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​CertiK’s audit of The Open Network
In the spring of this year, the TON Foundation embarked on an ambitious endeavor with CertiK, a highly sought-after auditing platform in the crypto industry that conducts vulnerability searches and smart contract code ...

Telegram officially unveils its Fragment platform and mentions the TON blockchain.
Today, on the official Telegram News channel, which has over 6.2 million subscribers, Telegram’s team officially presented its Fragment auction platform, where users can b...

Selling usernames on Fragment
Telegram has outdone itself once again. Now, it allows all its users to put up their usernames for sale on the auction platform Fragment, meaning Pavel Durov has delivered on his promise, which you can read here.
To get s...

An AMA with Fanzee and a token airdrop
Telegram channel The Daily TON will host an AMA with Ajay Jojo, CEO of Fanzee Labs (which we’ve talked about here), tomorrow, Nov. 10, at 16:00 (UTC).
This AMA is going to be particularly fascinating for the com...

The TON blockchain will be on full display at TOKEN2049.
TON is about to get some serious exposure — this time, the TON blockchain will be exhibited at this year’s most exclusive crypto event, TOKEN2049, which will be in London, England from Nov. 8 to 1...

Collectible public usernames on Telegram
Telegram released an update in which the option to assign multiple collectible public usernames to chats and accounts has become available.
Collectible public usernames are almost the same as regular Telegram u...

✔️ Tonscan receives another update
⚫️ You could have noticed that tonscan.org has a special place in our channel. And it is not accidental: the blockchain explorer has an easy-to-use interface, without excess information, and works quite fast. With a rec...

​TON Community Weekly Digest
Here’s a roundup of the ecosystem’s most exciting news from the past seven days.
Network stats update:
▪️ The number of new accounts created on TON from Oct. 30 to Nov. 5 grew from 1,393,878 to 1,405,186 (+0.8%).
New...

🆕 We continue to expand our presence around the world. Brazilian Real, Azerbaijani Manat, Indonesian Rupiah and new payment methods for these currencies are already available in the Market.
This will allow people from Brazil, Azerbaijan and Indonesia to...

Toncoin has entered the top 50 biggest cryptocurrencies on CoinGecko.
We’re happy to announce that the CoinGecko crypto resource platform has updated Toncoin’s ranking. Now, it is sitting comfortably in 32nd place per its market capitalization, which is ...

Project accelerator program from TonWhales
We’re always down for making shout-outs to grant initiatives and teams working in our ecosystem, so today, we want to introduce you to TonWhales’ project accelerator program.
TonWhales is prepared to offer fi...

​More than 50 Telegram usernames have found new owners.
Yesterday evening, the first Telegram username auctions closed on the Fragment marketplace, which launched last week.
The top five most expensive usernames were:
@auto — 900,000 TON @bank — 85...

​After a community vote among validators, the “t.me” domain was added to the root TON DNS smart contract.
This news means that “t.me” owners now have the following opportunities:
▪️ You can assign the username.t.me format to your TON crypto wallet, al...

​Toncoin staking on the KuCoin crypto exchange for 12% APY
There’s a new event happening in support of Toncoin’s listing on the KuCoin crypto exchange. Tomorrow, on Nov. 2, the platform will open two fixed staking offers.
Staking for 10% APY
Durati...

Margin trading on Huobi Global
We’re pleased to announce the launch of the TON/USDT trading pair for margin trading on the Huobi Global crypto exchange.
Now, Toncoin leverage trading is available up to 3x on the exchange.
Please note: Trading with ...

​TON Community Weekly Digest
Here’s a roundup of the ecosystem’s most exciting news from the past seven days.
Network stats update:
▪️ The number of new accounts created on TON from Oct. 23 to 29 grew from 1,375,643 to 1,392,174 (+1.2%).
News:30 Окт 2022 20:01

Up to 65% APY on Toncoin staking on the OKX crypto exchange
We’re pleased to announce two new financial products on the OKX crypto exchange. Users of the platform can now stake their Toncoin for 65% or 15% APY.
Fixed staking for 65% APY
Duration: ...

Stake Toncoin for up to 500% APY on Huobi Global
We’re pleased to announce a new joint event with the Huobi crypto exchange, which is offering three fixed-staking programs:
▪️ Up to 50 Toncoin for 500% APY over 5 days. ▪️ Up to 400 Toncoin for 130% A...

​Presenting Fragment: Telegram’s auction platform based on the TON blockchain.
A few minutes ago, Pavel Durov, founder of the Telegram Messenger, announced the launch of Telegram’s decentralized marketplace for buying and selling Telegram usernames in th...

​A TON x KuCoin AMA with a chance to win 1,100 Toncoin
As the TON/USDT pair is now live on the KuCoin crypto exchange, there will be an AMA with KuCoin and TON Foundation members Andrew Rogozov and Steve Yun today at 14:00 (UTC).
Representatives of th...

​TON Community Weekly Digest
Here’s a roundup of the ecosystem’s most exciting news from the past seven days.
Network stats update:
▪️ The number of new accounts created on TON from Oct. 2 to 8 grew from 1,317,980 to 1,335,273 (+1.3%).
News:
...

​TON browser extensions
The TON ecosystem continues to expand, with a handful of wallets already releasing their browser extensions.
These extensions play a vital role in the ecosystem, allowing users to interact with major TON components and services...

Introducing the first search engine on TON
It has been several days, and the first projects developed on the recently-launched TON Sites have started appearing. The first search engine available at searching.ton popped up today and drew the attention of ...

​Sports betting company BilBet has integrated the Toncoin cryptocurrency.
BilBet, a popular sports bookmaker in India and Uzbekistan, has added the options to make Toncoin deposits and withdrawals.
The platform supports all major local payment systems...

​Reminder about the TON Society Telegram channel.
If you haven’t already, we encourage you to subscribe to one of the TON Foundation’s official Telegram channels, @tonsociety.
TON Society is where developers meet capital and a community that brings to...

A P2P exchange is now available in the @wallet bot.
Today, the @wallet bot team announced the launch of a new P2P market. Users can now directly buy and sell cryptocurrency to each other, with the service acting as a guarantor of the transaction.
The...

Hack-TON-berfest has begun;
As we’ve told you before, the TON ecosystem is joining Hacktoberfest, a festival for open-source projects, and teams from the ecosystem are going to host activities during the event called Hack-TON-berfest.
The festival wil...

​TON Community Weekly Digest
Here’s a roundup of the ecosystem’s most exciting news from the past seven days.
Network stats update:
▪️ The number of new accounts created on TON from Sept. 25 to Oct. 1 grew from 1,297,985 to 1,315,906 (+1.4%).
Ne...

TON Sites and TON Proxy: The gist.
Yesterday marked the release of the first versions of the long-awaited TON Sites and TON Proxy components, with the TON Foundation announcing plans for future updates.
Today, however, we want to highlight some key m...

Introducing TON Sites and TON Proxy.
We’re excited to announce the launch of crucial components for the Web3 internet — TON Sites and TON Proxy 1.0.
These are unique technologies that allow sites to be fully decentralized, secure, private, and availab...

​TON is participating in Hacktoberfest.
We’re pleased to announce that the TON ecosystem will join Hacktoberfest, an annual festival for open-source projects.
In support of this year’s Hacktoberfest, we’re launching a series of activities under the co...

​The TON grant program
Product developers are one of the highest priorities for The Open Network’s development. Any project that meets specific criteria in the TON ecosystem stands to receive a financial grant from the TON Foundation’s official grant pro...

The TON Community blog ranked first in viewership growth over the past week on CoinMarketCap.
CoinMarketCap published the top 5 most active crypto blogs in terms of viewers from Sept. 16–22 on its Twitter account.
We’re proud to inform you that the TO...

Crypto exchange Bit2me has opened a TON knowledge base.
Last week, one of the biggest crypto exchanges in Southern Europe, Bit2Me, launched a course covering The Open Network in Spanish.
The course offers videos and various resources that go over the ...

​TON Community Weekly Digest
Here’s a roundup of the ecosystem’s most exciting news from the past seven days.
Network stats update:
▪️ The number of new accounts created on TON from Sept. 18 to 24 grew from 1,273,722 to 1,295,126 (+1.7%).
News:<...

​Last call for anyone wishing to participate in the TON Test Challenge — and more.
This is the final announcement for those who want to compete in the TON Test Challenge, which ends tomorrow at 18:00 (UTC).
The event is an excellent opportunity for Q...

​Former Binance executive joins the TON Foundation.
Bill Qian, former head of global fundraising, ventures, and M;A at Binance Labs, which belongs to the world’s biggest crypto exchange, Binance, has become a member of the TON Foundation.
He’ll contin...

What is an IDO?
As you remember, the first IDO in the TON ecosystem is coming up very soon. In this regard, let us remind you what IDO is and what its stages are.
IDO (initial dex offering)—is the opportunity to buy tokens of the project before its ap...

Toncoin has entered the top 50 cryptocurrencies on CoinMarketCap.
We’re proud to deliver you some fantastic news. CoinMarketCap has concluded its analysis of Toncoin’s market capitalization, raising Toncoin’s ranking to 34th, with a market value of over ...

​Where to buy Toncoin
Here’s an updated roundup of the different ways to obtain the Toncoin cryptocurrency.
Via Telegram:
▪️ The @wallet bot is the easiest way to buy Toncoin.
Via centralized exchanges (CEXs):
▪️ MEXC: Spot trading is availab...

​Beware: Scammers are popping up.
Unfortunately, we must report to you today that some users have fallen victim to scams lately.
Scammers usually stick to one of two attack vectors:
1. They send a spam transaction of an insignificant sum — e.g., 0....

🤓 Grants Announcements: Jul/Aug Recipients
Gm Societooors, the Jul/Aug grants recipients have been announced and posted via GitHub Discussions; Please see therein for additional details about the project and the team.
Congratulations to the below team...

The TON Test Challenge has started;
A few days ago, the TON Test Challenge, a competition for QA engineers, kicked off with a total prize pool of ;50,000 in Toncoin.
The event’s main task is to find critical bugs or vulnerabilities in popular TON serv...

Telegram;s references to TON
It has been a while since Telegram shut down Gram, a cryptocurrency based on the Telegram Open Network blockchain. For more than a year, Telegram;s legacy stayed under deep water until Pavel Durov decided to transfer original...

​TON Community Weekly Digest
Here’s a roundup of the ecosystem’s most exciting news from the past seven days.
Network stats update:
▪️ The number of new accounts created on TON from Sept. 11 to 17 grew from 1,251,433 to 1,270,294 (+1.5%).
News: ...

​Tonkeeper now supports TON DNS and has made its code open-source.
The first of September saw Tonkeeper achieve two major milestones.
Firstly, the crypto wallet app released an update that simplifies user interaction with TON DNS. Now, you can assign...

From Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, there will be an offline Hack-a-TONx for TON developers in Prague with a total prize pool of ;37,000 in Toncoin.
The team of TON enthusiasts behind Tonana DeFi Hub, which has developed products for the TON ecosystem and received ...

​Freelancers will be able to receive pay in Toncoin for work through the MadeTask service.
We’re happy to inform you that MadeTask, a payments service for worldwide freelancers, has integrated the Toncoin cryptocurrency.
Now, remote workers will be ab...

Toncoin perpetual swaps are available on the crypto exchange Bit.com.
Today at 10:00 (UTC), the Bit.com crypto exchange launched Toncoin perpetual swap trading.
Bit.com joins FTX as the only two platforms to offer perpetual swaps with the TON-native c...

Conor McGregor posted a video with a hidden Easter egg of the TON blockchain.
Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor tweeted an animated video in which a reference to The Open Network could be seen twice, the famous TON diamond from the official site ...

The TON community on CoinMarketCap.
We’re proud to inform you that the TON Community blog is available on CoinMarketCap, one of the world’s biggest crypto resource platforms.
The blog will publish the most exciting TON news, articles covering the bloc...

​TON Community Weekly Digest
Here’s a roundup of the ecosystem’s most exciting news from the past seven days.
Network stats update:
▪️ The number of new accounts created on TON from Sept. 4 to 10 grew from 1,231,201 to 1,249,475 (+1.5%).
News:11 Сен 2022 21:00

​DEXs on The Open Network.
Decentralized finance (DeFi) on The Open Network continues to grow. Currently, there are a few decentralized exchanges (DEXs) in the ecosystem where you can exchange Toncoin for other tokens.
These platforms are in different...

​Sept. 9 is International Tester’s Day;
We’d like to invite you to celebrate this day by joining a new QA engineer contest with a total prize fund of ;50,000 worth of Toncoin.
Winners may receive job offers from the TON Foundation.
The TON Test Cha...

​Announcing a trading contest on Huobi Global with a total prize pool of 20,000 Toncoin.
We’re excited to announce the start of another event on the Huobi Global crypto exchange for The Open Network blockchain enthusiasts.
You can participate in a tra...

​25,000 Toncoin is up for grabs on the Huobi Global crypto exchange.
The Open Network and Huobi are revealing more of their massive joint promo campaign. Today, the exchange is starting CandyDrop Toncoin, where participants can win 25,000 Toncoin by meet...

On September 5th at 09:00 (UTC), Steve Yun, a founding member of the TON Foundation, and spokesperson of Huobi held an energetic AMA session on Twitter Spaces for an hour. Below are the highlights:
▪️According to the public announcement on @durov, Telegr...

​300% APY on Toncoin staking on the Huobi cryptocurrency exchange.
The Open Network and crypto exchange Huobi Global have started a joint marketing campaign with a budget of 1 million Toncoin, offering tokenholders exclusive financial products.
Today,...

Announcing Huobi x TON AMA ; 2,000 Toncoin Airdrop
Today at 09:00 (UTC), Steve Yun, a founding member of the TON Foundation, will be fielding questions in an AMA session.
The host of the AMA is the Huobi Global crypto exchange.
As part of the conve...

​Toncoin is to be listed on Huobi Global, one of the biggest crypto exchanges in the world.
Crypto exchange Huobi Global announced the listing of Toncoin in the TON/USDT pair that will start on Sept. 7.
The exchange is ranked ninth on CoinMarketCap an...

TON Community Weekly Digest
Here’s a roundup of the ecosystem’s most exciting news from the past seven days.
Network stats update:
▪️ The number of new accounts created on TON from Aug. 28 to Sept. 3 grew from 1,213,940 to 1,229,002 (+1.2%).
New...

​GetBlock has added support for TON.
This news will be especially interesting for technical specialists and product developers on The Open Network.
In general, however, this is a meaningful event for the TON ecosystem, so we want to share it with the ...

​TON’s knowledge library on Stack Overflow.
The TON Foundation is launching an awards program for TON developers and enthusiasts who contribute to The Open Network’s knowledge library on the Stack Overflow platform.
Once per month, the most active pa...

​Projects that have received TON grants.
You’re probably aware that there are a few funds and initiatives in the TON ecosystem that are dedicated to the blockchain’s development and supporting developers.
The projects of the following organizations ki...

A TON-based NFT collection will be on exhibit at the Louvre.
The NFT collection Annihilation from artist Ellen Sheidlin (who has 4.4 million Instagram followers) will be on exhibit at the Louvre Museum in Paris at the digital art festival Focus Art Fair ...

How to become a tester for TON-based products
Today, we’re going to tell you about TON’s testing platform, commonly called the testnet, why it’s needed, and how users can participate in testing TON-based products.
The testnet is a network for experime...

​TON DNS auctions continue;
Today, we’d like to share some results of the TON DNS auction, which kicked off about a month ago.
When the event began, there were 13,038 open auctions for .ton domain names. 9,007 names have since been bought for a total ...

​TON Community Weekly Digest
Here’s a roundup of the ecosystem’s most exciting news from the past seven days.
Network stats update:
▪️ The number of new accounts created on TON from Aug. 21 to 27 grew from 1,166,585 to 1,211,708 (+3.8%).
News:28 Авг 2022 17:30

Information for developers creating products based on The Open Network.
We’d like to remind our followers and subscribers that we’ve released a special Telegram bot, @ton_updates_bot, by which you can present your project to the TON Community editorial t...

📣 TON Society;s First Twitter Spaces on Aug 30 ; TON raffle
We are excited to announce a bi-weekly* TON Society Twitter Spaces, with guest speakers and an open platform to ask any TON Society related questions. See below for more details:
Date: Augus...

The first ever competition for designers on the TON blockchain, the TON Design Challenge;
We’re proud to announce the TON Design Challenge for designers with a total prize fund of ;40,000.
The competition has already begun and will end on Sept. 21 at...

Validators vs Nominators
If you are familiar with cryptocurrencies, you must have heard about validators and nominators. These words often appear in crypto-related channels (our channel isn;t an exception). Now, the time has come to find out who they are...

​An accelerator for TON-based game developers.
TON Play, a Web3-gaming launchpad on The Open Network, is launching an acceleration program for video game creators and offering developers help.
The TON ecosystem continues to see more vital infrastructu...

​The first-ever IDO on The Open Network.
Today, the TON blockchain reached a milestone: The Tonstarter launchpad announced that the Fanzee sports project would be the first in TON’s history to have an IDO.
What’s an IDO?
Without getting bogged down...

I;m really impressed by the success of the auction TON recently conducted for their domain/wallet names. Wallet.ton was sold for 215,250 Toncoin (~;260000) while casino.ton was sold for ~;244000.
If TON has been able to achieve these results, imagine ho...

Recap - Telegram Night by The Open Network at Korea Blockchain Week
On Aug 8, TON Foundation Head of Incubation, Justin Hyun (@tonkongz), presented to a group of TON curious crypto natives, investors, and developers about The Open Network. Below are the ...

​TON Community Weekly Digest
Here’s a roundup of the ecosystem’s most exciting news from the past seven days.
Network stats update:
▪️ The number of new wallet addresses created on TON from Aug. 14 to 20 grew from 1,135,244 to 1,159,119 (+2.1%).21 Авг 2022 15:31

​TON Rocket, a Telegram-based crypto wallet.
An overwhelming majority of the TON community is already familiar with Telegram-based crypto wallets @wallet and @cryptobot, but today, we’ll tell you about a lesser-known yet exceptionally convenient crypto w...

Introducing TEGRO.MONEY, a service that allows you to make payments in Toncoin.
One of The Open Network’s main goals is to transform Toncoin into a cryptocurrency for the masses and with practical use cases.
It’s always a pleasure to spread the good w...

​Tonstarter has released a bot that automatically places bids on TON DNS domain names.
Today, we’re going to tell you about the Tonstarter DNS bot, which automates participation in the domain auction. The bot places bids independently on pre-selected nam...

Introducing a major @wallet update: The popular service now has a new user-friendly interface.
On the home screen, you can see your balance, transaction history, and buy or send Toncoin. You can now buy Toncoin in just a couple of taps without leaving Te...

Introducing Soulbound NFTs, a new NFT standard on TON.
Participants of the joint grant program from NFT marketplace Getgems and the TON Punks collection have written a draft for a Soulbound standard, a special kind of NFT that cannot be sold or transferr...

​TON Society announces the TON Liquidity Award Program (LAP)
TON Society, a platform acting as a beacon where developers and funding come together to endorse and promote various projects on TON, has announced the TON Liquidity Award Program. The ;14-mill...

​TON Community Weekly Digest
Here’s a roundup of the ecosystem’s most exciting news from the past seven days.
Network stats update:
▪️ The number of new wallets created on TON from Aug. 7 to 13 grew from 1,106,976 to 1,131,655 (+2.2%).
News:
...

TON Society announces the TON Liquidity Award Program (LAP)
TON Society, a platform acting as a beacon where developers and funding come together to endorse and promote various projects on TON, has announced the TON Liquidity Award Program. The ;14-milli...

Liquidity Award Program
*2-Week Open Period for Comments*
TON Society is announcing a ;14M TON liquidity award program for teams deploying on TON and bringing users to increase the total value locked (TVL) in the ecosystem (e.g., bridge, DEX, etc.)

​When we told you about TON’s crosschain capabilities a week ago, we mentioned that the TON Foundation is collaborating with RSquad on a scalable crosschain bridge allowing users to transfer tokens (Jettons) from Ethereum and BNB Chain to The Open Network a...

Spam transactions on TON
Unlike many other blockchains, TON is capable of performing thousands of transactions per second with meager fees. Despite this considerable advantage, it leads to a severe problem within the blockchain – spam attacks.
More li...

Introducing TonAPI, a public API to work with The Open Network.
TonAPI is a service that provides developers with a set of convenient and practical tools to interact with the TON blockchain, and it significantly reduces the barrier to entry for the devel...

Commissions on TON. Part 1
Recently, we’ve received a question from our subscriber desiring to know more about fees on TON. We thought it would be a great idea to look into this matter and create a couple of educational posts.
First, every TON user sh...

​TON’s crosschain technology.
One of the TON blockchain’s primary missions is to unite all blockchains and the internet into one network.
Today, we’re going to tell you about what The Open Network has accomplished on the road to this grand plan and wh...

​TON Community Weekly Digest
Here’s a roundup of the ecosystem’s most exciting news from the past seven days.
Network stats update:
▪️ The number of new wallet addresses created on TON from July 31 to Aug. 6 grew from 1,070,999 to 1,103,173 (+3%).<...

​Over 2,000 .ton domain names have found new owners.
We want to share with you today some results from the first week of the TON DNS auction.
After one week, there are 7,957 open auctions for domain names, 2,184 of which have been bought for a total ...

How do I claim my domain name from the TON DNS auction, and how do I assign it to my wallet?
We’ve put together a guide for new TON DNS owners that explains what to next: where to store the domain and how to use it.
You can find the guide here: https:...

The casino.ton domain name sold for 200,000 Toncoin.
So far, this is the most expensive TON DNS domain sold, and it went to the owner of this wallet: EQD6fTcHIiRAeMyW3Smg28JGBWOVBKnbD_oIdX5ShsPhqFRt
Congratulations to the buyer;

The first TON DNS auctions are going to close in 13 hours.
The standard duration of each auction last seven days; however, if a bid comes in within one hour before the deadline, the auction will be extended.
In other words, the bidding wars are going ...

​Services that simplify the TON DNS auction process.
Over the past week, many development teams from the TON ecosystem have unveiled their programs and utilities for a streamlined experience with TON DNS auctions.
Today, we’re going to tell you about ...

TON Smart Challenge #2 has begun;
Today, the TON Smart Challenge #2 kicked off. The competition is for programmers and has a total prize pool of 16,000 Toncoin.
Contest participants are to solve five simple tasks.
The competition will run until Aug...

Introducing Connecton, a VPN service based on Wireguard that accepts Toncoin as the exclusive means of payments.
Connecton is a VPN service that allows you to protect your privacy on the internet and surf the web with speed and safety.
With this VPN, ...

​Fees for storing domain names and confirmation of ownership rights.
To store any NFT on The Open Network, users must pay an annual storage fee of 0.005 Toncoin. Because TON DNS names are NFTs, this rule also applies to them.
The fees are insignifican...

​Why are TON DNS domains needed?
Today, we’d like to review some of the more practical use cases of .ton domain names.
A substitute for long crypto addresses.
The TON DNS component assigns a short human-readable name to absolutely any blockchain no...