TRON

TRON is a decentralized, open-source blockchain with smart contract functionality and its own native cryptocurrency, known as Tronix (TRX). The TRON network supports high throughput, high scalability, and high availability for all dApps made on its ecosystem.

Networks Mainnet, Nile Testnet
Released 2018
Consensus Delegated Proof of stake (DPoS)
Smart contracts Yes
Block time 3 seconds
Smart contract language(s) supported Solidity
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Bitcoin
Ethereum
XRP Ledger
Ethereum Classic
Bitcoin Cash
Dash
Litecoin
Dogecoin
Zilliqa
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The TRON API — build without running a node

Access TRON blockchain data through one unified REST API: transaction and address data, balances, block data, and real-time webhooks for on-chain events — with no TRON node to run and maintain. Start free and scale as you grow.

Blockchain data

Read TRON transactions, addresses, balances, UTXOs, and block data through one REST API.

Real-time webhooks

Subscribe to on-chain events — incoming and outgoing transactions, confirmations, and mined blocks.

No node to run

Skip the infrastructure — managed, always-synced access with no node to operate or maintain.

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Accelerating the decentralization

One of the main motivations behind the development of TRON was to be an innovative solution to the issues of Bitcoin and Ethereum— namely low transaction throughput times, high transaction fees, and lack of scalability.