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	15.97USDT	2.99%	64,912.19TRB	12,949	15.51USDT	16.27USDT
2	TRB-USDT TRBUSDT	binance	AA	15.96USDT	2.77%	22,957.04TRB	4,202	15.53USDT	16.25USDT
3	TRB-USDT TRB-USDT	okex	A	15.96USDT	2.70%	22,846.22TRB	3,270	15.54USDT	16.27USDT
4	TRB-TRY TRB_TRY	whitebit	BB	797.50TRY	2.77%	16,785.71TRB	3,525	776.00TRY	815.80TRY
5	TRB-BTC TRB_BTC	whitebit	BB	0.0₃2114BTC	3.63%	7,788.88TRB	1,205	0.0₃2040BTC	0.0₃2142BTC
6	TRB-USD TRB-USD	coinbase	AA	15.97USD	3.17%	5,324.83TRB	363	15.48USD	16.19USD
7	TRB-TRY TRBTRY	binance	AA	799.00TRY	2.83%	3,145.98TRB	166	777.00TRY	808.00TRY
8	TRB-USDT TRB_USDT	gateio	A	16.07USDT	3.48%	1,918.83TRB	235	15.53USDT	16.21USDT
9	TRB-USDC TRBUSDC	binance	AA	15.95USDC	2.84%	1,870.08TRB	229	15.51USDC	16.23USDC
10	TRB-USDC TRB_USDC	gateio	A	16.03USDC	3.89%	1,115.41TRB	206	15.43USDC	16.15USDC
11	TRB-USDT TRB-USDT	kucoin	BB	15.97USDT	2.94%	970.99TRB	259	15.51USDT	16.23USDT
12	TRB-USDT TRBUSDT_SPBL	bitget	BB	16.02USDT	3.35%	868.73TRB	331	15.50USDT	16.23USDT
13	TRB-USDC TRB-USDC	okex	A	15.95USDC	2.84%	382.65TRB	110	15.51USDC	16.21USDC
14	TRB-USD TRB_USD	cryptodotcom	AA	16.10USD	4.07%	91.44TRB	29	15.47USD	16.17USD
15	TRB-EUR TRB-EUR	okex	A	14.34EUR	3.91%	73.51TRB	20	13.80EUR	14.50EUR
16	TRB-USDT TRB_USDT	cryptodotcom	AA	16.08USDT	3.54%	15.09TRB	7	15.53USDT	16.10USDT
17	TRB-EUR TRBEUR	cexio	BB	14.40EUR	-3.24%	3.22TRB	2	14.88EUR	14.88EUR
18	TRB-USDT TRBUSDT	cexio	BB	15.73USDT	-4.23%	1.52TRB	1	16.42USDT	16.42USDT
19	TRB-USD TRBUSD	cexio	BB	15.75USD	-4.83%	1.10TRB	1	16.55USD	16.55USD
20	TRB-JPY TRBJPY	binance	AA	2,620.00JPY	9.17%	0.9160TRB	1	2,400.00JPY	2,620.00JPY
21	TRB-USDT trb_usdt	lbank	C	15.95USDT	2.77%	7,144.56TRB	2,604	15.52USDT	16.24USDT
22	TRB-USD TRB-USD	btse	-	15.93USD	2.84%	6,284.03TRB	25,650	15.49USD	16.26USD
23	TRB-USDT TRBUSDT	toobit	C	15.95USDT	2.77%	6,273.39TRB	6,004	15.52USDT	16.25USDT
24	TRB-USDT TRB_USDT	bitunix	C	15.95USDT	2.77%	4,873.24TRB	6,119	15.52USDT	16.24USDT
25	TRB-USDT trbusdt	huobipro	C	15.99USDT	3.46%	3,502.42TRB	985	15.46USDT	16.19USDT
26	TRB-KRW TRB_KRW	bithumbkorea	-	21,510.00KRW	3.81%	2,414.12TRB	181	20,720.00KRW	21,910.00KRW
27	TRB-USDT TRB-USDT	bingx	D	15.96USDT	2.84%	2,259.39TRB	5,062	15.52USDT	16.25USDT
28	TRB-EUR TRB-EUR	bitvavo	B	14.33EUR	4.13%	1,311.48TRB	106	13.76EUR	14.50EUR
29	TRB-USDT trb_usdt	digifinex	D	15.98USDT	2.90%	960.92TRB	1,689	15.53USDT	16.24USDT
30	TRB-TRY TRBTRY	btcturk	E	800.57TRY	4.61%	506.95TRB	23	765.27TRY	811.20TRY
31	TRB-USDT TRBUSDT	btcturk	E	16.29USDT	6.80%	450.52TRB	14	15.25USDT	16.29USDT
32	TRB-USDT TRBUSDT	bitrue	D	15.99USDT	2.96%	388.31TRB	835	15.53USDT	16.23USDT
33	TRB-USDT TRB_USDT	cryptology	D	15.96USDT	2.84%	157.17TRB	1,023	15.52USDT	16.25USDT
34	TRB-USDT TRB-USDT	btse	-	15.96USDT	2.64%	140.61TRB	1,070	15.55USDT	16.27USDT
35	TRB-USDC TRB-USDC	btse	-	15.93USDC	2.51%	11.81TRB	767	15.54USDC	16.26USDC
36	TRB-INR TRBINR	coindcx	-	1,583.40INR	2.88%	11.04TRB	11	1,539.10INR	1,614.20INR
37	TRB-BRL TRB-BRL	mercadobtc	C	87.00BRL	0.00%	0TRB	0	87.00BRL	87.00BRL
38	TRB-USDT TRB_USDT	poloniex	C	12.30USDT	0.00%	0TRB	0	12.30USDT	12.30USDT
39	TRB-USDT TRBUSDT	hitbtc	E	17.04USDT	0.00%	0TRB	0	17.04USDT	17.04USDT
40	TRB-THB THB_TRB	bitkub	C	548.37THB	0.00%	0TRB	0	548.37THB	548.37THB
41	TRB-IDR trbidr	indodax	E	270,601.00IDR	-0.00%	0.1395TRB	2	270,604.00IDR	272,748.00IDR