{"id":47068,"date":"2018-04-24T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=47068"},"modified":"2026-04-26T14:22:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:22:25","slug":"tron-airdrop-mainnet-launch-taiwan-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/tron-airdrop-mainnet-launch-taiwan-office\/","title":{"rendered":"TRON Promises $1.7 Million Airdrop, Pushes Toward Mainnet Launch and Opens Taiwan Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love it or hate it, TRON<\/a> is one of the fastest moving projects in the cryptocurrency market lately. The controversial project has captured significant gains over the last week, rising from just over $0.04 to $0.072 due to the launch of the TRON testnet combined with an impending 30 Million TRX airdrop worth $1.7 million, capturing the attention of the crypto community.<\/p>\n

The last month has proven to be a critical period for the entertainment-focused blockchain platform. Alongside the highly-anticipated airdrop, a high frequency of GitHub commits, the announcement of new Taiwan-based office, and a new $100,000 initiative intended to expand the TRON ecosystem have all contributed to a shifting community perspective of the divisive project.<\/p>\n

TRON Announces $1.7M Airdrop To Ethereum Community<\/h2>\n

In a Medium post<\/a> published on the 21st of April, the TRON team announced that 30 million TRX would be distributed via an airdrop to the Ethereum<\/a> community as a \u201cshow of gratitude\u201d for their support during the developmental phase of the project:<\/p>\n

\u201cTRON will airdrop 30M TRX to the Ethereum community as a show of our gratitude towards Ethereum for their support during TRON\u2019s ERC20 phase, in addition to preparing for the Super Representative Elections after mainnet launch. TRON will airdrop 30M TRX (equivalent to approximately $1.7 million) to active user with a balance of over 1 ETH after January 1, 2018.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to the announcement, each account credited during the airdrop will receive between 10 and 100 TRX, with amounts selected randomly. The TRON team state that Ethereum played a \u201cvital role\u201d during the development of the TRON project, and want to provide TRX to the Ethereum community in order to allow users to experience their \u201chigh TPS development platform\u201d as well as participate in TRON\u2019s decentralized governance model.<\/p>\n

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Any wallet on the Ethereum blockchain that holds a balance of over 1 ETH and either transfer or receives ETH from block 4832686 to block 5471198 will be eligible for the airdrop. The move is clearly intended to attract the Ethereum community to the TRON project, with TRON founder Justin Sun emphasizing<\/a> the fact that TRON is now moving into direct competition with Ethereum at the recent TRON testnet launch:<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom today to the last day, we are no longer the ERC20 token and in the future we will compete with Ethereum as a DApp platform. We will compete face to face with Ethereum, and we have confidence we will build a large ecosystem; a much large ecosystem than the Ethereum … we can surpass Ethereum in the future.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

TRON Boasts Second Most Active GitHub, Opens Taiwan Office<\/h2>\n
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The TRON project has frequently been criticised by skeptical market observers regarding its slow pace of development and lack of a minimum viable product. Development appears to have increased speed recently, with the TRON GitHub<\/a> demonstrating over 1440 commits from 41 different contributors, making it the second most active altcoin in the cryptocurrency development landscape, ranking slightly behind EOS.<\/p>\n

In addition to picking up the pace of development, TRON has recently announced the opening of new offices in crypto-friendly island nation Taiwan. Justin Sun announced the opening of the office in a Tweet on the 22nd of April, stating that TRON would be participating in the Taiwan Blockchain Self-Regulatory Organization.<\/p>\n

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Justin: #TRON<\/a> will open an office in Taiwan soon, and participate in the Taiwan Blockchain Self-Regulatory Organization.<\/p>\n

— H.E. Justin Sun \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\ude80 \ud83c\udf1e (@justinsuntron) April 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n