Tron Participated In Awareness Campaign On ALS

By Rishma Banerjee

The TRON foundation, one of the largest blockchain protocols for building decentralized applications (dapps), is officially partnering with the ALS Association for the #VoiceYourLove awareness campaign that kicked off on February 11. The campaign is aimed at raising awareness and finding treatments and a cure for people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

ALS or Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease is a group of rare neurological disorders that damages the nervous system making a patient lose control over their body. Currently, there is no cure nor is there a way to halt the effects of ALS.

Executive Vice President of communications at ALS Foundation said in the press release, “The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge became a global media phenomenon in 2014, and continues every summer. Our new #VoiceYourLove campaign, conceived with our partner TRON, is a new awareness and fund-raising drive that combines cool heads and warm hearts.”

The TRON Foundation announced its support for the campaign via Twitter and blog post:

We are joining the @alsassociation for #VoiceYourLove, an awareness campaign to find treatments and a cure for people afflicted with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Learn how to participate in the campaign here https://buff.ly/2TJMtxg  @justinsuntron @BinanceBCF @BitTorrent

Justin Sun, founder of Tron (TRX) has made a donation of $250,000 towards the #VoiceYourLove awareness campaign. In addition to Sun’s donation, he’s urging other crypto community members to help find a cure for ALS by donating to the cause.

Sun said in a statement:

“The TRON and BitTorrent community has over 100 million people, and it’s statistically possible that thousands of you are afflicted with ALS. In your honor, I’m donating $250,000 and urging others in the blockchain industry to voice their love by donating to help find a cure.”

Owing to the aspect of transparency in blockchain technology, it can be used in the record keeping for charitable events which will ensure that the money donated is going to where it’s needed.

To implement this use, the TRON foundation will be using their distributed ledger technology (DLT) to keep a record of the donations received and where donations are disbursed. At the end of the campaign, the TRON Foundation will release this information to achieve complete transparency.

In addition to Sun’s $250,000 donation, Binance, another global cryptocurrency exchange has donated $150,000 to the cause through the Binance Charit Foundation.

Rishma Banerjee

Rishma is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in International Relations and has a special place in her life for sifting through all sorts of random trivia, thank you very much.

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