Charles Hoskinson suggests Mantis: Last week, Tron (available on Binance) (TRX) was heavily criticized as developers outside of the project discovered that most of the code on Tron (available on Binance)’s platform had been taken from Ethereum (available on Coinbase)’s Ethereum (available on Coinbase)J library.

Tron (available on Binance) celebrated its ‘Independence Day’ from Ethereum (available on Coinbase) on the 25th, but ironically it wasn’t independent from the project at all. While the ERC20 TRX token was made irrelevant by being switched over to the Tron (available on Binance) main net, the project still has a large chunk of codebase taken directly from Ethereum (available on Coinbase).

One Twitter commented on the copied code and said:

I don’t think 76 previously unreferenced uses of Ethereum (available on Coinbase)J constitutes as a “very small thing.” This technology was built on the basis of transparency; there’s nothing wrong with copying code, as long as you attribute it to its creators and don’t try and sell it as somETHing new. https://t.co/mccRdtqWYo
— Lucas Nuzzi (@LucasNuzzi) June 25, 2018

Not all cryptocurrency projects on the market have built their code from the ground up, such as Cardano has done. The issue with what Tron (available on Binance) did lies specifically with not attributing the code to its original source – especially since Tron (available on Binance) and its founder, Justin Sun, were so boldly broadcasting the project’s ‘breakaway’ from Ethereum (available on Coinbase).

Not to mention this infamous tweet where Justin Sun compares how Tron (available on Binance) is ‘better’ than Ethereum (available on Coinbase).

Why #Tron (available on Binance) is better than #ETH: 1. 10000TPS vs. 25TPS 2. zero fee vs. high fee 3. consistent Coinburn vs. no coinburn 4. Java vs. Solidity 5. sTron (available on Binance)g extensibility vs. no ex. 6. 1 billion USD developers rewards vs. no plan 7. 100 million users vs. small number #TRX $TRX pic.twitter.com/WvxH5EToa8
— Justin Sun (@justinsunTron (available on Binance)) April 6, 2018

If you have improved on an original idea, that’s great, but you have to give credit where credit is due. Can’t waltz around like you created the entire thing.

Charles Hoskinson Suggests Mantis

@justinsunTron (available on Binance) you guys should use our mantis client instead of Ethereum (available on Coinbase) Java https://t.co/u2e2pObqYE the code is much better, security audited and consensus is pluggable for a DPoS style protocol.
— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) June 25, 2018

Charles Hoskinson was one of the eight co-founders of Ethereum (available on Coinbase), but due to an issue with its governing structure, Hoskinson left in June 2014. He then went on to build Input|Output, which created Ethereum (available on Coinbase) Classic (ETC).

A group of developers spent seven months building Mantis, a unique Ethereum (available on Coinbase) Classic client, from scratch. Hoskinson addressed Justin Sun and told him that Mantis would better suit Tron (available on Binance).

I’m being entirely serious. They seem to be using a fork of Ethereum (available on Coinbase) java. It would be much much better to use Mantis as a base
— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) June 25, 2018

Justin Sun responded back by saying:

Thanks for the advice! We’re looking to build the best blockchain technology so we’ll look at mantis too.
— Justin Sun (@justinsunTron (available on Binance)) June 27, 2018

It remains unknown if Tron (available on Binance) will make the switch, but it’s an enticing idea.

When Charles Hoskinson suggests Mantis, would you listen?