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Pros
  • + Developing quickly with lots of capital and community presence
  • + Positioned well in the Entertainment Space as the market leader
  • + Development focus is for large commercial adoption
  • + Modular Focus (customized transaction rules, consensus algorithms, permissioning)
  • + Part of the Hyperledger Ecosystem
  • + Harnesses IoT technology to provide additional data
  • + Can support effective private networks
  • + Built for enterprise implementations
  • + Applies the hyperledger fabric to its business focused application
Cons
  • - Still a while before large scale viability
  • - Controversey with copying Ethereum's platform
  • - Not targeted for Private Enterprise use
  • - Open source codebase
  • - Very young in development
  • - Still requires many bug fixes
  • - Only centralized aspect is the Certificate Authority (CA) who issues certificates to eligible parties
  • - Support dependent on IBM’s help centre
  • - Still relatively young in development
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Overview
The Tron Protocol aims to host entertainment applications and digital content on a decentralized platform fuelled by the TRX token economy. Developed originally on the Ethereum protocol, Tron has invested significant development effort to create their own, scalable protocol and launch their main net in June 2018.
Modular Blockchain Platform, released by Hyperledger and championed by Intel.

Modular Blockchain Environment using Hyperledger Fabric, delivered via IBM Cloud
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  Crypto Assets  
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Cryptocurrency
Tron (TRX)
None
None
  Logic  
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Smart Contract Functionality
Yes
Yes
Yes
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% Providers with experience
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No data
93% (Hyperledger)
  Community  
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Size of Developer Team
Large in house team
Moderate
Large
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Support Team / Community
Modearte. Some developer resources on Wiki and GitHub. Active telegram group.
Moderate. Some developer resources on Wiki and GitHub.
Large. IBM has a direct support line.
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Partnerships / Alliances / Size
Moderate
Moderate
Large. Latest: Veridium Labs, Stellar - Generating and Tracking Carbon Credits on the Blockchain
  Updates  
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Frequency of Updates
Moderate
High
Frequent
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Future Planned Work
Great Voyage 2020-2021: focus on ICO capabilities, dividend payments, managing supporters and measuring income.
Bug Fixes
Scale into multiple industries
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Maturity
TRON ICO: August 2017
TRON testnet: March 2018
TRON mainnet: June 2018
Sawtooth 1.0 released in Nov 2017
IBM unveiled its “Blockchain as a Service” offering in March 2017.
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Governance
TRON Foundation. TRON Super Representatives upon main net launch
Linux Foundation - Hyperledger Project

On-chain Governance
IBM Proprietary BaaS Platform

Linux Foundation
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Enterprise Focus
Not enterprise focused, but has the capabilities to support adoption
Strong Focus
Strong Focus. Major contributor to the Hyperledger Fabric project.
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Production Ready
No
Yes
Yes
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Website
Link
Link
Link
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Security model
Public Blockchain with security features built in.

Lamport digital signature algorithm. Claims to be resistant to quantum computer attacks.

Customized P2P network with data storage encryption, location transparency, source nontraceability

Merkle Patricia Trie data structure
SGX / PoET

All transactions are signed by known identities.
Similar security models to Hyperledger Fabric, but also incorporates the IBM Cloud Services as an added security layer when using the platform.
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Permissions

Permissionless
Permissioned, Permissionless depending on application
Permissioned
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Privacy
Based on zero knowledge proof. Hides the send, receipt address and transfer amount.
Configrable permissions for any node cluster within the network
Private channels
  Algorithms  
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Consensus
Fast Paxos PoS variant.

The consensus of TRON adopts a three-step strategy.
PoET
Dynamic, Pluggable Consensus Algorithms
Plugable consensus (PBFT)
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Transaction Time
Moderate
Fast
Varies
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Block Confirmation Time
Fast
Varies
Varies
  Development  
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Proprietary Codebase
Open source but goverened by the TRON organization
Open Source
Hyperledger Fabric is open source. IBM Blockchain is a proprietary layer that sits on top of Hyperledger as a simple to use platform accessing the blockchain
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Blockchain / DLT type
Public
Federated / Consortium, Permissioned Network
Federated / Consortium, Permissioned Network
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Modularity
Similar to Ethereum:
Generic, with DApp and Smart Contract support for wider applications
Modular Architecture. Incorporates IoT Sensors that can broaden the use case.
Plug + Play Architecture

Easy to operate software platform to build out use case, test, and implement
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Scalability
Currently supports 15 TPS as it is on the Ethereum platform. Will be able to support up to 1000 TPS once main net launches
1000 TPS. Built to be scalable in the way that consensus algorithms can be changed, applications are separate from the core system, and transactions can occur in parallel.
Supports 1000 TPS. Designed for high throughput business applications. Scales relative to Hyperledger Fabric new developments.
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Storage Capacity
Varies
Varies
500 transactions per block
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  Utilities  
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Energy Consumption
Low - Moderate
Low
Low
  Change Management  
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Ease of Integration in Legacy Systems
Hard
Varies
Easy
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Difficulty to Use
Moderate
Easy
Low
  Maintenance  
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Required ongoing Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
  Pricing  
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Cost to Use
Low
Low-Moderate
Free starter version, then $1000/month + $1000/month for each peer deployed
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  Licensing  
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Licensing
GPL
Apache 2.0
Apache 2.0
  industry focus  
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Industry
Entertainment Industry. Focused on consumer dApps.
Cross-industry
Cross-industry
  Developers  
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Development Environment (Languages/SDKs)
Java, Scala, C++, Python, Go
Python, JavaScript, Go, C++, Java
Execution Runtimes (four are currently supported)
JavaScript SDK
Command Line Interface
REST Server
LoopBack Connector
Playground Web User Interface
Yeoman code generator
VSCode and Atom editor plugins
  Third Party Support  
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API Support
In Development
Yes
Yes
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  Engagements  
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12% (Hyperledger)
  Uses  
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Number of Use Cases / Implementations
Moderate
Moderate
Large
  Industry Focus  
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Retail
No
Yes
Yes
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Finance
No
Yes
Yes
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Logistics
No
Yes
Yes
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Health Care
No
Yes
Yes
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Government
No
Yes
Yes
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Agriculture
No
Yes
Yes
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Entertainment
Yes
No
Yes
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Automotive
No
Yes
Yes

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