The Tron (TRX) project announced on April 27 that apps built on its blockchain volition be featured in the Samsung Galaxy Store.

Owners of Samsung smartphones in specific countries volition see Tron decentralized apps, or DApps, in an alternative app store.

Tron and its tokens were already supported by Samsung's Blockchain Keystore, which stores private keys in a secure retention compartment. The integration was appear alongside Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).

As indicated by Tron, the Samsung store will feature "applications similar Blockchain Cuties, Super Actor, Meerkat Mining and Timeloop."

It is worth noting that Blockchain Cuties is a multi-platform game that reports having more users on Ethereum, though it sees more transactions on Tron. Super Player appears to exist an Ethereum-but projection for at present, according to Dappradar.com.

The remaining ii apps aren't nowadays on any DApp aggregation platform. Even if this is not an exhaustive list, it is unclear what criteria volition be followed when including DApps.

The Samsung Galaxy Shop itself is an alternative app store for Samsung devices. Alongside general Android apps found on Google Play Store, it features many custom-tailored apps for the Korean company's devices.

These DApps will be bachelor on Samsung devices in the U.s.a., Canada, South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, Singapore and "some countries in Europe." It appears that the availability is non universal in those markets, with Tron disclaiming that availability "varies by carrier, market place and device."

The Tron DApp ecosystem

Every bit reported by Cointelegraph in January, Tron was dominated past gambling DApps throughout 2022. A look at Dappradar's ranking page for Tron shows that gambling apps still account for a majority of the ecosystem in terms of user count.

In terms of volume, however, the Just DApp has shot upward the charts with over $3.v million in transacted value. This appears to be a rebrand of Djed, a clone of MakerDAO that launched in March. The volume is coming from simply under 300 weekly users, suggesting that large TRX stakeholders are participating.

Recent criticism

Tron is a controversial project and its deportment proceed to polarize the customs. Its latest scandal involves the purchase of Steemit Inc., the company behind the Steem project. As the community rebelled against the takeover, allegations of centralization go along.

According to a former Steem validator, Justin Sun is bribing the community into placing favorable validators in the Steem delegated proof-of-stake organization.