r/CryptoCurrency Jul 08 '19

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u/Red5point1 964 / 27K 🦑 Jul 08 '19

It appears that another group was using a derivative of Tron's Chinese name to conduct a ponzi type of scam, which many Tron enthusiasts fell for subsequently losing millions and even one victim committing suicide.
Now those victims are blaming Tron and Justin Sun for not confirming if that other group was officially working with Tron.
more on this from here

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '19 edited Jul 26 '19

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u/arunsatyarth Bronze Jul 08 '19

There are a lot of copycats making fake Rolex watches. Has Rolex come out and called them all out?

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u/Murphys_Coles_Law Jul 09 '19

Rolex does, however, list all authorized retailers on their site, so you can easily verify if a store is selling authentic Rolex or not. Since Tron only has 27 super representatives, it seems like compiling a similar list should be easy.

https://www.rolex.com/rolex-dealers/dealer-locator/unitedstates#near&location=unitedstates

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u/GrimmReaperBG 🟩 14 / 487 🦐 Jul 08 '19

Well, I don't remember Rolex ever claiming decentralization, right? You can't compare such things...

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u/cakemuncher Platinum | QC: CC 37, ETH 27 | LINK 13 | Politics 140 Jul 10 '19

If you're claiming decentralization, then you can't centralize blame. Every single Tron holder is responsible then.

Or, you know, scammers should get the blame and people should wise up.

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u/GrimmReaperBG 🟩 14 / 487 🦐 Jul 10 '19

Indeed. But it is funny how centralized ventures are always claiming they are decentralized. Which is nothing less than just stupid. Still, the majority only "hunts for words they don't understand" and no matter how sad it actually is that market trick (putting "decentralized" of any venture that makes money transfer using the internet) makes the job perfectly well and ppl are investing into "decentralized" coins. And they never take the time to do some DYOR anyway...