We pay lots of attention to simplicity of our apps and services.
You might have noticed that our wallets and other apps contain almost no technical information. What you see is animated stickers, not transaction hashes or block heights.
The only tech info you’ll find is your wallet address, which is no harder than card or phone number. But it will be dropped soon, too – once TON DNS goes live, everyone will be able to register a short username and use it instead.
People don’t need to get under the hood of the blockchain to start using it. Blockchain’s advantages such as privacy and security should be available to everyone.
We’re often asked if we’re planning a full-fledged TON blockchain explorer (a service that scans blocks and transactions). Development of such an explorer is not on our top priority list because we believe average user won’t need it.
Whenever you send transfer to a friend using your regular mobile banking, you don’t need to go to ‘banking explorer’ afterwards or launch Internet traffic scanner to make sure the money’s indeed been sent. We’ll release a full-fledged explorer, sure, but it’ll be used by devs for debugging – average users simply won’t need it.
Most of the existing interfaces were created during the era of blockchains of the past. You send coins and wait anywhere between 10 minutes and a couple of hours, usually not even sure if your transfer will be processed.
In TON, transactions are cheap and almost instant. A modern tech now gives us an opportunity to redefine and simplify people’s interaction with blockchain.
You might have noticed that our wallets and other apps contain almost no technical information. What you see is animated stickers, not transaction hashes or block heights.
The only tech info you’ll find is your wallet address, which is no harder than card or phone number. But it will be dropped soon, too – once TON DNS goes live, everyone will be able to register a short username and use it instead.
People don’t need to get under the hood of the blockchain to start using it. Blockchain’s advantages such as privacy and security should be available to everyone.
We’re often asked if we’re planning a full-fledged TON blockchain explorer (a service that scans blocks and transactions). Development of such an explorer is not on our top priority list because we believe average user won’t need it.
Whenever you send transfer to a friend using your regular mobile banking, you don’t need to go to ‘banking explorer’ afterwards or launch Internet traffic scanner to make sure the money’s indeed been sent. We’ll release a full-fledged explorer, sure, but it’ll be used by devs for debugging – average users simply won’t need it.
Most of the existing interfaces were created during the era of blockchains of the past. You send coins and wait anywhere between 10 minutes and a couple of hours, usually not even sure if your transfer will be processed.
In TON, transactions are cheap and almost instant. A modern tech now gives us an opportunity to redefine and simplify people’s interaction with blockchain.
We have created a separate @tonstatus channel where we will post up-to-date requests for action for validators, information about scheduled maintenance, and other technical notifications.
We ask validators, developers, and technical integrators of Toncoin to follow this channel.
Please note that official requests from TON Foundation will only be communicated via the @tonblockchain and @tonstatus channels.
We ask validators, developers, and technical integrators of Toncoin to follow this channel.
Please note that official requests from TON Foundation will only be communicated via the @tonblockchain and @tonstatus channels.
TON mining industry continues to grow and evolve. Total hashrate has already exceeded 100 Th/s, meaning that since the beginning of this year, interest in Toncoin mining has grown thousands of times.
There are already 40 forks in the repository with the source code of the standard miner, and the number of repo views has reached 300K.
New mining software:
1. Hive OS Miner
Hive OS is a Linux-based operating system used by professional miners. Now you can mine Toncoin on Hive OS using OpenCL or CUDA. And of course the miner is available in open-source.
This is a useful addition to existing miners for Linux and Windows with CUDA or OpenCL.
Despite the fact that the mining software development is not the primary target of the TON Foundation, our developers devote their time and energy to make mining more accessible for everyone.
TON miner for Hive OS »
2. Mining pool by the Ton Whales team
Last month, a third-party development team launched the first mining pool in TON.
Now users with weak hardware can unite their forces and mine Toncoin, with rewards distributed proportionally to their input.
During this time, the pool managed to collect thousands of participants and claimed a significant share in the overall mining hash rate.
TON Foundation has received the pool source code for the review. We see that new professional developers and entrepreneurs are coming to the TON ecosystem, and they are successfully launching their services.
Ton Whales Mining Pool »
There are already 40 forks in the repository with the source code of the standard miner, and the number of repo views has reached 300K.
New mining software:
1. Hive OS Miner
Hive OS is a Linux-based operating system used by professional miners. Now you can mine Toncoin on Hive OS using OpenCL or CUDA. And of course the miner is available in open-source.
This is a useful addition to existing miners for Linux and Windows with CUDA or OpenCL.
Despite the fact that the mining software development is not the primary target of the TON Foundation, our developers devote their time and energy to make mining more accessible for everyone.
TON miner for Hive OS »
2. Mining pool by the Ton Whales team
Last month, a third-party development team launched the first mining pool in TON.
Now users with weak hardware can unite their forces and mine Toncoin, with rewards distributed proportionally to their input.
During this time, the pool managed to collect thousands of participants and claimed a significant share in the overall mining hash rate.
TON Foundation has received the pool source code for the review. We see that new professional developers and entrepreneurs are coming to the TON ecosystem, and they are successfully launching their services.
Ton Whales Mining Pool »
In previous posts, we talked about how important it is to create TON applications simple and convenient for regular users.
Developers should feel comfortable too!
We are introducing MyLocalTon, your personal TON blockchain for development.
With it, you will be able to get a local TON blockchain up and running on your Windows, MacOS or Linux PC.
Use MyLocalTon for debugging as it can be restarted and reset whenever you need. The UI displays all information about blocks, transactions, and accounts. There are many settings provided.
Early access is already available. Source codes published on GitHub.
MyLocalTon EAP »
Developers should feel comfortable too!
We are introducing MyLocalTon, your personal TON blockchain for development.
With it, you will be able to get a local TON blockchain up and running on your Windows, MacOS or Linux PC.
Use MyLocalTon for debugging as it can be restarted and reset whenever you need. The UI displays all information about blocks, transactions, and accounts. There are many settings provided.
Early access is already available. Source codes published on GitHub.
MyLocalTon EAP »
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@CryptoBot introduces Crypto Pay API
If you are an owner of a Telegram bot or other service, this API will let you create an invoice that users will be able to easily pay with Toncoin via @CryptoBot.
If you are an owner of a Telegram bot or other service, this API will let you create an invoice that users will be able to easily pay with Toncoin via @CryptoBot.
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New feature in @CryptoBot
Now you can add a hidden message that will be shown to the recipient after an invoice is paid.
The message may contain a link or any other text.
Now you can add a hidden message that will be shown to the recipient after an invoice is paid.
The message may contain a link or any other text.
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Now you can receive a cashback in Toncoin with Backit.me. Backit is a popular cashback service with over 3.5 million active users which supports over 800 stores.
Web Interface for Validators
Most TON network validators use the convenient command line tool called mytonctrl that simplifies and automates their operations.
Now you can connect Web User Interface to mytonctrl which can display all necessary information about validator quality, transactions, and rewards.
The dashboard is working in read-only mode and absolutely secure. You can log into your validator via tonadmin.org or configure a connection directly to your machine.
Connect Web Interface »
Most TON network validators use the convenient command line tool called mytonctrl that simplifies and automates their operations.
Now you can connect Web User Interface to mytonctrl which can display all necessary information about validator quality, transactions, and rewards.
The dashboard is working in read-only mode and absolutely secure. You can log into your validator via tonadmin.org or configure a connection directly to your machine.
Connect Web Interface »
Web wallet is now available at the new wallet.ton.org domain!
If you have any problems with migration, please contact support @toncoin_help.
If you have any problems with migration, please contact support @toncoin_help.
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New mining pool by third-party developers — toncoinpool.io
Pool has their own cross-platform open sourced client with an excellent user interface.
Join toncoinpool.io »
Pool has their own cross-platform open sourced client with an excellent user interface.
Join toncoinpool.io »
Forwarded from Pavel Durov
When Telegram said goodbye to TON last year, I expressed the hope that future generations of developers would one day carry on with our vision of a mass-market blockchain platform.
So I was inspired to see the champions of Telegram's coding contests continue developing the open TON project, which they rebranded to Toncoin.
I'm proud that the technology we created is alive and evolving. When it comes to scalability and speed, TON is still years ahead of everything else in the blockchain realm. It would have been a shame to see this project not benefitting humanity.
Unlike the original TON, Toncoin is independent from Telegram. But I wish its team the same success. Coupled with the right go-to-market strategy, they have all they need to build something epic 💪
So I was inspired to see the champions of Telegram's coding contests continue developing the open TON project, which they rebranded to Toncoin.
I'm proud that the technology we created is alive and evolving. When it comes to scalability and speed, TON is still years ahead of everything else in the blockchain realm. It would have been a shame to see this project not benefitting humanity.
Unlike the original TON, Toncoin is independent from Telegram. But I wish its team the same success. Coupled with the right go-to-market strategy, they have all they need to build something epic 💪
ePN Affiliate network supported withdrawals in Toncoin
ePN Affiliate is the global affiliate network with Cost Per Action (CPA) offers which unites more than 700,000 webmasters.
ePN Affiliate is the global affiliate network with Cost Per Action (CPA) offers which unites more than 700,000 webmasters.
TonUniverse Pool
And one more new open source mining pool by third-party developers.
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And one more new open source mining pool by third-party developers.
Join tonuniverse.com »
New standard Wallet's Smart Contract
In TON, each user account (wallet) is a smart contract. We have developed and approved a new 4th version of the wallet's smart contract.
Now users' wallets can provide an unlimited functionality enhancement by adding other smart contracts as "plugins".
This solution gives developers new great opportunities and allows them to create completely new use cases.
The first new feature was recurring paid subnoscriptions.
In the near future, all wallet apps will support this 4th version of the smart contract.
GitHub »
In TON, each user account (wallet) is a smart contract. We have developed and approved a new 4th version of the wallet's smart contract.
Now users' wallets can provide an unlimited functionality enhancement by adding other smart contracts as "plugins".
This solution gives developers new great opportunities and allows them to create completely new use cases.
The first new feature was recurring paid subnoscriptions.
In the near future, all wallet apps will support this 4th version of the smart contract.
GitHub »
New standard Smart Contract for Subnoscriptions
The architecture of decentralized recurring P2P subnoscriptions for The Open Network has been designed.
We have writed and tested the new standard smart contract for subnoscriptions to anything for Toncoin.
This smart contract guarantees that a specified amount of Toncoins will be debited to a user's wallet not oftener than once a specified period.
We are glad to announce that all these features have already found a real application — more details on the next post.
GitHub »
The architecture of decentralized recurring P2P subnoscriptions for The Open Network has been designed.
We have writed and tested the new standard smart contract for subnoscriptions to anything for Toncoin.
This smart contract guarantees that a specified amount of Toncoins will be debited to a user's wallet not oftener than once a specified period.
We are glad to announce that all these features have already found a real application — more details on the next post.
GitHub »
Decentralized Subnoscriptions Revolution
The verified bot @donate has integrated TON. From now on, everyone can make donations to authors in Toncoin and use it to pay for joining private Telegram channels.
Recurring payments for subnoscriptions are charged to your Tonkeeper wallet, which is just as simple as using Apple Pay or a credit card.
What’s under the hood of a convenient interface, though, is a decentralized system where readers pay authors directly with no one in the middle, with the smart contracts ensuring that the agreed upon amount is charged once in a given period.
The user can see all of their active subnoscriptions in Tonkeeper and may cancel them at any time.
Other projects’ attempts at introducing a similar solution have failed due to high network fees and the low speed of the previous-generation blockchains. Another reason might be a lack of creators and their content.
Thanks to its cheap and fast transactions, the TON bloсkchain has allowed channels’ authors to receive coins for even $1 subnoscriptions straight into their wallets.
More and more channels are connecting @donate. Who knows, maybe we’re witnessing the beginning of a global era of content makers’ transition to P2P technologies.
Chats, Channels, and More
We believe that in the future, the subnoscriptions model will be rooted deeply into many aspects of our life.
It’s likely that soon enough, the very idea of ‘making a payment’ will almost disappear, and people will be living their lives while goods and services will be paid for in the background.
We understand that it sounds unusual now because many of us don’t really trust automatic payments. That is why it’s so important to switch to blockchain — it will guarantee that all operations are correct and secure.
The launch of decentralized subnoscriptions to digital content is a major event by itself, but it’s also yet another step towards even more significant tech breakthroughs.
The verified bot @donate has integrated TON. From now on, everyone can make donations to authors in Toncoin and use it to pay for joining private Telegram channels.
Recurring payments for subnoscriptions are charged to your Tonkeeper wallet, which is just as simple as using Apple Pay or a credit card.
What’s under the hood of a convenient interface, though, is a decentralized system where readers pay authors directly with no one in the middle, with the smart contracts ensuring that the agreed upon amount is charged once in a given period.
The user can see all of their active subnoscriptions in Tonkeeper and may cancel them at any time.
Other projects’ attempts at introducing a similar solution have failed due to high network fees and the low speed of the previous-generation blockchains. Another reason might be a lack of creators and their content.
Thanks to its cheap and fast transactions, the TON bloсkchain has allowed channels’ authors to receive coins for even $1 subnoscriptions straight into their wallets.
More and more channels are connecting @donate. Who knows, maybe we’re witnessing the beginning of a global era of content makers’ transition to P2P technologies.
Chats, Channels, and More
We believe that in the future, the subnoscriptions model will be rooted deeply into many aspects of our life.
It’s likely that soon enough, the very idea of ‘making a payment’ will almost disappear, and people will be living their lives while goods and services will be paid for in the background.
We understand that it sounds unusual now because many of us don’t really trust automatic payments. That is why it’s so important to switch to blockchain — it will guarantee that all operations are correct and secure.
The launch of decentralized subnoscriptions to digital content is a major event by itself, but it’s also yet another step towards even more significant tech breakthroughs.
🥳 2021 is the year of great success for TON
We started the last year almost from scratch. In January 2021, we had practically nothing but a strong desire to bring TON technology back to life.
The abandoned network was kept alive by no more than 10 enthusiastic validators. There was no infrastructure, the project didn't even have an up-to-date website.
With great efforts, we have succeeded in all areas, so let us tell you about our steps in order.
👨💻 Development and infrastructure
Thanks to bug hunting, improvements in the base code, and network configuration, today we have a working, stable and secure network.
— The slashing system has been set up and mytonctrl, convenient software for validators, has been developed.
— The number of blockchain validators has increased by 1450%: from 10 to 155. Their total stake is now more than 112,000,000 Toncoin.
— The whole infrastructure has been built: API, DHT nodes, liteservers, and archive nodes that store the entire history of the blockchain.
— The number of liteservers has increased from 1 to 40.
— Web documentation, SDK for various languages, development tools (such as mylocalton) have been created, contests for developers have been launched.
— Standard wallet applications for all platforms have been restored and decentralized bridges between TON, Ethereum, and Binance Smart Chain have been built.
— Some of the biggest launches last year were: Tonkeeper, TON Extension, ton.app, as well as bots @wallet and @CryptoBot, which set high standards of excellent UX in the blockchain world.
— At the end of the year, we have launched a system of decentralized subnoscriptions that takes full advantage of TON's capabilities. Such a product can only be made on a fast and scalable blockchain with cheap transactions and the right approach to creating of user interfaces.
⛏ Mining
Thanks to the successful development of the network, there is a constantly growing interest in Toncoin mining. The equipment cost set the initial value of the coin and then mining turned into a real industry.
— The hashrate of the network has increased by 10,000,000% 😅, from 50 Gh to 500 Th.
— Complex technical developments were made, including the software for GPU mining, miners for Windows, HiveOS. Several mining pools appeared at the end of the year.
💎 Toncoin
At the beginning of 2021, the network coin was not traded on any place and most couldn't see the value of it.
— Over the past year, many technical integrations were carried out and now Toncoin has appeared on the world's top exchanges like FTX, OKEx, Gate io, EXMO, the decentralized exchanges Uniswap and PancakeSwap, and payment services such as Mercuryo.
— Popular services Backit Cashback and ePN have started integrating Toncoin.
— The price of Toncoin has increased by 3800%. Starting from ~$0.3 at the first listing, the price reached $3.8 by the end of the year with $5.84 price at its peak. Before the listings, Toncoin was estimated at ~$0.1, based on the cost of its mining.
👨👩👦 Community
In addition to technical achievements, we have also been working on a completely new approach to community formation and striving to appeal to the mass user with the privacy and security of blockchain technology.
— Community has grown by 60,000%. Several chats about TON with a total audience of ~1,000 people have developed into a community in 10 languages, which already has more than 600,000 participants.
— The number of network accounts with a balance has increased from 76,000 to 128,000.
— In the middle of the year, in response to the open letter, our open source project received the original ton-blockchain repository and the website ton.org.
— At the end of the year, we were very pleased to hear kind words from Pavel Durov about the successes and prospects of TON.
The previous season of the project aimed to build a new Internet was exciting. Let's try to make 2022 even more action-packed 🚀
We started the last year almost from scratch. In January 2021, we had practically nothing but a strong desire to bring TON technology back to life.
The abandoned network was kept alive by no more than 10 enthusiastic validators. There was no infrastructure, the project didn't even have an up-to-date website.
With great efforts, we have succeeded in all areas, so let us tell you about our steps in order.
👨💻 Development and infrastructure
Thanks to bug hunting, improvements in the base code, and network configuration, today we have a working, stable and secure network.
— The slashing system has been set up and mytonctrl, convenient software for validators, has been developed.
— The number of blockchain validators has increased by 1450%: from 10 to 155. Their total stake is now more than 112,000,000 Toncoin.
— The whole infrastructure has been built: API, DHT nodes, liteservers, and archive nodes that store the entire history of the blockchain.
— The number of liteservers has increased from 1 to 40.
— Web documentation, SDK for various languages, development tools (such as mylocalton) have been created, contests for developers have been launched.
— Standard wallet applications for all platforms have been restored and decentralized bridges between TON, Ethereum, and Binance Smart Chain have been built.
— Some of the biggest launches last year were: Tonkeeper, TON Extension, ton.app, as well as bots @wallet and @CryptoBot, which set high standards of excellent UX in the blockchain world.
— At the end of the year, we have launched a system of decentralized subnoscriptions that takes full advantage of TON's capabilities. Such a product can only be made on a fast and scalable blockchain with cheap transactions and the right approach to creating of user interfaces.
⛏ Mining
Thanks to the successful development of the network, there is a constantly growing interest in Toncoin mining. The equipment cost set the initial value of the coin and then mining turned into a real industry.
— The hashrate of the network has increased by 10,000,000% 😅, from 50 Gh to 500 Th.
— Complex technical developments were made, including the software for GPU mining, miners for Windows, HiveOS. Several mining pools appeared at the end of the year.
💎 Toncoin
At the beginning of 2021, the network coin was not traded on any place and most couldn't see the value of it.
— Over the past year, many technical integrations were carried out and now Toncoin has appeared on the world's top exchanges like FTX, OKEx, Gate io, EXMO, the decentralized exchanges Uniswap and PancakeSwap, and payment services such as Mercuryo.
— Popular services Backit Cashback and ePN have started integrating Toncoin.
— The price of Toncoin has increased by 3800%. Starting from ~$0.3 at the first listing, the price reached $3.8 by the end of the year with $5.84 price at its peak. Before the listings, Toncoin was estimated at ~$0.1, based on the cost of its mining.
👨👩👦 Community
In addition to technical achievements, we have also been working on a completely new approach to community formation and striving to appeal to the mass user with the privacy and security of blockchain technology.
— Community has grown by 60,000%. Several chats about TON with a total audience of ~1,000 people have developed into a community in 10 languages, which already has more than 600,000 participants.
— The number of network accounts with a balance has increased from 76,000 to 128,000.
— In the middle of the year, in response to the open letter, our open source project received the original ton-blockchain repository and the website ton.org.
— At the end of the year, we were very pleased to hear kind words from Pavel Durov about the successes and prospects of TON.
The previous season of the project aimed to build a new Internet was exciting. Let's try to make 2022 even more action-packed 🚀
Adjustments in the roadmap
Some points of the roadmap have been swapped around:
In Q4 2021, TON Subnoscriptions, the decentralized subnoscription system, and technical integrations with the world's top exchanges were launched, which has caused a rapid growth of network users.
In Q1 2022, we will focus on the TON Developers Program, TON DeFi, and the launch of TON Nominators.
Q2 2022 – TON DNS and TON Payments.
Q3 2022 – TON Proxy and TON Sites.
Q4 2022 – TON Storage.
Right now you can notice a lot of new developers in the community chats working with TON, but experiencing some lack of information and tools.
Of course, we assumed that TON would be of interest to third-party developers and product creators, but we did not assume that it would happen so quickly.
Therefore, we consider it necessary to adjust the flow of work.
First, we are going to start the TON Developers Program: create additional documentation, tutorials, as well as improve API, SDK and development tools.
Previously, it was planned to start this project halfway through the year.
Also, at the beginning of the year, we will focus on TON DeFi – standard smart-contacts for tokens, NFT, liquidity pools on the TON blockchain, – as we see a great need of the community in this direction.
The launch of TON Nominators is important to both users and validators, which is also a priority.
Some points of the roadmap have been swapped around:
In Q4 2021, TON Subnoscriptions, the decentralized subnoscription system, and technical integrations with the world's top exchanges were launched, which has caused a rapid growth of network users.
In Q1 2022, we will focus on the TON Developers Program, TON DeFi, and the launch of TON Nominators.
Q2 2022 – TON DNS and TON Payments.
Q3 2022 – TON Proxy and TON Sites.
Q4 2022 – TON Storage.
Right now you can notice a lot of new developers in the community chats working with TON, but experiencing some lack of information and tools.
Of course, we assumed that TON would be of interest to third-party developers and product creators, but we did not assume that it would happen so quickly.
Therefore, we consider it necessary to adjust the flow of work.
First, we are going to start the TON Developers Program: create additional documentation, tutorials, as well as improve API, SDK and development tools.
Previously, it was planned to start this project halfway through the year.
Also, at the beginning of the year, we will focus on TON DeFi – standard smart-contacts for tokens, NFT, liquidity pools on the TON blockchain, – as we see a great need of the community in this direction.
The launch of TON Nominators is important to both users and validators, which is also a priority.