Tron founder and CEO Justin Sun has finally had his charity lunch with Berkshire Hathaway chairman and famous billionaire Warren Buffett after a series of delays concluding year.

On Jan. 23, Sun met with Buffett in a private not-for-profit country guild in Nebraska, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Feb. 6. The guests also included the founder of Litecoin Foundation, Charlie Lee, the CFO of Huobi, Chris Lee, the head of the Binance Charity Foundation, Helen Hai, and the CEO of eToro, Yoni Assia. Commenting on the much-anticipated result, Sun said:

"It was really an laurels and I'thousand grateful for Mr. Buffett'due south dinner, wisdom, and vision. I'll always remember his kindness and back up, and will accept Mr. Buffett's advice and guidance to brand Tron a ameliorate ecosystem, business with all the partners in the blockchain space and beyond."

A long-awaited luncheon

Lord's day won a clemency auction on eBay to accept lunch with Warren Buffett last June. Sun's winning bid was around $4.v million, the highest ever in the event's 20-twelvemonth history. However, the Tron CEO had to postpone due to medical reasons, and in July announced that he would reschedule his clemency lunch with Buffett "very soon."

Ahead of the postponement, Sun had notably extended an invitation for the event to The states President Donald Trump, following the president's scathing remarks well-nigh cryptocurrencies on social media.

The next time Sun began speaking about the lunch was last September, when he rescheduled the meal again.

In the concurrently, all gain from the auction had been transferred to the San Francisco-based non-profit GLIDE Foundation. GLIDE focuses on fighting injustice and inequality on behalf of economically deprived and oppressed communities in demand, including the homeless and those from ethnic minorities and LGBTQ orientation.

Crypto customs'southward commitment to charity

Last December, Sunday publicly pledged to donate $1 1000000 to efforts by the young Swedish activist Great Thunberg to raise global awareness of the climate crunch. However, it was left unclear as to how cryptocurrency would help reduce carbon footprints through the cosmos of decentralized settlements. Stipulating on the matter, Sun told Cointelegraph:

"Decentralized settlement and decentralized finance are completely run by computers on cloud calculating systems, thus eliminating the need for ledger documentation and direction records kept on paper."

On Feb. 4, Hyperchain announced the launch of its blockchain-based platform to fight against the coronavirus epidemic. Information technology will serve as a medical supply donations portal to support hospitals in central China.