Estimate TRON energy costs for a given address via x402-paid API call.
What it does
This endpoint, hosted by Erudite Intelligence LLC on the EruditePay x402 Bridge, provides TRON energy estimation for a specified address. You POST a JSON body containing a blockchain network identifier (e.g. "base", "tron") and a TRON address (T-prefix base58), and the endpoint returns an energy estimate wrapped in a standard success/data response envelope.
Payment is handled via the x402 protocol (version 2). The endpoint accepts two payment options: USDC on Base (network eip155:8453) at $0.05 per call, or USDT on TRON (network tron:728126428) at $0.05 per call. Payments are facilitated through the Coinbase CDP x402 facilitator (for Base) or directly on TRON. The provider is a FinCEN-registered MSB (BSA ID 31000324258137) operating a non-custodial settlement model.
Documentation is sparse — the endpoint description in the x402 challenge is simply "Tron intelligence" and the output example is a generic `{"success": true, "data": {}}` stub. There is no dedicated docs page (the /docs path returns a 404). The exact fields returned inside the `data` object are not documented, so consumers should expect to discover the response shape empirically. The EruditePay Bridge itself supports 20 blockchains for payment settlement, but this specific endpoint is focused on TRON energy estimation.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Estimating TRON energy requirements before executing a smart contract call
- —Pre-flight cost analysis for TRON transactions in wallet or dApp backends
- —Automated agents that need to budget TRX energy for on-chain operations
- —Integrating TRON energy data into multi-chain transaction planning tools
Fit
Best for
- —Developers building TRON-integrated applications who need energy estimates on demand
- —AI agents that autonomously transact on TRON and need cost forecasting
- —Services that compare resource costs across multiple blockchains
Not for
- —Users needing free or high-volume TRON energy queries (each call costs $0.05)
- —Non-TRON blockchain energy or gas estimation
- —Historical energy usage analytics or batch queries (no evidence of batch support)
Quick start
curl -X POST https://bridge.eruditepay.com/api/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 (returns a valid x402 402 challenge) with clear pricing and payment options, but documentation is very thin: the output schema is a stub with an empty data object, there are no dedicated docs, and the endpoint description is just "Tron intelligence". The exact response fields must be discovered empirically.
Warnings
- —Output schema is a stub — the example shows an empty data object with no documented fields.
- —No dedicated documentation page exists (/docs returns 404).
- —The 'chain' input parameter's role is unclear — the endpoint is TRON-specific yet accepts a generic chain string like 'base'.
- —Response structure must be discovered empirically; no guarantees on field stability.
Citations
- —The endpoint accepts USDC on Base (amount 50000, 6 decimals = $0.05) and USDT on TRON (amount 50000, 6 decimals = $0.05).https://bridge.eruditepay.com/api/tron/energy-estimate
- —Provider is Erudite Intelligence LLC, FinCEN MSB registered with BSA ID 31000324258137.https://bridge.eruditepay.com
- —EruditePay Bridge supports 20 blockchains and charges 0.5% per settlement with free verification.https://bridge.eruditepay.com
- —The x402 challenge describes the resource as 'Tron intelligence' with POST method and JSON body.https://bridge.eruditepay.com/api/tron/energy-estimate