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The decentralization of the main blockchain itself and the centralized control of stablecoin issuers
The recent discussion about "344M USDT on TRON being frozen" has gone a bit off track.
This is about Tether "executing contract permissions." Many people are mixing two completely different things in their discussion.
1 / The admin rights of the USDT (TRC-20) contract are held by Tether
2 / They can call the blacklist function to freeze specific addresses
3 / The TRON network simply packages and executes this transaction normally
TRON does not "censor" anyone, nor does it "overstep authority"; it is just executing a legitimate on-chain command.
USDT is a centralized asset, and this has never changed since its design. It is essentially "digital dollars on the chain," inherently compliant, requiring regulation, and capable of freezing abnormal funds. These are part of its functionality, not bugs.
Conversely, TRON in this matter is not the target of suppression but rather the infrastructure. Even in efforts to combat gray-market activities, TRON, Tether, and TRM Labs have collaborated on related initiatives (T3 FCU).
What is frozen are the permissions for USDT, not TRON's decentralization.
Confusing these two issues is actually using the wrong question to arrive at a conclusion that was doomed to be wrong from the start.
@justinsuntron #TRONEcoStar