​TON Community Weekly Digest

Here’s a roundup of the most exciting news from the past seven days in The Open Network (TON) Ecosystem.

Network Growth:

▪️ The number of registered TON accounts has increased from 2,814,952 to 2,852,121 (+1.3%) between June 19 and June 25, 2023.

Ecosystem News:

▪️ TON has put in place a new deflation mechanism that will burn 50% of all transaction fees. Read more.

▪️ The TON Wiki Challenge has come to a close. View results.

▪️ The DeDust DEX now supports an official token bridge as well as the Wallet Connect protocol. Read more.

▪️There are less than two weeks left until the end of the Liquidity Mining Rewards Campaign. Users still have a unique opportunity to stake Toncoin with special conditions! Read more.

▪️A huge MyTonWallet update has been released. Read more.

▪️The launch of the Oveit NFT ticketing protocol has been announced as part of collaborative efforts between TON Foundation and the Oveit team. Read more.

▪️ A major @Wallet P2P market update has been released. Read more.

Tonkeeper launches Chrome, Firefox browser extensions

Tonkeeper, a non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet, has released another huge update: an extension for both Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers. Additionally, Tonkeeper is now the first TON wallet available on Firefox.

The extension uses the TON Connect standard, which establishes a connection between users and any TON application on the web, with the aim of safeguarding users' funds.

With Tonkeeper now available as a browser extension, users gain access to a powerful tool for token transfers, exchanges, auctions, and asset management.

Tonkeeper now supports all major web platforms, including iOS, Android, Web, and as of today, Chrome and Firefox browsers.

​Introducing TON-based DAO voting solution TON.vote

During the recent TON Ecosystem referendum matters such as voting on optimizing tokenomics or implementing a network fee burn mechanism were on the agenda, with the TON.vote service playing a crucial role. Today, we would like to delve deeper into TON.vote and take a closer look at how it works.

TON.vote is a decentralized on-chain governance service specifically developed by the Orbs platform for DAOs. This protocol supports referendums and voting directly on the blockchain, eliminating the need for centralized services.

With each new vote initiated by a user, a separate smart contract is created. These contracts operate independently of the TON and Orbs teams, guaranteeing complete decentralization and allowing any user to follow the link and verify voting results.

Prominent dApps such as STON.fi, EvAA, TON Punks and Fanzee have joined Orbs as partners for the launch of TON.vote. As the protocol progresses, any service within TON Ecosystem will have the opportunity to use TON.vote for conducting fully decentralized on-chain referendums.

We hope that TON.vote will empower the ecosystem and provide a transparent platform for community decision-making.

Track and manage your TON portfolio in real-time with CoinStats

CoinStats, the world’s leading crypto, DeFi, and NFT manager, now allows users to directly connect their TON wallet and easily track their portfolio. With over 1.2M users, CoinStats provides a simple and user-friendly interface for storing, purchasing, exchanging, and earning digital assets, all in one place.

Founded in 2017 by Narek Gevorgyan, CoinStats was created to meet the demand for an easy-to-use crypto tracker app. Its philosophy and global success have been guided and fueled by the needs of its users. From its small beginnings, CoinStats now supports over 300 wallets and exchanges, manages assets worth over $100M, and surpasses all other crypto management platforms in terms of compatibility.

Subscribe to @coinstats_news to stay up-to-date with CoinStats and their mission to empower individuals with effective crypto management.

​Storm Trade, a new DEX on TON Blockchain, commences public testing

The Storm Trade platform intends to establish itself as the first decentralized protocol for trading derivatives on TON and has recently launched an open test of the exchange on their testnet.

During this test phase, participants have the opportunity to trade a diverse range of resources with price values, even though they do not involve real assets. These include everything from cryptocurrencies to commodities like oil and gold, and even shares in famous companies like Tesla.

The team behind Storm Trade has set a timeline of two months to complete the test phase, after which they plan to launch the platform on their mainnet.

Notably, each user who participates in the test phase will be eligible for a reward.

All the relevant details and instructions can be found here.

New ton.org updates

There have been a few notable improvements made to the official TON website:

▪️ A "Get or sell Toncoin" section has been added, which shows users all the various options for buying and selling Toncoin.

Convenient filters have been introduced, allowing users to choose their preferred trading method (such as a bank card, P2P trading, or cryptocurrency exchanges) and specify their desired trading pairs (e.g., TON-USDT, TON-USDC, TON-BTC, etc.).

▪️ TON Blog now features a recommendation mechanism: after reading an article, the site will provide you with recommendations for similar materials.

We invite you to explore ton.org and let us know what you think about the recent improvements!

The Open Network (TON) Publishes Q2, 2023 Results

Over the past three months, several significant events have unfolded in TON Ecosystem, including:

▪️ The introduction of a mechanism for burning 50% of all network fees.
▪️ Toncoin placing 14th in the CoinMarketCap rankings.
▪️ Network TVL increasing by +2,200%.
▪️ Addition of new feature enabling liquid Toncoin staking.
▪️ TrustWallet, a prominent wallet in the crypto industry, extending support to Toncoin.
▪️ Numerous contests with huge prize funds.

TON Foundation has published another quarterly report and we invite you to peruse it to learn more about our notable highlights from Q2, 2023.

The Open Network (TON) supports encrypted messaging

The Open Network (TON) has introduced an exciting update that allows users to send transactions with end-to-end encrypted text messages, ensuring privacy and security. The decentralized TON Blockchain guarantees message delivery and offers a low network fee of approximately 0.006 Toncoin, making it suitable for everyday messaging.

The encrypted messaging feature is currently supported by standard web and desktop wallets for Windows, MacOS, Linux, and MyTonWallet, while upcoming updates for TON mobile wallets and Tonkeeper wallet will include this functionality for mobile users. This update is a significant contribution to enhancing the freedom, stability and prosperity of TON Ecosystem.

Please note:

▪️ The receiving wallet must have had at least one outgoing transaction.

▪️ Please do not send an encrypted comment when depositing on an exchange or payment service.

Launching the challenge in partnership with Tonstarter: get Glint Coin, extra farming boost for participating, and win one of the 42 Small TON Diamonds NFTs!

Tonstarter is the first launchpad on TON that supports blockchain projects through fundraising and IDOs of tokens at early stage. TON Diamonds first announced the partnership with Tonstarter in September, 2022, and in May this year the launchpad advised Glint Coin utility token launch.

In the midst of the first Glint Coin farming season we’re launching a collaboration and giving away prizes: Glint Coin, farming speed boost and small TON Diamonds NFT! To take part, go to the promo-page, connect your wallet and complete the tasks.

When you buy a TON Diamonds NFT from the official sale, you will get +100 Glint and 5% farming speed boost for each new Diamond for 2 weeks, and a 10% permanent boost right after joining.

Also, you can try your luck in the clicker activity — try to get the whole seed-phrase from a wallet with a small TON Diamonds NFT. The only thing you need to do is to click, click, click on the diamond on Tonstarter website. You can win up to three NFTs out of the 42 Diamonds available.

Hurry up to the collaboration page, connect your wallet and take part!

​TON Community Weekly Digest

Here’s a roundup of the most exciting news from the past seven days in The Open Network (TON) Ecosystem.

Network Growth:

▪️ The number of registered TON accounts has increased from 2,856,414 to 2,883,916 (+1%) between June 26 and July 2, 2023.

Ecosystem News:

▪️ Tonkeeper has launched an extension for Chrome and Firefox. Read more.

▪️ CoinStats, a popular cryptocurrency portfolio tracker, has introduced support for Toncoin (TON). Users can now connect their TON wallet to the service and monitor their portfolio. Read more.

▪️ We invite users to take part in the public testing of Storm Trade, a new DEX based on TON. Read more.

▪️ The official ton.org website has received a major update with new features, including a "Get or Sell Toncoin" section and an article recommendation mechanism for TON Blog. Read more.

▪️ RocketX, a hybrid CEX and DEX aggregator, now supports Toncoin (TON), enabling users to transfer crypto from +85 blockchains to TON. Read more.

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​Mooli enhances Toncoin (TON) integration

A new update to the Mooli cryptocurrency portfolio tracker is now available, allowing users to manage not only Toncoin and TON Jettons stored in their wallets but all staked coins in general.

Every asset, including Toncoin or Jettons, staked in any mechanism, will now be displayed in the total balance of a user's portfolio.

Mooli has also extended support to the TON Connect standard, enabling users to connect to the service through any TON wallet of their choice.

Portfolio trackers are valuable tools that offer a single, unified interface for monitoring changes in asset prices within a user's crypto portfolio.

In addition to Mooli, which initiated its support for TON in early May, users on TON can also explore CoinStats, another popular cryptocurrency portfolio tracker.

Introducing TonStat – a new tool for analyzing TON Blockchain.

The First Stage Labs team has launched TonStat, an analytical service that allows users to easily monitor key metrics on The Open Network (TON).

TonStat tracks various indicators, including the number of registered network addresses and wallets, the volume of Toncoin burned or staked, the number of NFTs issued, the amount of validators and several other important metrics.

The project will be continuously developed and updated with new charts. First Stage Labs aims to provide a comprehensive description of all the processes taking place on the blockchain, enabling users to independently assess the development dynamics of each ecosystem segment.

The TonStat website is able to display timely and accurate data thanks to the efforts of the TonAPI team.

Liquid staking is now available on TON

What is liquid staking?

Liquid staking is a crypto solution that allows users to stake their tokens and earn rewards without sacrificing flexibility. Unlike traditional staking, which requires users to completely lock up their crypto for a specific period, liquid staking provides users with special tokens that can be freely traded and used in DeFi apps while they continue to earn rewards. This solution offers both earning potential and liquidity, all while contributing to the security and stability of the network.

Liquid staking on TON

TON Foundation has recently developed a new liquid staking contract to improve the convenience and accessibility of the ecosystem's DeFi segment. These smart contracts for liquid staking are currently being trialed on the testnet and are expected to be launched on the mainnet soon. Once released, the community will be informed about the various possibilities and solutions for liquid staking in the ecosystem.

​TON Community Weekly Digest

Here’s a roundup of the most exciting news from the past seven days in The Open Network (TON) Ecosystem.

Network Growth:

▪️ The number of registered TON accounts has increased from 2,887,001 to 2,943,686 (+1.9%) between July 3 and July 9, 2023.

Ecosystem News:

▪️ TON Foundation has released its report for Q2 2023. The report highlights some of TON’s most notable developments and achievements over the past three months. Read more.

▪️ TON Wallet has incorporated new encrypted messenger functions. Users can now encrypt a text message when sending digital tokens, ensuring that no one besides the sender and recipient can view the message for the transaction. Read more.

▪️ The CAT project team has launched a new tool for tracking blockchain statistics at tonscan.org/stats. Read more.

▪️ First Stage Labs has introduced TonStat, an analytical service that allows users to easily monitor TON’s key metrics. Read more.

▪️ Mooli, a crypto portfolio tracker, now displays all staked digital tokens from your TON wallet. This update ensures that the staked coins are now represented in the overall balance of your portfolio. Read more.

▪️ It has been one year since the launch of the TON DNS domain name auction. We would like to remind you that it is necessary to annually confirm ownership, otherwise the domain will be returned to public auction. Read more.

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​TON has entered the top-5 blockchain ecosystems for developer influx

Electric Capital recently conducted an extensive study analyzing the activity of blockchain developers in various crypto projects over the past year. The findings of this study have now been published in a comprehensive report.

Despite the obvious challenges faced by the industry, which has seen a 22% decline in blockchain developers compared to June last year, TON Ecosystem has displayed remarkable resilient growth. Over the past 12 months alone, the total number of TON developers has surged by 102%, and we now have over 170 specialists working in the ecosystem. It is important to note that this figure only takes into account those developers who are active in the open-source repository on GitHub. The actual number of engineers is approximately 8 times higher.

As a result, TON took 3rd position in the rankings of developer growth over the year, marking a truly outstanding achievement, particularly given the market conditions.

As you know, developers play a special role in The Open Network's philosophy, and we warmly welcome all specialists and builders to join the ecosystem and help us reach mass adoption.

​Attention TON DNS domain owners

The first TON DNS auctions started on July 30, 2022, and we kindly ask users to note that the deadline for renewing domain name ownership is fast approaching.

We want to remind you that, unlike traditional centralized domain registrars, TON DNS does not require a conventional renewal fee. Instead, it is enough to demonstrate ‘signs of life’ by sending a minimal amount of Toncoin (TON).

Please carefully read the following instructions: Non-renewed domains will be returned to the TON DNS open auction.

Instructions:

(1) Go to the dns.ton.org website using a regular browser or the decentralized Tonkeeper browser within the wallet interface.
(2) Connect the TON wallet that was used during the auction.
(3) Click on the "My Domains" button to view a list of your domains along with their expiration dates.
(4) If there is less than three months remaining before a domain's ownership expires, we highly recommend renewing it immediately. To do this, click on the respective domain, then select "renew this domain," and confirm the transaction within your wallet.

Please note:

This message only applies to TON DNS owners — short Telegram (t.me) usernames do not need to be renewed.

Since the start of the auction, a total of 27,000 domain names have been registered, involving 6,000,000 Toncoin (which were subsequently burned and removed from circulation).

​​TON Accelerator hosted its inaugural Demo Day

In early June, the first-ever TON Accelerator Demo Day took place, marking the start of a monthly series of events. The primary purpose of this program is to showcase promising projects being built on TON. These innovative ventures have been identified through various channels, including hackathons, meetups, and TON Accelerator submissions. By joining TON Accelerator, these projects will gain access to invaluable mentorship as well as the potential for fundraising opportunities.

During this first event, a total of eight early-stage projects across diverse verticals were featured. All of them shared a common goal: to achieve mass adoption and leverage the power of TON Blockchain. These projects were specifically recognized for their effective utilization of the unique design space provided by TON and Telegram. Each project delivered a short presentation accompanied by a Q&A session.

Please check out the video of the showcase here and learn more about the projects by reading this TON Blog post and by following the projects’ social media accounts.

​Introducing Wallet Pay: A Revolutionary Technology for Shopping With Cryptocurrency.

The @wallet team is launching Wallet Pay, a groundbreaking payment system that allows users to purchase goods and services on Telegram using cryptocurrencies.

This unique tool seamlessly integrates with any Telegram bot or service, enabling users to easily make payments in Toncoin, USDT, or Bitcoin directly via the Telegram messenger interface.

Wallet Pay is both simple and easy to use. It eliminates the need for novice crypto users to navigate complex and unintuitive crypto payment services, streamlining the entire process to just a few clicks within the merchant bot or Telegram Web App.

Moreover, @wallet users can conveniently and instantly top up their cryptocurrency accounts with a debit or credit card during the payment process, greatly simplifying the use of digital assets.

Wallet Pay is an extraordinary tool for Telegram, empowering its over 700 million users to embrace blockchain technology and integrate crypto into their daily lives, ultimately bringing us closer to the mass adoption of digital currency.

You can try Wallet Pay via the test bot or apply as a merchant using the website.

Interview With Narek Abovyan, Head of TonTech at FSL

The TON & Company YouTube channel has released a fresh interview with TonTech team member and TON ecosystem contributor Narek Abovyan.

Narek talked about his fascinating journey in the blockchain industry, his role in Getgems, and his contribution to the creation of TON NFT standards (in particular, the Soulbound standard).

He also talked about the Getgems launch, TonTech’s plans, a collaboration with TON Play, and more.

We recommend watching the interview — it’s available on YouTube.