Hey, I’m Ehsan 👋

I build products for regular online users — things that actually work, not just promise to.
After years in Web3, one thing’s clear: most of what you see is hype,
but inside that noise, there’s always a pattern worth understanding.

This channel isn’t about selling dreams.
It’s about looking at Blockchain, Web3, and projects with clear eyes —
what’s real, what’s broken, and what might actually become something big.

If you’re tired of “soon”s, fake promises, and overhyped roadmaps —
you’re in the right place.

Welcome to the experiment.
Thoughts, Web3, and everything in between.

Renting on TON: Still Going Nowhere 🚫

The rent feature in the TON market has failed to gain any real popularity so far.
Even with the addition of gift renting on Telegram and more recently in Tonnel Market,
it doesn’t seem like it’s going to have a different future.

Maybe for rare or high-value items — like the 🎁Pepe gift, priced over $10,000 — renting could sound appealing.
But the problem is: when there’s scarcity, there’s nothing to rent in the first place.
You can’t build a market out of thin air.

A similar story happened with Anonymous Numbers Rental —
at launch, you could rent premium numbers easily.
Now? Finding one available for rent is almost impossible.

And even if you check the gifts listed for rent today… it’s kinda funny 😅
Some users just list their gifts “for visibility,” like 3 days of rent for 3 TON,
while the same gift can literally be bought for under 10 TON.

That says it all — the rental market is empty,
there’s no real demand, and the pricing model makes zero sense.
Until that gap closes, renting won’t ever take off.

DeFi on Toncoin!

Last year, TON Foundation launched a truly exciting DeFi program — staking USDT on the TON network with a 100% annual yield. Back then, it was literally the only fun part of DeFi on Ton.

But now?
That whole staking and annual yield feature for USDT is completely gone.
Instead, as a so-called “DeFi innovation,” Mr. Freeman introduced a gift rental market inside Tonnel Marketplace, the most popular Telegram gift marketplace (and of course, he’s not the only one!).

There used to be a DeFi section for staking gifts, too —
but it disappeared just as quickly as it arrived 😅

Currently, All gifts are staked with 0% yield, and apparently no one even cares to rent them now which is just introduced as a new feature!

Seriously though… why are people who staked their gifts still not withdrawing them? 🤔

Look, there are tons of projects popping up in the Telegram ecosystem —
but the truth is, 99% of them are either scams or weak copies.
And that remaining 1% that aren’t scams?
They usually lack any real innovation or solid gamification (like what xRocket did, for example).

I try to use my reviews here to help you analyze projects better —
so you can either profit from them,
or at least have some fun without losing money. 🎯

Because if you’re having fun, even your time isn’t wasted.
But if you’re joining projects only for a few hundred dollars of airdrops,
you’ll probably end up losing both the fun and your time (or money). 💸

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Someone asked me privately about the $BOOM project.
It’s basically a cheap clone of Fomohash and Memhash —
both of which took money from users, killed their communities,
and delivered nothing real in the end. 🤦‍♂️

The idea behind these types of projects is simple:
you “buy” some virtual miners that supposedly increase your production speed of some random, overhyped token —
so you can stay ahead of others.
But in reality, the more you pay, the higher you rank.
And if you think logging in every 3 hours to claim “free tokens” will make you #1,
let me tell you — that’s never going to happen in these kinds of projects.

Just like TONTrust, you’re spending time and money on something that doesn’t actually exist —
and based on what we’ve seen over the past year, it probably never will.

After raising over 18,000 TON, they simply lied about a “system error” and shut down, without returning users’ funds.
Meanwhile, all the money was still sitting in their balance —
the only real thing that changed was people’s loss of interest after a few hours.

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If you’re in it just for fun — fine, go ahead and test it out.
But if you’re expecting a few hundred dollars from airdrops,
you won’t get there.
You’ll just lose your time — and the fun along with it.

🇦🇪 Highlights from Pavel Durov’s presentation

Pavel jokingly asked the audience:
“Do you know anyone who got scammed on Telegram through Mini Apps?”
A few people raised their hands 😅

He then replied:
“Well, I don’t know anyone! As far as I know, all my friends got richer!” 🤣

During this presentation, Pavel referred to Telegram as a “Social Media”, not just a messenger 🙂
This clearly shows Telegram’s direction toward becoming a social network + digital economy platform.

The main part of his talk was about integrating decentralized AI inside Telegram.
At first, they wanted to call it Private Artificial Intelligence Network (PAIN) 😆
Pavel even joked: “Welcome to the world of pain!”

But eventually, they decided to name it COCOON:
Confidential Compute Open Network
And it will be built on the Toncoin blockchain. 🚀

Overall, Pavel’s presentation felt noticeably more humorous than usual —
perhaps as a way to reduce the recent negativity surrounding Telegram and Toncoin 🙂

COCOON is expected to be officially introduced in November.

Among all the recent announcements, the introduction of Telegram’s leveling system was definitely a big surprise.
What’s even more interesting is that this system is completely relative — your level depends on how much Stars you’ve spent compared to others across Telegram.

When it first launched, my level was much higher, but it dropped shortly after 😅
Some users, who have spent millions of dollars worth of Stars, are sitting at the top of the leaderboard.

In any case, having a higher account level is going to be very important.
It basically means:
✅ You’re a user with real purchasing potential
✅ You understand Telegram’s internal economic ecosystem
…which makes you much more valuable to projects.

It’s not unlikely that in the future, when new Telegram gifts are released, accounts with higher levels will gain early access.
(Currently, access is based on your Telegram signup date and whether you’re premium.)

Well… that happened faster than expected 😄
Looks like the market decided to begin *Crypto Black Friday* early. 😆

🔴 Payeer has officially shut down — permanently!

Payeer used to be one of the most widely used crypto-payment services.
Despite being founded and owned by Russians, the company registered entities in multiple jurisdictions in an attempt to remain operational — but eventually the tightening regulations caught up with them, and they shut down their business entirely.

The crypto environment is becoming increasingly regulated.
And honestly — many of the recent scammers probably already knew this was coming.
They rushed in, extracted liquidity, and vanished before the door fully closed.
The era of “easy, anonymous money-flow through shady platforms” is ending.

Services like PerfectMoney and Payeer were key pillars in enabling things like unregulated online gambling and high-risk financial activity — and now we’re watching them go offline one by one.
Yes, many of these platforms have their own internal payment systems — but today almost every financial crypto service is becoming AML-compliant, enforcing anti-money-laundering checks on wallets and certain transaction types.

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🔴 The important takeaway:

Do NOT keep your funds sitting on any centralized platform!

Any service that operates without real KYC and regulatory supervision
will eventually face the same fate as Payeer —
and when they shut down, they are not going to let you withdraw your full balance.

Right now, Payeer is literally taking ~20% off withdrawals 🙂
I had $131 there, and I was allowed to withdraw only $105.
This is how “offboarding” works in these situations.

🌍 We’re heading to Bridge Summit Abu Dhabi 2025!

I’m excited to share that some of our projects — Chance🍀, SocialRise, and TimerSpot — will be showcased at Bridge Summit Abu Dhabi, one of the biggest global events for founders, creators, and innovators.

📅 December 8–10
📍 STARTUP HUB — Hall 7 (VisionForge Booth)

I’ll be sharing updates, behind-the-scenes moments, and highlights from the summit right here in this channel and on Instagram — so stay tuned.

If any of you are attending the summit, feel free to come by, say hi, and check out what we’re building 🚬