Fee Estimation — Pricing

As we update the protocol, pricing updates with it — every fee, tier, and cap is encoded on-chain and shipped as a protocol upgrade. The fee is dynamic per-transaction, tracks live network conditions, scales with the number of recipients in a batch, and supports per-customer pricing tiers. All USD figures use the spot rate 1 TRX = $0.324.

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Average fee calculator

Move the sliders to see how batch size and address reuse change the average withdraw fee.

Batch size5recipients

130

How many recipients are settled in one batch withdraw.

Address reuse rate70%

0%100%

Share of batches that hit the warm path — wallet and deposit addresses already exist.

Avg fee per batch$0.00vs all-cold −0%

Per recipient$0.00

Cold path$0.00

Warm path$0.00

Cold30%Warm70%

Estimates anchored to displayed reference points per chain; real fees follow live network conditions.

WITHDRAW LIFECYCLE

First-time vs subsequent withdrawals

Subsequent batches are ~10× cheaper per recipient because the wallet and its deposit addresses are already live.

Cold start

Initialize wallet & sub-accounts

Activate addresses on-chain

Execute first batch withdraw

$10.203 recipients · first batch

Warm wallet

Reuse existing infrastructure

Skip address activation

Execute batch withdraw

$0.563 recipients · ~10× cheaper

FIRST BATCH · TRON

Smart Wallet batch vs no-batch

In the no-batch scenario each address is funded with TRX separately, then sends USDT individually — N transactions. Smart Wallet pays for itself at N ≥ 2 on the first batch and the gap widens with each recipient.

Smart Wallet (first batch)Direct (N × native)

N=1recipients

$5.56

$4.21

+ $1.35

N=3recipients

$10.20

$12.63

− $2.43 (19%)

N=5recipients

$14.84

$21.06

− $6.22 (30%)

N=10recipients

$26.45

$42.12

− $15.67 (37%)

N=20recipients

$49.66

$84.24

− $34.58 (41%)

SUBSEQUENT BATCHES

86–96% cheaper than direct transfers

The smart wallet really shines on repeat withdraws: the wallet and its deposit addresses already exist, so subsequent batches skip the setup entirely.

N = 1

Smart Wallet$0.38

Direct (N × native)$4.21

−91%saved per cycle

N = 3

Smart Wallet$0.56

Direct (N × native)$12.63

−96%saved per cycle

N = 10

Smart Wallet$5.76

Direct (N × native)$42.12

−86%saved per cycle

N = 20

Smart Wallet$11.32

Direct (N × native)$84.24

−87%saved per cycle

BATCH SIZING

Optimal batch size

The fee per recipient drops sharply through N=5 and flattens after N=10. Below 5 the fixed setup dominates; above 10 the savings flatten and a single failed recipient wastes a larger batch.

1 → 3$2.1639% saved

3 → 5$0.3510% saved

5 → 10$0.4013% saved

10 → 20$0.176% saved

RecommendationBatch 5–10 recipients per first withdraw — the sweet spot between setup amortization and batch fragility.

BY THE NUMBERS

Smart Wallet vs Direct — sampled N = 1 → 100

Two flows priced side by side. Native TRX is the brochure case (each recipient activated + funded + sent). USDT (TRC20) is calibrated against a live N=3 measurement on Nile, then linearised; cold loses to direct under N≈290 because TRC20 transfer energy already dominates both paths — the smart wallet's USDT value lives in the warm path.

Native TRX

Cold ≈ ($3.24 + $2.32·N) ÷ tierWarm ≈ $0.187·N ÷ tierDirect ≈ $4.21·N

NSW ColdSW WarmDirectCold vs DirectWarm vs Direct

N=1$5.56$0.19$4.21

N=2$7.88$0.37$8.42

N=3$10.20$0.56$12.64

N=5$14.84$0.94$21.06

N=10$26.44$1.87$42.12

N=20$49.64$3.74$84.24

N=50$119.24$9.35$210.60

N=100$235.24$18.70$421.20

Cold beats direct from N≥2 (Starter) and approaches a 44.9% asymptote. Warm is a constant 95.6% cheaper at every N — the smart wallet is paying ~$0.19/recipient instead of ~$4.21. Higher tiers compress cold into the win zone at every N.

USDT (TRC20)

Cold ≈ ($8.98 + $0.93·N) ÷ tierWarm ≈ $0.611·N ÷ tierDirect ≈ $0.961·N

NSW ColdSW WarmDirectCold vs DirectWarm vs Direct

N=1$9.91$0.61$0.96

N=2$10.84$1.22$1.92

N=3$11.77$1.83$2.88

N=5$13.63$3.05$4.80

N=10$18.28$6.11$9.61

N=20$27.58$12.22$19.22

N=50$55.48$30.55$48.05

N=100$101.98$61.10$96.10

At Starter, cold loses to direct at every practical N (break-even ≈ N=290) — fixed wallet-deploy cost dominates because TRC20 transfer energy is already most of the per-recipient delta. Warm is a flat 36.4% cheaper than direct (Starter); Growth and Enterprise tiers double and triple that gap. Calibrated from a live N=3 measurement on Nile (cold $11.77, warm $1.83, direct $2.88).

VOLUME-BASED TIERS

The more you process, the less you pay

Higher monthly volume unlocks a lower fee multiplier on top of the live network price. TRON example below uses 3 recipients per first batch.

Enterprise

$100k+/mo

$3.40

10.49 TRX

−66%

Growth

$10k – $100k/mo

$5.10

15.74 TRX

−50%

Starter

< $10k/mo

$10.20

31.48 TRX

NETWORKS

Cheaper than TRON on most networks

TRON is our reference because of USDT depth, but the same withdraw priced at spot rates is dramatically cheaper on Polygon, Base, BSC, and Solana. Spot rates: ETH $3,000 · BNB $624.16 · MATIC $0.218 · TRX $0.324 · SOL $83.91. Base settles back to Ethereum and is roughly 1/100th of mainnet.

EthereumPREMIUM

1 recipient$14.52

3 recipients$26.65

10 recipients$69.10

Per recipient$6.06

TRONREFERENCE

1 recipient$5.56

3 recipients$10.20

10 recipients$26.45

Per recipient$2.32

Solana

1 recipient$0.29

3 recipients$0.66

10 recipients$1.97

Per recipient$0.19

BSC

1 recipient$0.36

3 recipients$0.66

10 recipients$1.72

Per recipient$0.15

PolygonCHEAPEST

1 recipient<$0.01

3 recipients<$0.01

10 recipients$0.01

Per recipient<$0.01

BaseCHEAPEST

1 recipient$0.004

3 recipients$0.006

10 recipients$0.017

Per recipient<$0.01

Subsequent batches drop another ~10× across every chain — e.g. TRON $0.56, Ethereum $1.47, Solana $0.25 for a 3-recipient repeat batch.

Picking a chain

Polygon / Base

Cheapest

Cheaper by an order of magnitude — Base inherits Ethereum's security model. Best for high-volume, low-ticket flows where every cent matters.

BSC / Solana

Default

Sub-dollar per recipient even on first batches. Strong default for most use cases that don't need a specific settlement chain.

TRON

USDT

The production sweet spot for USDT-heavy flows; well-understood costs and the deepest stablecoin liquidity.

Ethereum

Premium

Premium tier. Use when the customer requires Ethereum settlement specifically and can't accept Base as a substitute.

WHAT'S CHANGING

V2 — what these numbers are based on

The estimates above are calibrated against the upcoming V2 release, currently on testnet and planned to ship to mainnet soon. V2 introduces formula-driven pricing, on-chain hard caps and other protocol-level upgrades — the table below is a partial summary of the most pricing-relevant differences from V1.

CapabilityV1V2

Pricing modelFlat per-tx native feeLive, formula-driven

Tracks network conditionsManual repricingYes — per tx

Per-customer tiers—Yes

On-chain hard cap—Yes (only lowerable)

Batch-aware—Scales with recipients

Stablecoin fees—Planned

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