TRON DAO hosted the TRON Builder Tour at Columbia University with Blockchain at Columbia and Boston University Blockchain

Geneva, Switzerland, October 9, 2024 – TRON DAO was proud to host the TRON Builder Tour at Columbia University with Blockchain at Columbia and Boston University Blockchain on October 5. The TRON Builder Tour merges hands-on workshops with enriching discussions, connecting students, developers and mentors.

Previously, TRON DAO has organized successful TRON Builder Tour events at prestigious institutions like MIT , Cornell, Princeton, and Harvard, fostering deeper connections and advancing blockchain knowledge within academic communities.

TRON Builder Tour: Columbia Stop

The TRON Builder Tour hosted a hackathon at Columbia University on October 5, co-hosted by Blockchain at Columbia and Boston University Blockchain. The 12-hour event attracted over 120 sign-ups from students all eager to build on the TRON blockchain. Attendees included individuals from prestigious institutions such as Harvard, Boston University, NYU, Berkeley, Columbia, University of Waterloo, and Princeton. Longtime developers and early builders in the TRON community flew in from all over the U.S. to help students with their projects. Among the mentors were Dwayne Gordon, founder of a TRON community project, Eder Teixeira, a TRON Super Representative and Wes Jorgensen from Boston University Blockchain.Their collective experience provided students with invaluable insights and guidance, reinforcing TRON’s commitment to fostering innovation and education within the blockchain space.

Throughout the hackathon, students developed decentralized applications (dApps) across four tracks: DeFi, Artistry, Integration, and Web3. The top three projects from each track were awarded their respective share of the grand prize pool.

Judge-Selected Winners

DeFi Track

Showcasing projects that transform finance through decentralization, empowering individuals with transparent, accessible, and inclusive protocols for asset management. The winners of the DeFi track are as follows:

Stakecess by Stakecess
TEAMDR by Team D-POK
PrisonCoin by TeamPC

Artistry Track

Where entertainment meets blockchain technology. The artistry track spotlights creative prowess in visual projects that embrace GameFi, NFTs, assets, and ventures related to the Metaverse. The winners of the Artistry track are as follows:

Monkey Lotto by Monkey Lotto
NoCapMaps by NoCapMaps
MetaForge by MetaForge Team

Integration Track

The Integration track prompts participants to integrate advanced protocols into the TRON ecosystem, urging them to incorporate existing protocols, dApps, or services on TRON/BTTC into their applications. Participants create impactful features/tools for enhancing applications within the TRON/BTTC ecosystems. The winners of the Integration track are as follows:

TRONFundYou by NYBO
Swap Squad by BU Blockchain RKJ

Web3 Track

The Web3 category aims to honor teams that usher along the transition of Web 2.0 to Web 3.0 by introducing next-gen DAO tools, SocialFi, blockchain/web infrastructure, SDKs, and other Dapps. The winner of the Web3 track is below:

AI Bot by TRON Support AI

HackaTRON Season 7

In tandem with the TRON Builder Tour , TRON DAO continues to push the envelope with HackaTRON Season 7, a competition that challenges innovators across multiple tracks to create solutions that leverage the TRON blockchain.

Stay updated and get involved by following TRON DAO on X and visiting the HackaTRON official page for the latest news and participation opportunities!

About TRON DAO

TRON DAO is a community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet via blockchain technology and dApps.

Founded in September 2017 by Justin Sun, the TRON network has continued to deliver impressive achievements since MainNet launch in May 2018. July 2018 also marked the integration of BitTorrent, a pioneer in decentralized Web3 services, boasting over 100 million monthly active users. The TRON network has gained incredible traction in recent years. As of October 2024, it has over 263 million total user accounts on the blockchain, more than 8.6 billion total transactions, and over $16 billion in total value locked (TVL), as reported on TRONSCAN.

In addition, TRON hosts the largest circulating supply of USD Tether (USDT) stablecoin across the globe, overtaking USDT on Ethereum since April 2021. The TRON network completed full decentralization in December 2021 and is now a community-governed DAO . Most recently in October 2022, TRON was designated as the national blockchain for the Commonwealth of Dominica, which marks the first time a major public blockchain partnered with a sovereign nation to develop its national blockchain infrastructure. On top of the government’s endorsement to issue Dominica Coin (“DMC”), a blockchain-based fan token to help promote Dominica’s global fanfare, seven existing TRON-based tokens – TRX, BTT, NFT, JST, USDD, USDT, TUSD, have been granted statutory status as authorized digital currency and medium of exchange in the country.