Binance's BitTorrent Token Sale Sells Out in Minutes Amid Technical Issues
Some 59.8 billion BitTorrent Tokens (BTT) sold in less than 15 minutes on Binance – but it was not without technical difficulties.
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A public sale of 59.8 billion BitTorrent Tokens (BTT), worth roughly $7.2 million, sold out in a matter of minutes on Binance’s Launchpad earlier today, despite technical difficulties that frustrated some users.
BTT is the first token in BitTorrent's 17-year history. The decentralized file-sharing service was acquired by Tron last summer and plans for BTT, which runs on Tron's blockchain, were rolled out in a white paper earlier this month.
Both of today's sales began at the same time and were scheduled to end either once the hard cap of the sale was reached or when the clock struck 10:00 UTC on February 3. The minimum purchase amount was 100,000 BTT.
According to a tweet from Tron CEO and founder Justin Sun, the 23.76 billion token cap for the BNB session was reached in just 13 minutes and 25 seconds, while the 35.64 billion token cap for the TRX session was fulfilled in 14 minutes and 41 seconds.
Information from Binance reveals there were 622 participants in the TRX session and 340 participants in the BNB session.
Binance CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao tweeted the sale could have ended in just seconds if not for technical issues with the Launchpad platform.
At 3:20 UTC, Zhao tweeted:
In an attempt to be transparent about the inconvenience, Zhao added:
Disclosure: The author holds BTC, AST, REQ, OMG, FUEL, ZIL, 1st and AMP at the time of writing.
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