TRON AND RECENT FUD

This past week, TRON shot up from ~$.05 per TRX to the ATH(all time high) of $0.30 on January 5th 2018, before settling down to it’s current state in the $0.15-.20 range. During this time, there have been many FUD campaigns released upon Justin Sun and TRON.

FUD attacked topics such as “Justin Sun sells all his shares TRX”, “poorly translated/worded white paper prove TRX = scam coin”, “no actual product or source code”, etc.

I will not individually address these claims, since they have all been openly disproved and rejected already. A good article addressing Justin’s recent FUD can be found here.

I WILL however address my perspective on why I believe this FUD has managed to spread so fast and effectively on Reddit, and why much of this FUD will die in upcoming weeks. The answer?

***CULTURAL AND LANGUAGE BARRIERS***

TRON is a Chinese based company, with the outstanding majority of its investors being from China/Asia.

For this reason, it only makes sense that TRON prioritized conveying information to their Chinese investors first, before expanding internationally. This Chinese focus has left much room for improvement in TRON’s English focused content. A roughly translated whitepaper, lack of an English website, etc, to name a few things.

This disconnect with English investors is what has allowed much of the FUD targeted at TRON to spread so rapidly. Without proper English representation, many concepts and ideas can be lost in translation due to the technical nature of the concepts being discussed.

Swap Roles

Imagine having to give a presentation in Mandarin Chinese. Would probably be pretty difficult as a non-native Mandarin speaker, right? Now make this presentation exponential harder by having to discuss complex coding language and dev jargon. Not so fun, is it? You would probably simplify a lot of what you said, simply because you do not posse the vocabulary to articulate the point you are trying to get across.

This “lost in translation” connection can inevitably cause frustration and uncertainty between the two sides. A perfect breeding ground for FUD.

*gasp*

It’s a good thing TRON is opening an office in San Francisco!

Establishing roots within the United States is a great first step in reconnecting with the English speaking/international TRON investors. Information will be conveyed much smoother and more effectively, without the problem of translation issues occurring.

Justin even confirmed via Twitter that there will be English versions of everything soon, i.e. website, white paper, TRX CryptoDog game

Justin Sun addressing translation errors and confirming English PR improvement!

To me, personally, Justin’s tenacity and responsiveness in addressing “drama” surrounding him and the project has been awe-inspiring. Even as he is constantly under attack and scrutiny, Justin has remained calm and level-headed with his responses, while still continuing to promote and advance TRON with continuous updates regarding new partnerships, exchange listings and announcements.