Basic information:
- Pegged currency: US dollar
- Issue date: 2014
- Company: Tether Limited
- Market value: about $2.2 billion (as of 2019.3)
There are many types of USDT released by Tether, two common ones:
TRON-based USDT
This type of USDT token is based on the TRON TRC-20 standard. Transferring tokens on TRON consumes Bandwidth and Energy.
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Note: Do not use Bitcoin child address for USDT receipts.
Ethereum-based USDT
This type of USDT token is based on the Ethereum ERC-20 standard. The receiving address is the same as the Ethereum address. The transfer transaction requires Ethereum to be used as miner's fee.