TRON was launched in 2017 by the Tron Foundation, with Justin Sun serving as its CEO. Initially, TRX tokens were ERC-20-based tokens deployed on Ethereum, but a year later they were moved to their own network. The project was created with the aim of providing full ownership rights to makers of digital content. In 2018, TRON acquired the file sharing service BitTorrent. The platform has divided its goals into six phases, which include delivering simple distributed file sharing, driving content creation through financial rewards, allowing content creators to launch their own personal tokens, and decentralizing the gaming industry.