ash prizes and $150,000 in resource rewards.output title: TRON (TRX) Q3 2023 Ecosystem Report

ption: TRON (TRX) is a public open-sourced blockchain network using a Delegated-Proof-of-Stake (DPoS) mechanism.

00 for the top three projects and an additional $150,000 for outstanding projects.output: TRX’s circulating market cap increased for the seventh consecutive quarter in Q3, up 24% QoQ from $10.9 billion to $13.5 billion. TRX outperformed other large-cap cryptocurrencies as its market cap amongst all tokens (excluding stablecoins) rose one spot from 10 to 9. TRX/BTC was also up 24% QoQ. Notably, since TRX is a deflationary token, its price increased by more than just the circulating market cap due to a decrease in circulating supply.

TRON utilizes a resource model to execute transactions onchain. To summarize, the resource model is based on distributing Bandwidth and Energy to stakers. As long as stakers have acquired enough resources, they can use those resources to transfer tokens and execute smart contracts for free. Users must cover transaction fees with TRX if they utilize more computing power than their resources. Furthermore, all TRX used to pay transaction fees is burned. As such, revenues for TRON are derived from the TRX token burns coming from transaction fees.

TRON had a record quarter for USD revenue in Q3. Revenue in USD was up 29% QoQ from $117.5 million to $151.2 million, an all-time quarterly high. Revenue in TRX was also up, increasing 6% QoQ from 9.96 billion to 1.05 billion.

TRON experienced a sharp uptick in revenue in Q3 due to the popularity of SunPump, a token launcher platform geared for memecoins (More information about SunPump can be found in ‘Ecosystem Overview’). SunPump activity began picking up on August 16 and proceeded to go parabolic over the following two-week period. From August 16 to August 31, over 270.3 million TRX was burned (~$42 million), accounting for nearly 27% of TRON’s Q3 revenue. Additionally, more TRX was burned on August 21 (34.7 million TRX) than on any other day in TRON’s entire existence.