Frequently asked questions
Tron is a decentralised blockchain platform, established in 2017 in Singapore. The Tron Foundation, the non-profit behind the network, is headed by Justin Sun.
The aim of the network is to provide a digital means of sharing entertainment content, which might conceivably help the entertainment industry to rid itself of middlemen, allowing creators to get their content directly to the consumers who enjoy it. It does this through a kind of distributed storage.
This contrasts sharply with the centralised model pursued by companies like Netflix and Amazon Prime, where all of the content is stored and controlled by a single organisation which takes a considerable cut. Tron seeks to change that, making distribution truly decentralised.
The network comes with its own native currency, the Tronix.
The ticker symbol of Tron is TRX ("Tronix").
If you want to invest in Tronix, you might consider the future trajectory of the currency. Like all cryptocurrency, the coin’s heath is heavily tied to that of the crypto market overall, and of Bitcoin especially. It’s also worth considering the potential health of the TRON project — if investors begin to lose faith in the fundamental security of the network, then the price of the coin might well collapse.
The maximum total supply of Tronix is 100 billion tokens. When the project came to be, 45% of the supply went to the project’s founder and his organisation, while the remained went to investors.
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