TRON (TRX) has the potential to break Solana's dominance in smart contracts

As of September 2025, Solana maintained its high-performance blockchain status with 400 milliseconds of blocking time, processing thousands of transactions per second, costing less than $0.0025 per transaction, while consuming energy equivalent to several Google searches. Supported by ecosystem expansions such as Solana Mobile and its certification services, it currently processes 81% of DEX transactions. TRON's historical TPS is around 2,000, with a fee of between $0.001 and $0.002, lagging behind Solana's current metrics and lacking the latest scalability updates. To compete, TRON must expand TPS to over 4,000, attract developers and leverage its user base in emerging markets.