Question 1

What is Tellor Tributes (TRB)?

Accepted Answer

Tellor Tributes (TRB) is the official token of the Tellor project, a decentralised oracle on the Ethereum network. The Tribute, TRB's mined token, plays a critical role in the Tellor ecosystem. It serves multiple purposes, including incentivising validators, securing data points, and managing governance within the system. Notably, the Tribute is designed to increase in supply over time, necessitating a carefully managed issuance rate to balance factors like inflation, utility, and price management​​.

Question 2

What is Tellor Tributes (TRB) used for?

Accepted Answer

The primary uses of TRB include incentivizing miners via base rewards and acting as a staking deposit for miners. TRB is also used for paying dispute fees within the system. Moreover, ownership of the Tellor token is essential in the dispute resolution process, as it serves as the basis for calculating votes. The overarching goals of TRB in the Tellor system are threefold: to ensure system security, to foster a robust and active Tellor ecosystem and community, and to establish a sustainable system for the future. These goals are achieved by ensuring a diverse and distributed ownership of TRB tokens, miners, and users, contributing to a decentralized and secure system​​​​.

Question 3

Who created Tellor Tributes (TRB)?

Accepted Answer

Tellor was launched in 2019 in the United States by Brenda Loya, Nick Fett, and Michael Zemrose. Prior to founding Tellor, these key team members worked together on a project called Daxia, which also focused on blockchain technology. Brenda Loya, currently the CEO and co-founder of Tellor, previously held the position of VP and Lead Developer at Daxia. Nick Fett, the co-founder and CTO of Tellor, was the founder of Daxia and has experience in economics, regulation, and derivatives, including a tenure with the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission. Michael Zemrose, co-founder and CSO of Tellor, formerly led Business Development at Daxia and has a background in entrepreneurship, specializing in media and consulting for various cryptocurrency projects​​.

#	Instrument	Exchange	Benchmark Score	Price	24h Change	24h Volume	24h Trades	24h Open	24h High
1	TRB-USDT TRB_USDT	whitebit	BB	18.55USDT	0.68%	77,567.76TRB	51,194	18.42USDT	18.87USDT
2	TRB-USDT TRBUSDT	binance	AA	18.55USDT	0.82%	66,902.17TRB	14,860	18.40USDT	18.85USDT
3	TRB-USDT TRB-USDT	okex	A	18.55USDT	0.76%	54,700.24TRB	5,525	18.41USDT	18.87USDT
4	TRB-USD TRB-USD	coinbase	AA	18.51USD	0.33%	14,146.07TRB	1,129	18.45USD	18.83USD
5	TRB-USDC TRBUSDC	binance	AA	18.63USDC	0.87%	8,677.82TRB	1,279	18.47USDC	18.84USDC
6	TRB-BTC TRB_BTC	whitebit	BB	0.0₃2279BTC	-0.13%	8,565.38TRB	910	0.0₃2282BTC	0.0₃2312BTC
7	TRB-TRY TRB_TRY	whitebit	BB	898.00TRY	0.36%	7,084.77TRB	1,900	894.80TRY	913.30TRY
8	TRB-USDT TRBUSDT_SPBL	bitget	BB	18.51USDT	0.22%	5,421.76TRB	958	18.47USDT	18.82USDT
9	TRB-TRY TRBTRY	binance	AA	898.00TRY	0.56%	3,994.72TRB	584	893.00TRY	909.00TRY
10	TRB-USDT TRB-USDT	kucoin	BB	18.57USDT	0.75%	1,414.97TRB	381	18.43USDT	18.80USDT
11	TRB-USDT TRB_USDT	gateio	A	18.52USDT	0.33%	1,102.15TRB	838	18.46USDT	18.84USDT
12	TRB-USDC TRB_USDC	gateio	A	18.56USDC	0.71%	897.19TRB	163	18.43USDC	18.77USDC
13	TRB-USDC TRB-USDC	okex	A	18.57USDC	1.70%	763.13TRB	55	18.26USDC	18.76USDC
14	TRB-EUR TRB-EUR	okex	A	16.22EUR	0.93%	280.06TRB	45	16.07EUR	16.25EUR
15	TRB-USD TRB_USD	cryptodotcom	AA	18.69USD	2.19%	222.77TRB	68	18.29USD	18.69USD
16	TRB-USDT TRB_USDT	cryptodotcom	AA	18.66USDT	3.72%	77.10TRB	34	17.99USDT	18.70USDT
17	TRB-USD TRB-USD	okex	A	18.06USD	-1.15%	35.67TRB	16	18.27USD	18.69USD
18	TRB-JPY TRBJPY	binance	AA	2,947.00JPY	1.66%	4.21TRB	4	2,899.00JPY	2,947.00JPY
19	TRB-USDT TRBUSDT	cexio	BB	18.71USDT	5.83%	1.61TRB	1	17.68USDT	18.71USDT
20	TRB-EUR TRBEUR	cexio	BB	16.17EUR	5.54%	1.27TRB	1	15.32EUR	16.17EUR
21	TRB-USD TRBUSD	cexio	BB	18.26USD	1.05%	0.9308TRB	1	18.07USD	18.26USD
22	TRB-USDT trbusdt	huobipro	C	18.55USDT	0.55%	53,995.26TRB	17,025	18.45USDT	19.50USDT
23	TRB-USDT trb_usdt	lbank	C	18.56USDT	0.81%	19,254.11TRB	3,454	18.41USDT	18.84USDT
24	TRB-USDT TRBUSDT	toobit	C	18.52USDT	0.60%	10,045.68TRB	6,954	18.41USDT	18.84USDT
25	TRB-KRW TRB_KRW	bithumbkorea	-	25,120.00KRW	0.28%	6,345.94TRB	313	25,050.00KRW	25,730.00KRW
26	TRB-USD TRB-USD	btse	-	18.57USD	0.76%	5,877.75TRB	30,812	18.43USD	18.86USD
27	TRB-USDT TRB_USDT	bitunix	C	18.54USDT	0.54%	5,658.57TRB	7,003	18.44USDT	18.84USDT
28	TRB-EUR TRB-EUR	bitvavo	B	16.21EUR	0.70%	5,330.18TRB	210	16.10EUR	16.30EUR
29	TRB-USDT TRB-USDT	bingx	D	18.60USDT	1.03%	4,206.53TRB	9,783	18.41USDT	18.81USDT
30	TRB-USDT trb_usdt	digifinex	D	18.54USDT	0.60%	2,489.94TRB	3,071	18.43USDT	18.84USDT
31	TRB-USDT TRB_USDT	cryptology	D	18.60USDT	0.98%	1,394.44TRB	1,497	18.42USDT	18.86USDT
32	TRB-USDT TRBUSDT	bitrue	D	18.51USDT	0.54%	1,191.79TRB	2,386	18.41USDT	18.85USDT
33	TRB-TRY TRBTRY	btcturk	E	896.01TRY	0.02%	711.39TRB	61	895.80TRY	906.38TRY
34	TRB-USDT sTRBUSDT	phemex	C	17.26USDT	0.00%	0TRB	0	17.26USDT	17.26USDT
35	TRB-USDT TRBUSDT	btcturk	E	18.70USDT	2.75%	364.74TRB	15	18.20USDT	18.75USDT
36	TRB-USDT TRBUSDT	coinex	C	18.52USDT	0.48%	196.11TRB	8,561	18.43USDT	18.83USDT
37	TRB-USDT TRB-USDT	btse	-	18.58USDT	0.81%	111.45TRB	1,038	18.43USDT	18.83USDT
38	TRB-USDC TRBUSDC	bit2me	B	17.15USDC	0.00%	0TRB	0	17.15USDC	17.15USDC
39	TRB-INR TRBINR	coindcx	-	1,850.00INR	0.15%	46.12TRB	32	1,847.30INR	1,850.00INR
40	TRB-IDR trbidr	indodax	E	329,220.00IDR	-0.02%	10.32TRB	19	329,276.00IDR	329,276.00IDR
41	TRB-USDC TRB-USDC	btse	-	18.57USDC	0.76%	9.13TRB	791	18.43USDC	18.82USDC
42	TRB-BRL TRB-BRL	mercadobtc	C	86.00BRL	0.00%	0TRB	0	86.00BRL	86.00BRL
43	TRB-USDT TRBUSDT	hitbtc	E	17.04USDT	0.00%	0TRB	0	17.04USDT	17.04USDT
44	TRB-THB THB_TRB	bitkub	C	549.00THB	-0.57%	0.5478TRB	4	552.15THB	552.15THB
45	TRB-USDT TRB_USDT	poloniex	C	15.76USDT	0.00%	0TRB	0	15.76USDT	15.76USDT