Estimate TRON energy costs for a given address via x402 micropayment
What it does
This endpoint, hosted by Erudite Intelligence LLC on the EruditePay x402 Bridge, estimates TRON energy requirements for a specified address. It accepts a POST request with a JSON body containing a blockchain network identifier and a TRON address (T-prefix base58), and returns an energy estimate wrapped in a standard success/data envelope.
The endpoint is live and returns an x402 v2 payment challenge. It accepts payment in two ways: USDC on Base (eip155:8453) at 0.01 USDC per call, or USDT on TRON (tron:728126428) at 0.01 USDT per call. Payment is facilitated through the x402 protocol with a 300-second timeout window. The Coinbase CDP facilitator is used for Base-chain payments.
The EruditePay Bridge itself is an x402 payment facilitator supporting 20 blockchains. It charges 0.5% per successful settlement, with free verification. The operator is a FinCEN MSB-registered entity (BSA ID 31000324258137) and operates non-custodially, routing settlements directly. Documentation at docs.eruditepay.com is referenced but the /docs path on the bridge itself returns a 404, so detailed API documentation for this specific energy estimation endpoint is sparse. The output schema example shows `{"success": true, "data": {}}` but the actual data payload structure is not documented.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Estimate TRON energy needed before executing a smart contract call
- —Pre-flight cost analysis for TRON transactions in wallet applications
- —Automated TRON energy budgeting for dApps that batch transactions
- —Agent-driven fee estimation when building TRON transfer workflows
Fit
Best for
- —Developers building TRON-integrated wallets or dApps
- —AI agents that need to estimate TRON transaction costs before execution
- —Services that pre-calculate resource costs for TRON users
Not for
- —Estimating gas on EVM chains (this is TRON-specific)
- —Free or high-volume bulk estimation without per-call payment budget
- —Actual energy rental or delegation (this only estimates)
Quick start
curl -X POST https://bridge.eruditepay.com/v1/tron/energy/estimate \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402_payment_header>" \
-d '{"chain": "tron", "address": "T9yD14Nj9j7xAB4dbGeiX9h8unkKHxuWwb"}'Example
Request
{
"chain": "tron",
"address": "T9yD14Nj9j7xAB4dbGeiX9h8unkKHxuWwb"
}Response
{
"data": {},
"success": true
}Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live with a valid x402 challenge and a basic input/output schema from the Bazaar extension. However, the actual response data structure is undocumented (example shows empty data object), there is no OpenAPI spec, and the docs link returns 404. Pricing is clear but endpoint-specific documentation is minimal.
Warnings
- —The output example shows an empty data object — the actual response schema for energy estimates is unknown
- —docs.eruditepay.com is referenced but /docs on the bridge returns 404; no detailed API documentation was found
- —The 'chain' field in the example body is 'base' which seems inconsistent with a TRON energy endpoint — actual expected values are unclear
- —Input schema lists 'chain' options as 'base, ethereum, tron' but this is a TRON energy endpoint, so the role of non-TRON chain values is ambiguous
Citations
- —Endpoint returns x402 v2 challenge with USDC on Base (amount 10000 = $0.01) and USDT on TRON (amount 10000 = $0.01)https://bridge.eruditepay.com/v1/tron/energy/estimate
- —Provider is Erudite Intelligence LLC, FinCEN MSB registered with BSA ID 31000324258137https://bridge.eruditepay.com
- —EruditePay Bridge supports 20 blockchains and charges 0.5% per settlementhttps://bridge.eruditepay.com
- —Payment facilitator for Base chain is Coinbase CDPhttps://bridge.eruditepay.com/v1/tron/energy/estimate
- —maxTimeoutSeconds is 300 for both payment optionshttps://bridge.eruditepay.com/v1/tron/energy/estimate