{"id":263,"date":"2021-03-09T22:44:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T22:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/?page_id=263"},"modified":"2021-03-09T22:44:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T22:44:51","slug":"what-is-tron","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/education\/what-is-blockchain-technology\/what-is-tron\/","title":{"rendered":"What is TRON?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Hyped up by its controversial founder, TRX is a speculator\u2019s dream come true. But that makes it risky for the long term.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"169\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/investorplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tron1600-300x169.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1820855\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: tropical-travel \/ Shutterstock.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Approximate Market Cap:<\/strong> $2 billion<br><strong>Year Established:<\/strong> 2017<br><strong>Cost Per Transaction:<\/strong> N\/A<br><strong>2020 Return:<\/strong> 103%<br><strong>Score:<\/strong> \u2605\u2605<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its 2017 launch, TRON has been on a wild ride. The currency peaked in January 2018 at 8.01 cents before plummeting to 2.3 cents just two months later. It has recovered only slightly since. So, why does this Ethereum competitor make the \u201ctop-cryptocurrency\u201d list?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, its founder, Chinese millionaire Justin Sun, bought BitTorrent, a central peer-to-peer file-sharing system. That put TRON right back on the map. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/21459906\/bittorrent-tron-acquisition-justin-sun-us-china\">Controversy has followed Mr. Sun everywhere<\/a> \u2014 employees have noted stacks of hundred-dollar bills on his desk, while others have pointed out plagiaristic similarities between TRON and Ethereum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investors in TRON will need to accept the bamboozling required to push this altcoin. Everyone else might consider staying away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hyped up by its controversial founder, TRX is a speculator\u2019s dream come true. But that makes it risky for the long term. Source: tropical-travel \/ Shutterstock.com Approximate Market Cap: $2 billionYear Established: 2017Cost Per Transaction: N\/A2020 Return: 103%Score: \u2605\u2605 Since its 2017 launch, TRON has been on a wild ride. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-263","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263\/revisions\/264"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investapal.com\/TV\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}