was founded in 2017 by Justin Sun with the vision of decentralizing the web — especially the entertainment and content-sharing industries. It allows creators to publish and monetize their content without intermediaries like YouTube or Apple.
Speed: ~2,000+ transactions per second
Fees: Very low to nearly free
Consensus: Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS)
Use Case: Content sharing, DeFi, stablecoins (especially USDT), gaming
TRON has become a major platform for USDT transfers, thanks to its low-cost and high-speed infrastructure. It also supports smart contracts and dApps, and it has a strong foothold in Asia and developing markets.
TRX is widely used for payments, especially stablecoin transfers. While it doesn’t get much hype in the West, it plays a huge role in crypto adoption globally, particularly for fast and cheap transactions.
In 2018, TRON acquired BitTorrent, one of the largest decentralized file-sharing networks in the world, integrating it into the TRON ecosystem.