Justin Sun's Tron controversies: plagiarism, Teslas, Warren Buffett, kidney stones, and a deleted apology

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While Tron remains one of the top blockchain platforms by market capitalization and user activity, its founder Justin Sun has continued to attract controversy.

Controversy generated by the actions of Justin Sun and the TRON Foundation have caused many in the cryptocurrency space to express doubts about the project.

Responding to the Joysteam founder's comments, Sun said he had a "Very detailed" reference to the latest Chinese version of the Tron whitepaper.

In April 2018, a month before Tron's mainnet release, Sun claimed that the Tron network would be far better than Ethereum.

Based on Justin Sun's track record to date, it seems Buterin's outlook on Tron may have proved correct.

On March 29, 2019, the Tron founder published a blog post in which he promised to give away two Teslas to "Further his mission of creating transparency, reliability, and openness about blockchain."

In late April 2019, Sun announced that Tron had partnered with professional football club Liverpool FC. He claimed it was an "Official" partnership and that he'd provide more details soon.

Soon after Sun canceled the meeting, several other reports came out on social media alleging that the Tron Foundation and BitTorrent CEO had been accused of being involved in money laundering and assisting in the distribution of pornography.

On July 26, Roy Liu, head of business development at the Tron Foundation, shared a picture of Justin Sun which appeared to confirm that he was also in San Francisco at a Tron promotional event.

While Tron has attracted plenty of controversy over the past few years almost solely because of its CEO's excessive marketing and hype, it still has many vocal supporters who are adamant that Tron is gaining market share and daily active users are increasing.

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