#plasma $XPL # The $30 Gas Fee Problem (And How 300 Million People Solved It)

**You're bleeding money every time you move USDT.**

While Ethereum users watched gas fees spike to $15-30 per transaction, something else was happening. 2.5 billion transactions. 300 million wallets. Hundreds of billions in weekly volume. All happening on a network most people completely ignore.

TRC-20—TRON's token standard—quietly became the world's dominant stablecoin highway.

## Why It Matters

Here's the difference: Sending USDT on Ethereum during peak hours costs $15-30 and takes minutes. The same transaction on TRC-20? A few cents (or free if you stake TRX) and settles in 3-5 seconds.

This isn't theoretical. Tether moved to TRON because markets demanded it. In regions where remittances matter, where every percentage point represents someone's livelihood, these differences are transformative.

## The Real Story

TRC-20 uses the same standardized smart contract functions as Ethereum's ERC-20, but runs on TRON's Delegated Proof-of-Stake system built for speed and affordability. It's EVM-compatible, so developers can port Ethereum projects seamlessly.

The result? TRC-20 USDT dominates global stablecoin transfers not through hype, but pure utility.

Money moving at internet speed isn't coming—it's already here. You've just been looking at the wrong blockchain.@Plasma