Over the past few weeks, in my search for new developments in TRX and Tron Foundation projects, I've still occasionally stumbled upon a negative article, blog or reddit post about Justin Sun, or Tron and trx being barraged by spreaders of FUD. (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt)
One such piece I've read recently is a regurgitation of old news that’s been addressed by Tron and other sources repeatedly, but here we find different points again recycled at cryptocurrencynews.com. An article penned, “TRON (TRX): Justin Sun Is Talking The Talk but What’s The Deal?” mentions the whitepaper, the Baofeng BFC partnership, and this statement -
“What makes matters worse is that TRX is only six months old and its team has yet to showcase any legitimate use of its technology.”
I say “well researched” in jest, of course, as Tron has spent their first six months methodically putting into place a team of talented people, who have developed a timeline of events that are set to unfold this year and beyond. Those who say “Hey! It’s been 6 months! Where’s my moon money??” aren’t exactly seeing the bigger picture here. The vision below requires careful, and thoughtful planning.
Web 4.0
Tron and TRX can help achieve a decentralized internet. If you’re not familiar, might I suggest an article or two on the vast topic here, or here. As far as I can tell, they have nailed a top position in this niche, and have no competitors who have the same set of integration goals. There are other entities who are aiming to use blockchain to decentralize the web, three of them can be found here, here, and here.
These could be viewed from a competitive, or cooperative standpoint, as a logistical portion of web decentralization will be not one, but groups of pioneers in software, hardware, networking, and infrastructure.
If you play chess, you understand the value of gains in tempo. Just a small gain can mean the difference between victory or defeat, and anyone who would attempt to catch Tron Labs at this point would have to overcome odds that would make any grand master want to resign, as they are so drastically stacked against them.
The project is in early stages, as the timeline of annual goals stretches into 2027…and they’re on track to meet that schedule. (And then some along the way)
The article also states: “Many have backed the TRON (TRX) network and his cryptocurrency based off of his resume alone.” – Referring to Justin Sun. Though Justin Sun’s resume is impressive, Tron has an incredible dev team as I mentioned above who are currently working on achieving lofty goals like, “Healing the internet”, and putting some power back into the hands of the users and drivers of content, creation, and socialization.
Meet The Tron Labs Team!
(The bios below I obtained from the Tron Foundation, their Blog on Medium.com and browsing; I can’t say what other incredible names Tron plans to, or will be adding in the days to come.)
Let’s start with the CTO. (Chief Technical Officer)
Lucien Chen has served in many first-tier Internet companies, such as Netease (NASDAQ:NTES), Youdao, Tencent (00700.HK), Qihoo 360(NASDAQ:QIHU) and SM search (Alibaba P8 +). With capabilities of developing million-level system architecture, Chen has rich experience in big data, advertising algorithms, DMP systems, BT systems, CTR platforms and high concurrent system framework designs.
Chen also has proven experience in operations, strategic planning and business integration, plus a deep understanding of cryptography, following and investing in Bitcoin from an early stage.
Lucien Chen (via google translate from trx-news.com): “We are in charge of management of the entire development team, including building block chains, designing smart contracts, and overall planning and progress management of projects. Previous position is Alibaba's data mining chief.
Career at a major internet company in China such as Netease, youdao, Tencent, Qihoo 360, SM search etc. Big data, ad delivery algorithm, DMP, BT system, CTR platform, rich experience of high concurrent system framework design. We also have experience in analysis, strategic planning and business integration. We are investing in bit coins from early and understanding of cryptographic technology is deep.”
From themerkle.com Lucien Chen said, “I believe that the blockchain is the base for all future technological developments, and the TRON project is the starting point for the future online entertainment scene. I am looking forward to growing with TRON, and working together to create a new world.”
Justin Sun said, “Mr. Chen has an excellent occupational background and profound professional expertise. His technical strength and knowledge will help TRON reach its professional goals according to the challenging timescales we have set. I believe that with Mr. Chen leading our team, TRON will live up to the expectations of our supporters.”
From blog.usejournal.com:
"Weixing Chen, team member of Tron, founder of ride share service Kuadi, student of Hupan University. In 2013 Alibaba invested several hundred million US dollars in Weixing Chen’s company, Kuadi. Think of them as the Chinese Uber. Actually, that might be a massive understatement. According to recent reports Kuadi is quickly surpassing Uber in marketshare and just received funding from Apple in the form of $1 billion. Weixing Chen is a good friend of Jack Ma. Ma was an original backer of Chen’s ride sharing app and continues to maintain close links with him. Source: http://jackmafoundation.org/?p=136&ckattempt=1"
On January 15, 2018 Former Alibaba (Technical Expert of Smart Marketing) Olivier Zhang (Zhang Sicong) officially joined TRON as a Senior Technical Engineer responsible for smart contract and related technology development work in TRON. Olivier has a master’s degree in Beijing Institute of Technology and 10-year experience in Internet and enterprise software development.
Following the joining of the technical experts, today, January 12, TRON officially announced the joining of Evan (Zhang Anwen), a senior technical expert in blockchain.
As a top expert in blockchain, the joining of Zhang Anwen means that the landscape of TRON in blockchain will further extend to the technical research direction, especially the security direction.
He has been a top student since middle school and graduated from Peking University, with project experiences in hundreds of millions of level. He is proficient in cos system architecture of usb key, platform development and application logic. He is also proficient in security systems and cryptographic algorithms. He has been responsible for the cosmic development, USBKey security assessments and security protocols adjustments of four major commercial banks such as ICBC, Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China and China Construction Bank, as well as small and medium banks such as Minsheng Bank, CITIC Bank, Beijing Rural Commercial Bank and Bohai Bank.
(via google translate from trx-news.com Senior technical expert. cos design, key bank customer development, strategy project development of block chain, development of bit coin wallet and so on.
Keelson Yang
He graduated from the Computer Department of Tsinghua University with a bachelor's degree. With more than 15 years of work experience at front and rear ends, he has worked at UFIDA—a leading provider of enterprise management software, corporate internet services, and corporate financial services in the Asia-Pacific region, and then at the China Roads Information Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.—China's leading provider of express highway monitoring system solutions.
Yang Kaishan has great accomplishments in front and rear ends of the system. He has paid close attention to technological developments in blockchain since 2013. (via google translate from trx-news.com: “Technical supervisor of TRON. Bachelor's degree at Tsinghua University. There is a career of communication infrastructure for over 15 years at UFIDA which is one of the largest software companies in China and China Roads Information Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., a major highway monitoring system solution giant.)
Zhao Hong - Senior expert.
He is in charge of investigating and developing the overall structure of the block chain and smart contract design. Former Alibaba's data mining chief.
Zhang Sicong
Software developer with 10 years of experience. He is in charge of development related to Smart Contracts.
Xiaoqian Chen - Senior web developer with 5 years of experience.
“I am good at JavaScript, HTML, CSS.”
Xie Xiaodong - Three years’ of technical development expertise. He previously worked as an engineer at LeEco. He has deep knowledge and experience in live webcast and online entertainment technical development. His expertise includes Java and Go. He is responsible for coding and infrastructure building.
Maorong Lin has four years of technical development expertise. He previously worked at several Chinese internet commerce companies. His expertise includes Java and Python on Linux, and system integration.
Justin Sun said of the previous two: “Technical expertise is key to the success of a blockchain-based project. These two young men are joining the team with a strong sense of confidence in the blockchain technology. We welcome more developers from all around the world into our community.”
Wang Junju – Web Developer - Four years’ experience in web development, familiar with JavaScript, HTML and CSS in PC and mobile development.
Zhaozhou Wang - Python developer with experience 4 years. “I am good at Python, C language, Django.”
Qi Hao - SNS Product Developer for 4 years of experience.
Yibing Wang - IOS developer of experience 3 years. Experience of community network products.
Shaoyang Peng - 5 years of experience developer. Experience with network tools.
Fuchang Wu - Android developer with 7 years of experience. Experience with mobile application for hardware products.
Cheng Bin - Android developer with experience 4 years. Experience with mobile application for hardware products.
Xiaoqiang Jiang - Android developer with 5 years’ experience. Experience in online entertainment products.
Zhongwen Zhang - Experience 4 years of development expertise. “I am good at JAVA, HTML, CSS, JSP.”
Songming Chen - Designer. UI, illustration, animation experience.
The list goes on, (beyond 80 team members) and is still growing as Tron Labs is actively recruiting new talent regularly.
A Comparison That Comes To Mind…
Tron’s current stage of project development they’re in reminds me of a group who was similarly placed in the banking industry not long ago.
When Ripple Labs was endeavoring to bring blockchain into the fiat currency world, the FUD was big. Mountainous. Ripple was told again and again. Impossible. What you’re trying to do is impossible.
Look at them now.
What influences me to compare the two?
• No competition. Ripple was the only currency actively seeking adoption from banks on the scale they were, since before they became ripple in 2015. Tron has some competition in blockchain web decentralization, but no one who is tying it together with web 4.0, entertainment, gaming, and social networking the way they are, in my opinion.
• A development team well placed and given all the tools they need to succeed. Ripple chose the best team possible out of the available pool, and they are all committed to seeing the success of the project, which, like Tron, has set out goals not just in the short term, but for years to come.
• Big ideas. Creating a decentralized content creation, storage, sharing and distribution protocol is an incredibly ‘big picture’ ambition. Tron is as ahead of the competition as Ripple was. (Or as much as Google’s AlphaZero is ahead of the latest and greatest chess programs!)
Tron is just beginning, and is a long term hodl with potential price increasing events planned for years to come, with a team of brilliant minds at the helm.
I am a very excited supporter and holder of TRX.
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