Having acquired the minimum requirements for this level of cryptoacademy class, this is my first post here in the cryptoacademy community.
So i will be answering the first question out of the questions given for this lecture class.
WHAT IS TRONLINK AND WHAT IS TRONSCAN? WHAT ARE ITS USES? HOW DO YOU VERIFY A TRANSACTION STATUS (INCLUDING TIMESTAMP, RESOURCE CONSUMPTION (BANDWIDTH AND ENERGY), NOS OF CONFIRMATION) USING TRONSCAN -- EXAMPLES, SCREENSHOT? WHAT DIFFERENT DApps CAN BE EXPLOREDUSING THE TRONLINK WALLET? MAKE A TRANSACTION (A MICRO TRANSACTION) WITH JUSTSWAP OR JUSTLEND USING TRONLINK WALLET? SCREENSHOT?
What is TRONLINK and what is TRONSCAN?
TRONLINK
Tronlink is a Blockchain type of wallet that deals with the tron ecosystem. The name itself suggests that it is a link connecting the tron Blockchain.
The Tron Blockchain was founded by the CEO Justin Sun in the year 2017 after leaving the ethereum ecosystem. Overtime after the Tron ecosystem was created it has grown immensely as seen in it's acquisition of BitTorrent, poloniex and Steem Inc in 2018,2019 and 2020 respectively.
Tron ecosystem offers access to use of decentralized applications popularly called DApps, hence I believe it is safe to call it a decentralized Blockchain wallet linking the Tron ecosystem.
Connecting the tron ecosystem, TRONLINK supports TRX, all TRC-10 and TRC-20 tokens.
The diversity in the application of Tron link can be found in it's compability on chrome, Android as well as iOS extension for transactions.
TRONSCAN
TRONSCAN like TRONLINK is an official part of the Tron ecosystem. It is the Tron Blockchain first block explorer.
To explore simply means to investigate, so a block explorer is an engine used to systematically search for information on a Blockchain.
Tronscan is used to access the Tron ecosystem on the web, and it offers and allows access to use of DApps. Tronscan can be called a search engine with a well structured database on the web to allow verification of information on the Tron ecosystem hence the name scan.
What are it's uses?
The following are some of the uses of Tronlink
| TRONLINK | USES |
|---|---|
| (i) | |
| LINK | As the name already implies, TRONLINK serves as a link between all systems in the Tron ecosystem. |
| (ii) | |
| WALLET | It also serves as a wallet for the storage of Tron token for it's users. |
| (iii) | |
| DApps | TRONLINK offers access to decentralized applications like JUSTSWAP and JUSTLEND. |
| (iv) | |
| LOW COST TRANSACTION | It allows users to perform transactions involving Tron token at lowest possible cost. |
The following are some of the uses of Tronscan
| TRONSCAN | USES |
|---|---|
| (i) | |
| SEARCH ENGINE | The primary use of Tronscan is as a search engine for information on Tron ecosystem. |
| (ii) | |
| VALIDITY | It is used to check the validity of a wallet address. |
| (iii) | |
| INFORMATION | It is used to find out Information on a particular transaction that must've taken place. |
| (iv) | |
| GENESIS BLOCK | It is used to create tokens, deploy contracts and exploration of the Genesis block. |
How do you verify a transaction status (including timestamp, resource consumption (bandwidth and energy), nos of confirmation) using Tronscan -- Examples, screenshot?
As I stated in the uses of Tronscan, one of it's uses is to find out Information about a transaction. In this case we can use it to verify a transaction status.
You can verify a transaction status in the following easy steps.
STEP 1
visit the website https://tronscan.org/#/ to access Tronscan
SourceTronscan homepage
STEP 2
A search bar is present at the top of the homepage where you can input the transaction address also known as it's hash
Source Tronscan homepage
STEP 3
Not having a transaction hash, I picked the last transaction on the transaction list.
Source Tronscan homepage
From the image displayed above we can get an overview of information of what took place under this transaction.
Information displayed shows that
Transaction status - confirmed
nos of confirmation - over 200 blocks
hash - f7769a5cd8403af2ac613ec0cd559650c5ae12ec8b0597be2995e4a481fcc418
sender address - TTFru4nmqSJ8LzDkcjqny4LENuiDoijDS6
receiver address -TM6RLvLJeHVeBrv4K1agm55KrJbNCaN49B
transaction time- 2021-10-04 00:11:27
consumed bandwidth - 267
block height - 34262638.
RESULT OF THIS TRANSACTION IS A SUCCESS
What are the different DApps you explore using Tronlink wallet?
The Tron ecosystem allows us to connect with decentralized applications. The total number of dApps available on Tronlink are 34 in number and they are divided into three groups Games, Exchange and Other dApps.
Image sourced from my Tronlink wallet
Game DApps - There are twelve 12 decentralized applications under the Games namely Chainz Arena, BLOCKLORDS, Blockchain Cuties, Trongoo, Tronman, Cryptoflowers, Chibi Fighters 2.0, Evolutions, Traps, Stake Them All, Tron outbreak, TRONBoard.Games
Image sourced from my Tronlink wallet
Exchange DApps- There are eleven 11 decentralized applications under exchange DApps. Newdex, Poloni Dex, Justswap, Justlend, zk Wrapper, TRONLENDING, Zethyr Exchange, TRON MARKET, TronTrade, TRON WATCH MARKET, TRON JOYSO.
Image sourced from my Tronlink wallet
Other DApps- There are eleven 11 other dApps namely Bankroll, Tronscan, SUN, TronLucky, DASH Token, CandyMoreBox, NEWPOOL, ZethyrFinance, DLive BTT Staking, JUST, Marcus Millichap Crypto.
Image sourced from my Tronlink wallet
Together 12+11+11= 34 DApps
Make a transaction (a micro transaction) with Justswap or Justlend using Tronlink wallet?
To make this transaction i transferred 10 TRX token into my Tronlink wallet. And then I was able to make the transaction in the following easy steps.
STEP 1
I opened my Tronlink wallet and clicked the swap icon
Image sourced from my Tronlink wallet
STEP 2
For this transaction i will be swapping 2 TRX token for WIN.
Image sourced from my Tronlink wallet
Amount of TRX and it's equivalent is displayed and the transaction fee involved.
STEP 3
After clicking instant swap, I clicked on the confirm icon.
Image sourced from my Tronlink wallet
STEP 4
Then i Input my password and clicked done to confirm the transaction.
Image sourced from my Tronlink wallet
Image sourced from my Tronlink wallet
TRANSACTION SUCCESSFUL
CONCLUSION
The Tronlink and Tronscan are both vital parts of the Tron ecosystem. The Tron ecosystem is more efficiently accessed with this vital tools. For me i already had the Tronlink wallet installed before this assignment, but it was not in usage, this lecture has provided me practical knowledge of the usage of both.
A thanks to professor @sapwood for this wonderful lecture.