BitTorrent

5 Takeaways From Chia Network’s New White Paper

Chia wants to make at-home mining cool again (or at least easy).

Tech  ·  12 February 2021

Justin Sun’s BitTorrent to Acquire Esports Platform for New Streaming Ecosystem

BitTorrent is evolving into an ecosystem of decentralized storage, data protocols and content distribution, the firm says.

Business  ·  22 October 2020
Tron

Workplace Harassment Lawsuit Against Tron Management Is Going to Arbitration

A judge granted Justin Sun’s motion to compel arbitration in a lawsuit alleging wrongful termination and workplace harassment at the Tron Foundation.

News  ·  25 March 2020
Tron

Tron Founder’s Winning $4.5 Million Bid Nets Dinner With Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett will chow down on steak with Justin Sun after Sun donated $4.57 million to a homeless charity.

Markets  ·  4 June 2019
Tron

What to Know About Tron’s BitTorrent Token Airdrop This Week

Starting Monday, Tron embarks on one of the longest airdrop experiments in history, with BTT token giveaways happening monthly into 2025.

Markets  ·  10 February 2019
Exchanges

Binance’s BitTorrent Token Sale Sells Out in Minutes Amid Technical Issues

Some 59.8 billion BitTorrent Tokens (BTT) sold in less than 15 minutes on Binance – but it was not without technical difficulties.

Tech  ·  28 January 2019
Tron

SF Summit Shows BitTorrent Is Boosting Tron’s Appeal

At Tron's niTROn Summit, CEO Justin Sun sketched out his vision for how BitTorrent's massive user base can leapfrog the crypto adoption problem.

Markets  ·  21 January 2019
Tron

BitTorrent’s Master Plan to Bring a Tron-Powered Crypto Token to the Masses

BitTorrent has the user base, Tron has the crypto. The new BitTorrent Token (BTT) white paper explores ways to marry the two.

Markets  ·  8 January 2019
Tron

BitTorrent Is Launching Its Own Cryptocurrency on the Tron Network

To incentivize file-sharing, BitTorrent is creating a cryptocurrency token on the Tron protocol.

Markets  ·  3 January 2019
Tron

BitTorrent to Integrate Tron Tokens in New Incentive Model

BitTorrent users will soon be able to receive Tron's tokens as rewards for maintaining files online for extended periods of time.

Business  ·  28 September 2018
Tron

BitTorrent Courted EOS, Filecoin Crypto Creators Prior to Tron Sale

Tron and Neo weren't the only crypto projects interested in acquiring BitTorrent; in fact, CoinDesk has learned, five others were tempted to buy too.

Tech  ·  10 September 2018
Tron

Not Just Tron: Neo’s Failed $170 Million Bid to Buy BitTorrent Revealed

It turns out that more crypto companies explored buying BitTorrent than just Tron. Not previously reported, Neo Global Capital made a much higher bid.

Business  ·  4 September 2018
Tron

Tron Now Owns a Stake In BitTorrent Founder’s New Crypto Project

The peer-to-peer sharing company now owned by Tron's founder has a small stake in a soon-to-be-launched cryptocurrency protocol.

Business  ·  29 August 2018
Tron

Tron’s BitTorrent Acquisition Triggers String of Employee Exits

At least five BitTorrent employees have left BitTorrent due to disagreements related to its acquisition by Tron founder Justin Sun.

Business  ·  21 August 2018
Acquisitions

Tron Foundation Officially Completes Acquisition of BitTorrent

File sharing software provider BitTorrent announced Tuesday that its acquisition by the Tron Foundation is now officially complete.

Business  ·  25 July 2018