# How to buy 65,000 energy for one USDT transfer > The amount one USDT transfer needs, bought from your balance in the dashboard: pick the address, set 65,000, pay about 1.7–2.2 TRX instead of burning about 6.85. - Updated: 2026-09-24 - Do it here: https://tronbase.io/dashboard/buy/ (Buy energy; needs a signed-in tronbase account unless the step says otherwise) - Same guide with screenshots, for people: https://tronbase.io/guides/buy-65k-energy/ - API reference: https://tronbase.io/api-docs.md 65,000 energy is what a single USDT transfer costs on TRON when the receiving address already holds USDT. Bought here it runs about 1.7–2.2 TRX, depending on the market (the Price page has the live figure); burned as TRX, the same transfer costs about 6.85. ## Steps ### 1. Open Buy Energy This is the path with an account: the order is paid from your balance, placed in one click and kept in your history. If you would rather not sign up, pay a one-off invoice instead — that is the guide next door. On screen: Buy Energy being opened from the row of dashboard tabs. ### 2. Choose the address that sends the USDT Energy is spent by the sender, so this is your own wallet — never the recipient's. The book to the right of the field keeps your wallet, the last addresses you ordered for and anything you saved. On screen: The address field, empty and then holding a pasted TRON address. ### 3. Leave the amount at 65,000 — one transfer The counter beside the field says what the amount buys: 65,000 is one USDT transfer to an address that already holds USDT. Raise it and the energy follows — two transfers, three, up to ten in one order. An address whose USDT balance is zero needs about twice as much: 131,000. Exchange deposit addresses are usually in that group, so check where you are sending before you settle on the amount. On screen: The energy field following a counter from one transfer up to three and back. ### 4. Check the total and buy The total is the energy plus a flat fee for the delegation itself. It is taken from your balance the moment you press the button; if the provider refuses the order, the money is back before you can ask for it. An address that has never been used on TRON is activated first, which adds a one-off fee to this order only. On screen: The total in TRX and the Buy 65,000 energy button. ### 5. Send your USDT within 15 minutes The order appears below as Delivered, with the delegation transaction to check on Tronscan. The energy is rented for 15 minutes and then returns to its owner, so send the transfer now rather than later. Sending after it has expired simply burns TRX as usual — nothing breaks, but the order is wasted. On screen: Recent orders with a delivered order of 65,000 energy. ## FAQ ### Why 65,000 exactly? That is what a USDT TRC-20 transfer consumes when the receiving address already holds USDT. An address whose balance is zero needs about 131,000, because the token contract has to create that balance entry first. ### What happens if I buy too little? The transfer still goes through, but TRON burns TRX for whatever energy is missing. That is the expensive path this is meant to avoid. ### Can I buy for several transfers at once? Yes, up to ten in one order. The energy sits on the address for 15 minutes, so it suits transfers you are sending one after another, not ones spread over the day. ### Does my balance have to be in TRX? The balance is kept in TRX. You can top it up with either USDT or TRX — a USDT deposit is converted when it is credited. ### Do I need an account for this? For this path, yes. Without one, check the address on the home page and pay a one-off invoice instead; the energy arrives the same way.