Justin Sun honors the draw

Earlier today we reported on a twitter storm that had erupted. This twitter storm was as a result of the highly publicized Tesla giveaway lottery offered by Tron to advertise the launch of the USDT-TRON stablecoin.

The storm, and our article appeared at what was probably one of the few times during the week that Justin manages to find some sleep during his hectic working week, and was probably not what he was expecting to wake up to.

In a statement on the Tron Foundation medium blog Justin quickly addressed the issue releasing the following statement:

I’ve happily decided to give away two Teslas to further my mission of creating transparency, reliability and openness about blockchain. I want to explain openly and clearly what happened with the giveaway I announced earlier to clear up some confusion.

To generate better awareness of the blockchain industry and celebrate the introduction our USDT-TRON stablecoin to everyone in the world, I personally decided earlier this month to give away two cars — a Mini in China, and a Tesla for the rest of the world. I created pretty simple rules that I expected to generate excitement and get more engagement for the industry and stablecoin in general.

On Monday, my team on Weibo gave away the Mini through Weibo, and the community has responded happily. The draw brought great, positive attention to the industry. On Twitter, the team used a tweet randomizer tool because Twitter does not have an official drawing mechanism. The team was unfamiliar with the tool and performed a number of test draws to understand how it worked, which has led to some misunderstandings about how we did what we did. We also were unaware there would be concern about the video not being live-streamed and that it would create ambiguity and controversy.

To address those concerns, I decided to create a live-streamed draw to show we are open about everything we do. The person picked in that draw has already contacted us and will receive the Tesla. I’ve also decided to give a Tesla to @uzgaroth.

I spent many hours thinking of ways to show how blockchain and the newly launched TRON stablecoin will be a game-changer for both consumers and businesses. I take that seriously; we will more than likely have a few setbacks along the way. The team has taken some learnings from this, and we are more than happy to collaborate with Twitter and third-party developers to have good mechanisms to select winners (maybe even powered by blockchain technology!)

I personally believe the industry needs to have more transparency, reliability, and openness so that people both inside the industry and out trust blockchain in general and TRON in particular. My mission is to create positive change, and I hope people will continue to join that crusade.

Justin Sun

Congratulations to Justin on the quick action and congratulations to the winner of the brand new Tesla!

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