# Earning on Tronpower

**Understand in 3 simple steps**

1. What is energy and Bandwidth on TRON?
2. How you can get energy and bandwidth?
3. How can you take advantage of this resource model on TRON

You can learn more in our Learning Hub where we have a library of knoweldge to learn the concepts key to understanding the TRON blockchain and how Tronpower helps you achieve your goals

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## **1) What is energy and bandwidth for?**

Energy is required for **complex operations**, such as executing smart contracts or running decentralized applications (dApps).&#x20;

Developers and organizations like exchanges need 'Energy' for such operations.

Bandwidth is required for **all transactions** on the TRON blockchain.

## 2) How can you get energy and bandwidth?

Users can stake TRX in their own wallet for energy and bandwidth. Energy and bandwidth regenerate 24 hours and DO NOT accumulate. Use it or lose it.

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Staking = Locking = Freezing\
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TRON users can receive 1 of 2 types of resources (energy or bandwidth) plus "TRON Power" (voting power/rights) which also give a yield by voting for Super Representatives.\
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Right now, energy is the resource that is most in demand
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## **3) How can you take advantage of the resource model on TRON**

With energy you gain daily , you can rent out to those who need it for transactions, earning additional yield on staked TRX.

You can leverage Tronpower.xyz's energy market to do so, the sleekest , most innovative and trusted energy market on TRON.

### **Tronpower's Energy Market**

S**elling energy / bandwidth**\
There are two ways to sell energy on Tronpower : Automated or Manual

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Once you sell energy , TRX is locked to the energy buyer for a period of time. You will need to reclaim the TRX/energy in order to start regenerating the energy for future sales. \
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Automation helps to manage all that, so **enabling automation is the preferred choice** \
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Enabling automation also gives you better profits
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<summary><strong>Automated Sell + Auto-compounding wallet management (Preferred)</strong></summary>

Full guide at\
[enable-automation](https://tronpower.gitbook.io/docs/for-sellers/enable-automation "mention")

**Steps to enable Automation**

1. Have atleast 100,000 energy by staking TRX.
2. On Tronpower , Go to Account summary by clicking the wallet button and selecting "Account Summary"
3. Click "Automate Selling"
4. Give permissions for Tronpower to delegate/undelegate resources. Optionally allow auto-compounding transactions like claiming vote rewards daily , freezing TRX for voting power and voting for Super Respresentatives for vote rewards.
5. Configure automated selling settings and save settings
6. Sit back and relax and let your TRX earn yield for you!

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<summary><strong>Manual Sell (Simple)</strong></summary>

Full guide at \
[manual-energy-selling](https://tronpower.gitbook.io/docs/for-sellers/manual-energy-selling "mention")

Go to our energy market page <https://www.tronpower.xyz/market> , connect your wallet and find an open order and click sell.

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