.99 percent uptime.
Developers can extend the same gasless experience across ecosystems without additional integration overhead.
Who should use it
Wallets and consumer apps offering stablecoin transfers.
Payment and fintech platforms focused on on-chain settlement.
DeFi protocols sponsoring user transactions.
Enterprises seeking predictable and auditable execution costs.
What’s next
This launch marks the first phase of Gelato’s collaboration with Tron.
In the coming weeks, the algorithmic energy-renting system will move from testing to full release, bringing real-time cost optimization to all Tron transactions relayed through Gelato.
Future updates will also extend token-based fee routing and developer policy controls, further improving flexibility and cost efficiency for builders.
Together these improvements will continue to reduce transaction costs and expand access for applications running on Tron.
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