Space Review | Gas Fees Continue to Decline: Public Chain Competition Enters the "User-Centric" New Era

If the pulse of the blockchain world beats with transactions, then Gas is the "barometer" measuring its temperature. Recently, this barometer has clearly pointed to an industry trend: a "wave of fee reduction" led by mainstream public chains is quietly emerging, with Gas fees continuing to decline, marking a shift in the focus of public chain competition from the past "performance arms race" to a deep game centered on user costs and experience.

Data shows that after the TRON public chain significantly reduced its base fees, its network still contributes over 90% of Layer 1 transaction fee revenue, demonstrating the strong resilience of a highly active ecosystem and posing a key question to the market: as "low cost" and even "zero Gas fees" gradually become possible, what new windows will this open for ecological innovation and user growth?

In response to this industry turning point, SunPump, in collaboration with the leading Web3 information platform Metaera and the decentralized perpetual contract trading platform SunPerp within the TRON ecosystem, held a Space themed "Gas Fee Continues to Decline: Intensifying Public Chain Competition, New Opportunities in Ecosystems, and Risk Games." On the evening of September 23 at 8:00 PM, several industry experts gathered in X Space for an in-depth discussion. This discussion not only analyzed the motivations behind the phenomenon and explored the future filled with opportunities and risks but also sought sustainable solutions. Below are the highlights and thought collisions from this Space.

Ecological Consensus and Security Under the Wave of Gas Fee Reduction

In the opening discussion of the Space, several guests unanimously agreed that the reduction of Gas fees by public chains indeed marks the entry of industry competition into a new stage centered on "user costs and experience." This does not negate the importance of performance but rather signifies that performance has become a basic threshold, and the key to competition has shifted to how better to serve users and developers.

Guest Niu Mo Wang reviewed the evolution of the industry, pointing out that early public chain competition was largely centered around hard technical indicators like TPS. However, today, users are most concerned about "how much it costs to transfer a transaction" and "whether the operation is smooth." Significantly lowering Gas fees directly reduces the participation threshold for users, especially those making small transactions, and allows developers to explore more micro-payment and high-frequency interactive innovative applications, which are crucial for the ecosystem's activity and retention.

Guest 0xPink agreed and viewed low Gas fees as a strategic means. He cited TRON as an example, pointing out that after reducing base fees, it still contributed over 90% of Layer 1 transaction fee revenue, proving that low fees have not diminished its value; rather, by attracting a massive number of users and funds, it has enhanced the network's ecological vitality and financial capacity. Competition is no longer merely a "performance score," but has evolved into a comprehensive contest around user experience, ecological attractiveness, and network effects.

However, beneath the feast, there are hidden concerns. The discussion quickly turned to the second core question: will near-zero Gas fees erode the foundational security of the network?

Guests generally believe that risks can be mitigated through ecological scale effects and application innovation. 0xPink summarized: "This is a delicate balancing act. Low Gas fees are a double-edged sword, capable of quickly stimulating the ecosystem but inevitably bringing security pressure. The key is that public chains cannot blindly reduce fees; they must have accompanying economic and governance mechanism innovations to find a sustainable balance between enhancing user experience and ensuring network security."

Breakthrough Point: TRON Achieves Both Fee Reduction and Security with SunPerp

After clarifying the opportunities and risks brought by low Gas fees, the discussion in the Space entered the most critical phase: how to solve the dilemma of "fee reduction" versus "security" and find a sustainable development path? Guest Niu Mo Wang offered constructive insights, stating that the long-term security of public chains should not solely focus on the level of Gas fees but should aim to build strong ecological value drivers. By attracting high-frequency applications and institutional users, stable and large-scale transaction flow and capital accumulation can be formed. Even if the transaction fee per transaction is extremely low, the substantial ecological value itself can create a strong security barrier and can be reinvested into network security through diversified income from value-added services.

When discussing ecological value drivers, the conversation naturally focused on SunPerp, the co-host of this Space. As the first decentralized perpetual contract trading platform in the TRON ecosystem, SunPerp, with its core advantage of zero Gas fee trading, is committed to providing users with an institutional-level trading experience and ultimate asset security, perfectly aligning with the industry direction of "reducing fees and enhancing experience" discussed in this Space. By offering the industry's lowest contract rates and an upcoming "Recharge for Real Gold" Gas fee refund campaign, SunPerp is proving to the market that low thresholds, high security, and quality experience can indeed coexist.

0xPink highly praised SunPerp's model, considering it a more refined and sustainable approach to "price wars." SunPerp's "zero Gas fee trading" model effectively shifts the cost of fee reduction from the protocol layer to the application layer, with the trading platform subsidizing users' network costs while relying on its strong smart risk control and deep liquidity to ensure system security.

0xPink emphasized that SunPerp is not simply and unsustainably burning money for subsidies but separates "subsidies" from "risk control," balancing costs and risks through product design. This provides the industry with a new idea: public chains are responsible for providing robust, low-cost infrastructure, while the application layer innovates business models to offer users an ultimate experience. This division of labor and cooperation is expected to achieve a win-win situation of user profit and security stability without significantly altering the underlying public chain economic model.

Big Brother corroborated this view from the user and market perspective. He pointed out from his own experience that TRON ecosystem projects have consistently excelled and are willing to attract users in the early stages through real monetary subsidies, and the strong revenue support of the TRON public chain makes this strategy feasible. SunPerp directly focuses on the most profitable contract track and promises to use platform revenue to repurchase SUN tokens, creating a growth flywheel: low fee rates attract users → increased transaction volume → platform revenue growth → repurchase incentives for token holders → ecological prosperity reinforcing security. In this model, users can save money (low fee rates) and also have the opportunity to earn money (token economy), creating a strong attraction.

Conclusion

The discussion in this segment reached a clear conclusion: addressing the contradiction between fee reduction and security requires systemic innovation. Future public chain competition is likely to no longer be a simple "performance war" or "price war," but rather enter a new stage of "strengthening the foundation at the protocol layer while showcasing talents at the application layer." The practice of SunPerp preliminarily proves that through ingenious product and economic design, achieving a unity of low cost and high security at the application layer is feasible, providing an inspiring new case for the development of the entire DeFi and even Web3 industry.