Constructorul miliardar din spatele TRON: Călătoria de neoprit a lui Justin Sun.
Din Qinghai pe scena globală a criptomonedelor, @Justin Sun孙宇晨 a construit un imperiu pe care puțini îl pot rivaliza.
Născut Yuchen Sun în 1990, el a evoluat de la un reprezentant al Ripple Labs în China la una dintre cele mai puternice figuri din blockchain, fondator al TRON, consultant pentru BitTorrent, investitor, diplomat și acum, chiar și călător în spațiu.
🔹 Educație la Universitatea Peking și Universitatea din Pennsylvania, Sun a prins virusul criptomonedelor devreme, cumpărând Bitcoin ca student. Până în 2017, a lansat TRON, strângând 70 milioane de dolari înainte de interzicerea ICO-urilor în China.
Astăzi, TRON susține un ecosistem masiv DeFi și de stablecoin cu USDD, JustLend DAO și miliarde în activitate on-chain.
🔹 Puncte cheie:
1. A achiziționat BitTorrent pentru 140 milioane de dolari și a emis $BTT.
2. A cumpărat Poloniex, mai târziu HTX (Huobi).
3. A investit 65 milioane de dolari în Animoca Brands.
4. A fost odată cel mai mare deținător de Ether staked cu 500 milioane de dolari ETH.
5. A servit ca ambasador al WTO al Grenadei (2021–2023).
6. A fost numit Prim-Ministru al Liberland în 2024.
7. A zburat în spațiu la bordul Blue Origin NS-34 (2025).
De asemenea, un colecționar de artă eccentric, el a cumpărat și a mâncat celebra lucrare de artă a lui Maurizio Cattelan, banană („Comedian”) pentru 5.2 milioane de dolari în 2024.
Începând cu 2025, Forbes estimează averea sa la 12.5 miliarde de dolari, în mare parte în criptomonede. Sun rămâne hiperactiv pe X (peste 3.8 milioane de urmăritori), conducând conversații despre descentralizare, arderea token-urilor și inovația DeFi.
Investițiile sale îndrăznețe, inclusiv 75 milioane de dolari în WLFI, un proiect legat de Trump, continuă să stârnească dezbateri în cercurile criptomonedelor și politice.
Indiferent dacă îl vezi ca pe un vizionar sau un provocator, Justin Sun a remodelat harta puterii Web3 și este departe de a fi terminat.
The 402 Payment Required status code has existed in HTTP since 1997. Bank of AI is finally making it actually functional with blockchain settlement. 27 years later, the vision becomes reality.
Machine-to-machine payments are the missing piece in AI agent autonomy. Bank of AI providing that piece. Now agents can negotiate, purchase, and consume services independently.
Digital content paywalls that actually work for micropayments. Bank of AI's x402 makes it economically viable to charge cents for articles, API calls, or data access. Usage-based monetization at scale
Complete x402 standard support means Bank of AI isn't implementing a subset or limited version. They're supporting the full protocol specification. That's infrastructure done properly from the start.
The x402 Facilitator handles verification and settlement automatically. Sellers don't need to build payment infrastructure. Buyers don't need to manage payment logic. Bank of AI abstracts the complexity for both sides.
No registration flows, no manual intervention, no account setup. AI agents can start transacting immediately through x402. Bank of AI eliminating every friction point that stops automated commerce from working. @Justin Sun孙宇晨 #TRONEcoStar
AI agents autonomously paying for APIs without human intervention. That sentence describes the future of internet commerce. Bank of AI is building the rails that future runs on.
The fact that x402 is an open standard matters. Bank of AI isn't trying to own the protocol, they're building infrastructure everyone can use. Open standards win long-term because they enable ecosystem growth
On-chain asset management for AI agents means they can hold, manage, and allocate capital autonomously. Bank of AI isn't just payment processing, it's complete financial infrastructure for machine intelligence.
Blockchain's fast and low-cost transactions finally being leveraged for what they're perfect for: micropayments and automated commerce. Bank of AI using TRON's efficiency for exactly the use case that needs it most
Traditional payment systems weren't designed for machines paying machines. Credit cards assume humans. Bank accounts assume identity verification. x402 protocol through Bank of AI was designed from scratch for autonomous agent transactions.
The workflow is elegantly simple: request resource, get payment instructions, submit payment, server verifies and settles, resource delivered. Bank of AI's x402 protocol removes all the complexity from programmable payments.
OpenClaw integration means existing AI frameworks can plug into Bank of AI without major rewrites.. Drop-in compatibility is how you actually get adoption. Bank of AI understanding that developer friction kills good ideas
Pay-per-request APIs suddenly become economically viable with x402. No subscription overhead, no account management, no minimum commitments. Just pay for what you use, automatically, in real-time. Bank of AI enabling true usage-based monetization.
On-chain identity built on the 8004 standard gives AI agents persistent identities. Not just wallets, but verifiable identities that can build reputation, maintain relationships, and operate across services. That's infrastructure thinking.
The pain points x402 solves are real: high payment fees, poor M2M payment support, and lack of micropayment infrastructure. Bank of AI targeting exactly what traditional payment systems fail at when dealing with automated transactions
Starting on TRON and BNB Chain with plans for multi-chain expansion. Bank of AI isn't building for one ecosystem, they're building payment infrastructure for the entire blockchain space. Smart positioning for the AI agent economy.
AI agents need bank accounts. Sounds weird but makes total sense. How else would autonomous agents pay for APIs, access data, or purchase services? Bank of AI provides the financial layer that lets AI operate independently in the economy.
The x402 protocol is basically HTTP 402 Payment Required status code but actually implemented. Request API → Get payment instructions → Submit payment → Receive resource.
All automated, all on-chain. Bank of AI making the theoretical payment standard actually functional