Tron announced today two veteran developers, Maorong Lin and Xiaodong Xie, are joining the team. They will be in charge of infrastructure building, coding and will be reporting to CTO Lucien Chen.
Xiaodong Xie has three years of technical development expertise. He previously worked as an engineer at LeEco. He has deep knowledge and experience in a live webcast and online entertainment technical development. His expertise includes Java and Go.
Maorong Lin has four years of technical development expertise. He previously worked at several Chinese internet commerce companies. His expertise includes Java and Python on Linux, and system integration.
Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, said: “Technical expertise is key to the success of a blockchain-based project. These two young men are joining the team with a strong sense of confidence in the blockchain technology. We welcome more developers from all around the world into our community.”
Tron is a decentralized content protocol that aims to establish a global free content entertainment ecosystem through blockchain technology. It allows each user to freely publish, store, and own data. The content creators will be empowered through the free creation, circulation, and trading of digital assets under decentralized self-governance.
Tron was founded by Justin Sun, the former Greater China chief representative of Ripple. Justin was featured in 2015 & 2017 Forbes China 30 under 30, 2017 Forbes Asia 30 under 30 and was a member of the first cohort of entrepreneurs at Hupan University, an elite business school established by Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group. According to coinmarketcap.com, Tron is among the top 40 cryptocurrencies by market cap, with a total market cap over 160 million USD.
