A message for TON developers.

In addition to our Weekly TON Digest, we are going to start publishing a digest in which we’ll feature new projects in the TON ecosystem.

Therefore, we’d like dev teams that have already created products for TON to write to us.

All you need to do is write a short description of your project in English (300 characters or fewer) and send it to our manager @toncoin_app.

To be featured in our digest, your project needs to have a website, a mobile app, and either a Telegram bot or another resource that has a description of your product.

Projects that fascinate us will be featured in our TON Community Telegram channels.

Toncoin is changing its ticker.

We’d like to inform you that Toncoin will soon change its shortened ticker symbol on all crypto exchanges to “TON.”

However, its full name will stay the same — Toncoin.

The change will happen gradually, so please pay attention to Toncoin’s ticker when trading because it might have its old ticker on some exchanges while having its new ticker on other exchanges.

For Wrapped Toncoin on Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain, there will be no change (TONCOIN).

Meanwhile, there may be other cryptocurrencies that use the same ticker. So, to avoid confusion, go to https://ton.org/coin to find a list of exchanges that carry Toncoin and links to trading pairs.

Introducing one of TON’s core team members — EmelyanenkoK.

A Ph.D. graduate and winner of multiple Telegram contests, Kirill Emelyanenko (EmelyanenkoK) began to study blockchain technology in depth from its earliest stages, working with various types of decentralized networks.

Kirill met Anatoliy Makosov (tolya-yanot) at the TON Blockchain Contests, which was held by the Telegram team in 2019, where both finished in first place.

In tandem with Anatoliy, he took part in the development of the Orion Protocol, the well-known centralized and decentralized exchange aggregation protocol. While working on this project, they realized that they work well together and realized that the aggregation of exchanges and liquidity pools would lead to another inevitable revolution: the aggregation of blockchains.

As soon as they made this conclusion, they started devoting all of their time to TON’s development.

@givemetons

​Presenting two new TON blockchain explorers.

Technical specialists should fancy this news because two new explorers have launched on The Open Network:

— Tonscan.org (from Russian TON)
— TON.page (from Give Me TON)


Among the available explorers, you can always continue using ones that are established:

— TON Whales Explorer
— TON.sh

A blockchain explorer is an application that allows users to view pertinent information and statistics of the network.

Regular users have little to no need for this kind of app, but for blockchain developers, it’s a must-have in their line of work.

You can find an updated list of all the available explorers in the “Explorers” section of the TON Apps suite.

WARNING: Scammers spotted.

Bad actors who have been impersonating the TON Foundation are peddling fake TON products to our users.

Lately, community members have been receiving a lot of direct messages inviting them to a “.ton domain presale.”

Within those messages are links to websites that are carbon copies of TON’s official website.

Be careful!

TON’s official website is www.ton.org.

The TON Foundation and the various TON Community Telegram channels will never DM you first. Remember, this is a classic maneuver of scammers.

If you’re unsure or have forgotten, perhaps now would be a good time to review our rules for digital safety. And know this: You can always trust projects that the TON Foundation has officially sanctioned.

If impersonators and/or scammers message you with offers that are fake or that are simply too good to be true, please, block and report them — immediately.

Stay safe out there, everyone.

​Where to buy Toncoin.

It can be confusing at times where to buy a specific cryptocurrency because it might only be listed on a couple of exchanges. Therefore, we’ve compiled a short guide for you on the different ways to buy Toncoin.

In the Telegram app:

— The @wallet Telegram bot: It accepts crypto and bank cards for payments.

With your bank card in these crypto apps:

— Mercuryo: A convenient way to buy Toncoin with a bank card. (See instructions.)
— Neocrypto: Another easy-to-use app where you can buy Toncoin with a bank card.

On decentralized exchanges (DEX):

— Uniswap: Swap for Toncoin on the world’s biggest DEX. (See instructions.)
— PancakeSwap: The most popular DEX protocol on Binance Smart Chain.
— Biswap: One of the biggest DEX platforms.

On centralized exchanges (CEX):

— Crypto exchange FTX: The Toncoin/USD pair is available for spot trading and perpetual futures contracts.
— Crypto exchange OKX: Trading is available in the Toncoin/USDT pair.
— Crypto exchange EXMO: Trading is available in the Toncoin/USDT and Toncoin/BTC pairs.
— The Bit.com crypto exchange: Spot trading is available in the Toncoin/USDT pair.

You can find more ways to buy Toncoin and other cryptocurrencies in the “Toncoin” section on the official website.

​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 Jan. 30 to Feb. 5 grew from 203,148 to 210,883 (+3.8%).

News:

— Tonic, an independent community of blockchain developers, officially launched.

— We announced that the Toncoin cryptocurrency is preparing to change its token ticker on all crypto exchanges.

— Two new blockchain explorers went live in the TON ecosystem.

— We created a new feature initiative for developers who have already created products in the TON ecosystem.

— We caught wind of scammer activity on the network. So, please, read this post to get reacquainted with how to stay safe and what scammers do to dupe unsuspecting victims.

Stay up-to-date with the latest developments brewing in the TON ecosystem by turning on the notifications to this channel. You won’t want to miss a thing!

A call to join the public discussion to create an NFT standard on TON.

Developers from the TON Foundation have created a draft of a nonfungible token standard based on the TON blockchain and are encouraging developers to participate in the open discussion and help finalize the standard on GitHub.

All developers can read the draft and offer notes and suggestions.

For those who are not developers, we kindly ask you to refrain from disrupting the process’s flow by leaving comments.

Furthermore, flooding the discussion with comments interferes with the technical workflow of the developers, who want to deliver a high-quality product in a timely fashion.

Don’t forget about the community’s chat group.

Aside from this channel, we have an English-language chat group for the community to interact with one another.

Users can discuss anything related to The Open Network, chat with specialists, and ask moderators and knowledgeable TON participants questions.

Link to the English TON Community Chat group:
https://t.me/toncoin_chat

Chat rules:
https://t.me/toncoin_chat/4088

​The TON blockchain is able to scale itself on demand, accommodating any necessary traffic and operations. How does it achieve this?

TON uses an infinite sharding paradigm that allows the network to grow itself based upon user traffic. The base TON blockchain creates and utilizes work chains to perform its needed computations, which, in turn, can split themselves into shard chains.

As these shards are created, they need the ability to send messages to one another. TON’s Instant Hypercube Routing system enables communication among every shard on TON, no matter how many shards exist in the system.

Each shard is connected to the one next to it. TON sends messages from shard to shard unless it identifies that it can use its “fast path” to send the message directly to its destination. Either way, the message arrives safely, securely, and quickly.

This unique system means that transactions are sent instantly instead of having to wait for a validator. This system design enables infinite scaling.

You can learn more on our Medium page here:
https://medium.com/ton-community/tons-hypercube-routing-system-9d6dc486460c

An AMA with a founding member of the TON Foundation.

Today at 1:30 pm CET, Steve Yun, a founding member of the TON Foundation, will be fielding questions in an AMA session.

The host of the AMA is Coinvestasi, the largest crypto community in Indonesia.

The AMA will be in English and held on the @komunitascoinvestasi Telegram channel where people will be able to ask Steve questions about the TON blockchain and its native cryptocurrency, Toncoin.

During the AMA, there will be a contest offering 100 Toncoin where 10 participants will have a chance at winning 10 Toncoin.

Join us, Steve, and others from the TON community at the AMA.

How to Buy, Bridge and Provide Liquidity for TON

Buying Toncoin (TON) is easier than ever since getting listed on @FTX_Official and integrated with Telegram.

Create an account on the global version of FTX (non-U.S.), fill out the Know Your Customer, and simply connect your bank account or card.

Now enter Toncoin into the search bar, choose Toncoin-USD, click the “Buy Toncoin” tab and enter the quantity. That’s it!

You can also buy Toncoin by searching the @wallet username in Telegram and clicking on Wallet Bot. You just need a TON address to send your Toncoin to for storage. You can get one via the Tonkeeper app or an exchange such as FTX.

Follow the prompts of the Wallet Bot to purchase TON.

There is a way to send your TON from the Wallet Bot on Telegram or FTX. You can even bridge TON over to Ethereum and earn rewards by providing liquidity.

Check out our Medium article on the full range of things you can do with TON:
https://medium.com/ton-community/how-to-buy-bridge-and-provide-liquidity-for-ton-f53701ebe41

The Open Network Basics

At TON, what we want to do at our core is bring blockchain technology to the everyday life of the common person. That is why we exist.

TON Network is a blockchain-based network running on proof-of-stake consensus and is continuously being developed by an open-source community.

We have key commandments that encompass all of TON design and development. They are:

Speed and scalability, intuitive user interfaces and decentralization.

You can get the full story from our Twitter.

Did you know that Toncoin (TON) has over 210,000 holders?

TON is the cryptocurrency that powers the TON Blockchain – but it has other use cases than paying for transaction (gas) fees.

Some use cases are payments for:

● TON Services (decentralized applications)

● Secure decentralized data storage for the TON Storage service

● Registering blockchain-based domain names (TON DNS) and for hosting TON Sites

● TON Proxy service (private browsing)

If you hold TON, you are able to capture the value which will be generated by the TON product ecosystem.

Share your story about why you bought Toncoin!

And learn more here.

The Social Token Economy

Social tokens are cryptocurrencies built around the influence of an organization or creator.

Holders of social tokens are usually granted governance votes in their respective communities. The creators of these social tokens also allocate a portion to themselves so they can benefit from investors.

Once TON is integrated into third-party products and services, people will be able to create social tokens on the network.

It’s a win-win for everyone because the more value created by both the influencers and the community, the more the token’s price rises.

What creators, influencers and orgs do you want to see build on TON?

Stablecoins in DeFi

Stablecoins are essential to DeFi. They are pegged to 1 USD and reduce the uncertainty in crypto.

In the future, the crypto economy may expand faster than the dollars available to back stablecoins. This means networks will need algorithmic stablecoins that stay at peg and scale.

If the TON Network is to scale to accommodate a global economy, it is possible that we will need these algorithmic stablecoins.

The idea of decentralized, trustless and algorithmic stablecoins with infinite scalability is the holy grail for stablecoins, and we presume it’s something the TON Network will need to be interoperable with.

What do you think is the best stablecoin right now?

Changes Coming to the TON Apps Suite.

There is now a more simplified and streamlined verification process for projects wanting to add their products to the TON Apps suite.

This new procedure now allows a dozen or so projects that had initially gone through the process and were denied to officially join the family of TON-based apps.

What this means for users:

From this day forward, the TON Apps suite will display apps that have been officially approved by the TON Foundation and others awaiting their pending verification.

What this means for developers:

Adding projects to the TON Apps suite has become significantly easier. To learn more, go to the @TonAppBot and follow the instructions.

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 Feb. 6 to 12 grew from 215,086 to 240,457 (+11.8%).

News:

— Crypto exchange EXMO changed Toncoin’s ticker to TON.

— The TON Foundation founding member Steve Yun participated in an AMA.

— The TON Foundation sent out an invitation encouraging developers to join a discussion on creating a nonfungible token standard for TON.

— The verification process in the TON Apps suite was improved. It now reduces the amount of time needed to check applications, allowing projects and apps to become official TON-based products more quickly.

Stay up-to-date with the latest developments brewing in the TON ecosystem by turning on the notifications to this channel. You won’t want to miss a thing!

True Decentralization

Web3 is beginning to permeate every aspect of mainstream culture. A common criticism of cryptocurrency is the issue of the actual level of decentralization of the technology.

Here’s how TON embodies decentralization:

— TON has never held an ICO or accepted outside investment.

— TON is sustained by a decentralized community of enthusiasts.

— TON’s proof-of-stake mechanism includes a routing system that pushes new nominators towards smaller validators.

TON has built a foundation of true decentralization that the rest of its product offerings will rest on.

What else should blockchains do to sustain decentralization?

Twitter thread here.

Smart Contracts on TON

Smart contracts are “if/when…then…” statements that are written into code in order to execute commands when the specified parameters are met. They act as a way to automate agreements without an intermediary having to approve them.

The TON Virtual Machine handles the deployment of smart contracts on the TON Network by using tagged data types that give it the capability to handle complex operations.

Complex, high-load smart contracts can have an instance of their program stored in each shardchain for a large commission.

Currently, high gas fees limit the capabilities of smart contracts. TON smart contracts can reach their ultimate potential of replacing transaction types of increasing complexity through the network’s low cost to transact.

What smart contracts use cases are you most excited to see in the future?

Twitter thread here.