Quantum-Resistant Security Testing Begins as TRON Hits 15B Transactions and Cuts Energy Costs
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TRON's infrastructure reached a major technical milestone as @trondao advanced quantum-resistant security testing on the Nile Testnet (Aug 7, 23:30 UTC). The implementation covers transaction signing, block production, P2P node handshakes, smart contract verification, and network infrastructure using NIST-standardized cryptographic algorithms. This proactive work on post-quantum cryptography reflects the network's commitment to long-term security resilience before quantum computing becomes operationally relevant.
The network also crossed 15 billion total transactions, according to @justinsuntron (Aug 7, 03:04 UTC), underscoring sustained transactional throughput. TRON is approaching 400 million total accounts, per @trondao (Aug 7, 21:16 UTC), with over 97.8 million unique stablecoin holders already on the network (Aug 7, 19:58 UTC).
User adoption of gasless USDT transfers accelerated, with more than 400,000 users now employing the GasFree feature to pay fees directly in USDT without requiring TRX, @DeFi_JUST noted (Aug 7, 10:18 UTC). This simplification removes friction from everyday stablecoin movement.
Cost efficiency improved materially when JustLendDAO cut its energy base rate from 15% to 8%, reducing the cost of 100,000 energy units to 4.374 TRX, @DeFi_JUST announced (Aug 7, 06:52 UTC). Lower energy pricing directly reduces smart contract execution costs across the ecosystem.
Corporate treasury expansion continued as TRON Inc. acquired 152,042 TRX at an average price of $0.3289, bringing its holdings to over 708.7 million TRX (Aug 7, 02:27 UTC). Meanwhile, the Binance Wallet TRON Carnival Season 2 campaign launched with a $2.35 million reward pool, per the Chinese-language community announcement (Aug 7, 09:21 UTC).