<\/b> How much has TON changed in a year?UPD: Telegram told<\/a> Reuters that the app will soon return to the App Store.","text_length":230},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1282,"date":1785774722000,"forwards":"4","views":"1.3K","comments":"2","text":"
<\/b> Everyone has their own TON<\/b>
Even with activity around TON running fairly low, the ecosystem is still alive. Look a little closer, and it starts to feel less like one ecosystem and more like several smaller circles, each with a very different view of where TON is headed.
Take prominent crypto influencer Crashius Clay<\/a>. His feed is extremely bullish on GRAM right now. He is pushing the thesis that TON memecoins could repeat Base\u2019s memecoin run, and that thin liquidity and low trading volumes are only temporary. And he is far from the only one on X making that case.
Over on the Telegram-side, the mood could hardly be more different. Channels like Vudi\u2019s<\/a> and Kirill Filimonov\u2019s<\/a> show a much darker side of TON \u2014 one that can leave you feeling as though the coin\u2019s days are numbered. Years of waiting, frustration with the former leadership\u2019s questionable decisions, and the resulting negativity toward the network are all part of the ecosystem too. But TON is bigger than those two extremes. There are still local communities, small trading circles, Web3 enthusiasts, independent builders, and die-hard TON believers. The upcoming launch of a self-custodial wallet built directly into Telegram is also giving people another reason to pay attention and keeping interest in TON from fading completely.
That makes TON difficult to define through a single narrative. It means something different to everyone \u2014 and perhaps that is exactly what makes it interesting. What does TON mean to you?@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":1525,"media":{"root":"\/003\/AgUAABfjhmkAAAAAZBppfUDryGM","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"jSTFxMSxxiwLy8mVG_H8NQ&ts=1786164959"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"LM6txHIOi3Uaiq9NMPxlNg&ts=1786164959"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"V5XUolZnI0W25EGOJUMBPw&ts=1786164959"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdac7sGwuPxBpFd3OBt9eQaAGGOQ9JiOPQ885pVSQxMrSYYtkEdhUpEmOCtR3DMkBycEnGV7UACI4cEyEjJOKKq2bEThRIWB6\/lRQBo0UUUAFDKGXDAEHsaKKAGJBHESUQA+tFFFAH\/2Q=="}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1281,"date":1785517276000,"forwards":"6","views":"1.9K","comments":"3","text":"
<\/b> How many official TON explorers are there?<\/b> Let\u2019s take a break from the news about Pavel Durov being added to Russia\u2019s list of terrorists and extremists and get back to good old TON. Last week, members of the ecosystem noticed that actonscan<\/a> is now under active development \u2014 a new block explorer that some channels have already called \u201cthe only official explorer built by TON Core.\u201d The explorer is expected to become part of the Acton toolkit, which we covered in a previous post<\/a>. Its interface clearly takes inspiration from popular explorers like Tonscan<\/a>, but actonscan is primarily aimed at developers. It already supports transaction simulation, smart contract debugging, and several other developer-focused features. But actonscan is far from the first official explorer in TON\u2019s history. Back in the early days of the ecosystem, there was ton.cx<\/a> \u2014 a block explorer built by TON Core developers that served as one of the ecosystem\u2019s main developer tools for years. There was also ton.sh<\/a>, which was promoted by the official Toncoin community during TON\u2019s early years. In fact, the oldest official explorer is still online today: explorer.toncoin.org<\/a>. It\u2019s a low-level block explorer for inspecting blocks and transactions, and it\u2019s mostly useful for developers. So actonscan is far from TON\u2019s first official explorer \u2014 or even its first explorer built for developers. Hopefully, once it fully launches, it will make building smart contracts on TON a little easier, and the ecosystem will finally have more new projects than block explorers.@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":1582,"media":{"root":"\/00b\/AQUAABfjhmkAAAAA1ugu3yqV73w","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"YUnKwPQj3d9VOIfgJYxtXg&ts=1786164959"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"GJ3zVnhz3l2Fs35P6gD1Eg&ts=1786164959"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"QHaZanrE-_8QgbzTykybUg&ts=1786164959"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdaezOGwBkeuKaHkI+7j\/gP\/wBegBjRyHpMRx6HnnNKEkMTK0mGLZBHYU\/dJ6fpRMG8k\/OEJ\/i9KAGojhwTISMk4oqO3j2SjbKSp6qx6\/SigC3RRRQAUMoYYYAg9jRRQA1IY4jlFANFFFAH\/9k="}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1280,"date":1785344479000,"forwards":"6","views":"1.9K","text":"
<\/b> There\u2019s no such thing as bad publicity<\/b> Pavel Durov was charged in Russia today with facilitating terrorist activity. The news can hardly be called a surprise: back in April, Pavel himself said that a summons addressed to \u201csuspect P. V. Durov\u201d had been delivered<\/a> to his former address in Russia. The case is unlikely to cause Durov any immediate trouble. He lives in the UAE and holds Emirati citizenship, while the country\u2019s constitution prohibits the extradition of its own citizens. For now, this looks like another chapter in his long-running conflict with the Russian authorities. TON\u2019s memecoin market, meanwhile, reacted almost instantly. Within hours, several tokens appeared, all trying to capitalize on the criminal case against Pavel Durov. As a reminder, x1000.finance<\/a> is the most convenient place to track new launches and trade memecoins on TON. Whether any of these tokens will gain real traction and stick around remains to be seen. Memecoins can pump within minutes and disappear just as quickly, so remember to DYOR before buying. We previously explained how to spot promising memecoins before it is too late in a separate post.<\/a>@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":1178,"media":{"root":"\/00b\/AAUAABfjhmkAAAAA1ugu3yqV73w","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"Ki5boRIVcCLwpCJIvdSUyQ&ts=1786164959"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"C2Ko_7xjy-ib5Ty6rZhrJQ&ts=1786164959"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"eiPdeya06F36qgvNi-mhjw&ts=1786164959"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdaezOGIAyO3FJuk5+X9KAI2jkPSYjj0PPOaUJIYmVpMMWyCOwqXEnqv5VXvpJIbZmBA5AyO1AEiI4cEyEjJOKKpWV35l0iKCFYHP5UUAalFFFABSOiupR1DKRyDRRQA1IIoiAiAY4B9P8AOKKKKAP\/2Q=="}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1279,"date":1785264901000,"forwards":"4","views":"1.9K","comments":"3","text":"
Who will actually see Gram Wallet?<\/b> Things are quiet in TON again, so let\u2019s go back to last week\u2019s main story one more time. This time, here is a subjective #opinion on the future Gram Wallet release \u2014 we would be happy to read yours in the comments. On paper, the scale is impressive: one billion users could get<\/a> a crypto wallet. But shipping the product is not the same as getting people to notice it, let alone use it. The problem is that Telegram still does not really have a proper discovery layer for features and apps. Even regular updates are often discovered through Stories from the official account \u2014 if you do not open them, a new feature can easily pass you by. Or take Wallet. It has been available from the menu for almost all Telegram users for several years now, but do we have anyone among our readers who actually found TON through that button? We doubt it. If we are wrong and that was your case, tell us in the comments. A few months ago, even Pavel Durov could not find a better way to promote his own channel than placing a banner above every user\u2019s chat list. But Gram Wallet is unlikely to get the same kind of campaign. Most likely, after launch, it will simply end up somewhere in the menu next to all the other features. In the end, Gram Wallet will almost certainly get media coverage and stay in trends on X for a few days. But for the broader audience, the story may end there. Adding a wallet to Telegram is not enough \u2014 users still need a reason to open it regularly. Let\u2019s see whether the messenger can solve that problem.@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":1592,"media":{"root":"\/011\/_wQAABfjhmkAAAAAK5yrq6lHCJ8","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"0N17_BZb1X-gv9TtONjM8Q&ts=1786164959"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"fGBlbhrs1CI-Y7MRABUoQA&ts=1786164959"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"9M_fnYbMarf_QKGnySYNNg&ts=1786164959"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdaeWcPgDj6Um98fdOfpQBG0ch6TEceh55zShJDEytJhi2QR2FTYkx1WmTFli64JOCR2FADURw4JkJGScUU1AI51VZCwbqCc0UAWaKKKACgqGGCMiiigBqxIhJVQD60UUUAf\/\/Z"}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1278,"date":1785167107000,"forwards":"7","views":"1.8K","comments":"1","text":"
Subdomain minting is now open<\/b> A little over a week ago, we wrote<\/a> about TON DNS subdomains and pointed out that many users had missed this feature. So it is especially nice to see several new tools appear around subdomains in just a few days. Resistor has introduced<\/a> a beta version of a service that lets you create an on-chain subdomain collection for any .ton domain or Telegram username. Unlike the interface we covered last time<\/a>, this one lets you set a mint price, run a free claim, reserve specific names, or open a public mint. Each subdomain is minted as a separate NFT that can be freely transferred or sold. The collection has two modes: Linked, where the main domain stays with the owner and, if it is sold, the new owner automatically gets control of the collection; and Locked, where the domain is permanently transferred to the smart contract itself. In the second case, the NFT collection is no longer tied to a specific wallet. For owners of premium TON DNS names such as page.ton<\/a>, blog.ton<\/a>, site.ton<\/a>, and others, this unlocks a new monetization path. They can set their own mint price and earn from selling subdomains. By the way, we took a different route and minted blog.thedaily.ton<\/a> pointing to our main address \u2014 it already shows up<\/a> in the wallet as an NFT. Another piece of good news: the issue with opening TON Sites inside Telegram, which we mentioned in the previous post<\/a>, seems to have been fixed. At least, that is what the bug report page<\/a> suggests. .ton sites now open inside the app again, giving subdomains another practical use case. You can try the new tool through @ResistanceToolsBot<\/a>. After logging in, tap your profile icon several times \u2014 an Experimental Features section will appear in the menu. Open it and turn on the Subdomains toggle. After that, you can create your own collection and mint subdomains under your TON DNS name.@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":1907,"media":{"root":"\/002\/_gQAABfjhmkAAAAA-jYnqWOUc98","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"bFuqGCnXnYqijXvWzGroqg&ts=1786164959"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"LqYs-_ynkcumF8wz9LZoMw&ts=1786164959"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"CA7tII8tu2foMHkfLJ10UA&ts=1786164959"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdaezOGIA4+lCmRvQfUf\/XoAiaOQ9JiOPQ885pQkhiZWkwxbII7CpQJO5X8qr6g8kdr8hwzMFLDtmgCREcOCZCRknFFZ1i00V3GjOdsm4FSc9B1ooA2KKKKACmyIsilHUMpHINFFADIrSC3bMUYUnjNFFFAH\/\/Z"}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1277,"date":1784914385000,"forwards":"5","views":"2.0K","comments":"2","text":"
<\/b> Your wallet starts with your Telegram account<\/b> When Pavel Durov announced the built-in non-custodial Gram Wallet, we assumed<\/a> there probably would not be anything fundamentally new to expect. But it looks like one key piece of that future wallet may have been sitting in public for months. Back in winter, Lagus, one of the TON Core developers, published<\/a> an experimental Telegram Wallet \u2014 and after Durov\u2019s recent announcement, he directly hinted<\/a> that the future mass rollout may be tied to this exact idea. The main idea behind Telegram Wallet is to remove the seed phrase entirely. Users do not need to write down 24 words or store them anywhere: the wallet is created for a specific Telegram account, and every action is confirmed with a cryptographic signature through the Telegram app itself. At the same time, the funds in the wallet still belong to you, rather than being held by a centralized service. In recent years, many crypto wallets have been moving toward the social login model: instead of saving a seed phrase, users create and recover a wallet through a Google or Apple account. Telegram Wallet follows the same idea, but uses Telegram itself as the login layer. This makes the wallet dependent on access to the messenger, but significantly lowers the barrier to entry. As the developer explains, this setup is possible specifically because of TON\u2019s architecture, where every wallet is essentially its own smart contract. That makes it possible to change the authorization logic itself \u2014 for example, replacing a private-key signature with confirmation through Telegram \u2014 while keeping the rest of the wallet\u2019s functionality intact. In Lagus\u2019s version, this includes the V5 features we wrote about earlier<\/a>. There is still no confirmation that this architecture will actually become the foundation of the future Gram Wallet. But the idea itself looks realistic and could make onboarding much easier by simplifying crypto access for millions of Telegram users. Hopefully, we will find out how it really works before the end of the summer.@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":2089,"media":{"root":"\/012\/_QQAABfjhmkAAAAAZv4RMFCQSnM","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"WKbROFJg6fwAEUfykXp1rQ&ts=1786164959"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"LItGwr_7k1yvxnkm_7Yyrg&ts=1786164959"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"B51U2H0cOLJnTKlqy7KJag&ts=1786164959"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdaeS4fAHHrik3v\/d\/SgCNo5D0mI49DzzmlCSGJlaTDFsgjsKduk9P\/AB3\/AOvTLh5BbsfunOM4xigByI4cEyEjJOKKhtxsuMLNuU9ic5ooAu0UUUAFDKGGGAIPY0UUANWGOI5RQDRRRQB\/\/9k="}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1276,"date":1784717701000,"forwards":"3","views":"2.2K","comments":"4","text":"
Hope for the best \u2014 prepare for the wallet<\/b> Pavel Durov broke<\/a> a months-long silence on TON with a big announcement: this summer, Telegram plans "the largest" launch of a non-custodial crypto wallet. The Gram Wallet is promised to be \u201cbrought into all Telegram apps," putting crypto access in the hands of a billion-plus user base. Sounds ambitious \u2014 let's try to figure out what it actually means. Right now, the frontrunner for integration looks like the Gram Wallet by My Wallet \u2014 wallet.ton.org<\/a> already points there. But the team told<\/a> RBC Crypto that their app would only be an "extended version of the future built-in Telegram wallet." How exactly this will work in practice is still murky, but it's clear Telegram is building something of its own. What's interesting is that Telegram has been down this road before. Back in 2019, a Gram wallet showed up<\/a> in an alpha client build, complete with its own dedicated Terms of Service<\/a> still live on Telegram's website. The desktop wallet source code also remains<\/a> on GitHub. In a sense, this new announcement brings us full circle to a product Telegram was about to ship before Telegram Open Network was shut down. That said, there's reason to keep expectations in check. Back in late 2022, Durov promised<\/a> a suite of decentralized tools \u2014 including a non-custodial wallet and a DEX. Nearly four years later, none of that has reached users. And it's unlikely the Telegram team has been quietly building a new wallet this whole time. As we noted in our piece on attention economics<\/a>, Telegram rarely runs multiple major tracks in parallel for years. The team grabs onto a narrative and hyperfocuses on it for a while. So it's entirely possible that serious Gram Wallet development is only starting now \u2014 if it starts at all \u2014 after this public announcement. So for now, we\u2019re not holding our breath for anything groundbreaking. The most likely outcome is that Telegram embeds a basic Gram wallet into the messenger \u2014 roughly the same thing it was planning to ship six years ago. That alone would still be a big deal, but as always, the devil's in the details. We'll see what Gram Wallet actually looks like on release.@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":2203,"media":{"root":"\/013\/_AQAABfjhmkAAAAADP_X7boNEA4","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"YsOH1pS4VY26HZw2SHpLtg&ts=1786164959"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"1AsvJCKiGoy2vnhuzFAWyQ&ts=1786164959"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"emmjfThf6ORweD2E6pWtnw&ts=1786164959"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdaezOGwF49cUgaTj5f0\/8Ar0ARtHIekxHHoeec0oSQxMrSYYtkEdhUis4++p\/AVBqMrR2ZZSy5YAsOoFAEiI4cEyEjJOKKoWj+VfxxRzO6SAlgxz2yKKANaiiigApsiLIpR1DKRyDRRQAyG0ggYmKMKTxmiiigD\/\/Z"}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1275,"date":1784653406000,"forwards":"3","views":"2.1K","text":"
<\/b> Life after zero fees<\/b> Two weeks ago, Tonnel\u2019s developer refused<\/a> to introduce a 2% fee on Telegram Gifts trading, even though all other marketplaces had collectively agreed to do so. Back then, the situation turned into a public back-and-forth between Freeman and Telegram\u2019s in-house designer Adler Toberg. Now that the emotions have cooled down, let\u2019s look at the numbers and see how it played out. According to Dune data<\/a>, the zero-fee bet worked. Before July 13, Tonnel accounted for around 3.5% of total Gifts trading volume. On the day the fee was reduced, its share jumped to almost 25% and later stabilized around 12\u201315%. Over the past week, overall market volume dropped by roughly one-third, but Tonnel still managed to grow its own numbers. In other words, zero fees helped the marketplace pull in a meaningful share of the market. Interestingly, Freeman did not stop at lower fees and keeps improving the marketplace. For example, Tonnel added Dump Sell mode<\/a> today \u2014 users can now sell up to ten gifts at once into the best buyer bids. Let\u2019s see where this marketplace fight goes next.@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":1126,"media":{"root":"\/013\/-wQAABfjhmkAAAAADP_X7boNEA4","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"2SWeLm9xKGRePTqOYxrkUw&ts=1786164959"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"1qQ9a44NRXay8k-P0JUJ-w&ts=1786164959"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"5OQVX3APoCg49JFuIFrTFg&ts=1786164959"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdac0m18EjH0NOxLkfcx360AQtHIekxHHoeec0oSQxMrSYYtkEdhUoEmeduPaoNRd47QmMkEkDI7UAPRHDgmQkZJxRWdp80gu1j3sVfOQTntRQBsUUUUAFI6q67WUMp6g0UUAMitoYGJjjCk96KKKAP\/9k="}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1274,"date":1784562301000,"forwards":"3","views":"2.2K","comments":"4","text":"
Who is running TON and Telegram\u2019s social accounts?<\/b> It has been more than a month since the last post in the @gram<\/a> channel. As a reminder, the latest post there came out<\/a> on June 15 and was signed by Pavel Durov. Since then, Telegram\u2019s official channels have not published any new messages. So far, this is the longest pause between MTONGA steps. That does not mean communication around the blockchain has disappeared completely \u2014 it has just moved mostly to X. The TON account used to post regularly about ecosystem projects and internal updates, but that format has mostly faded. These days, the account is more focused <\/a>on TON x Telegram content, replies to other accounts, and regular crypto shitposting. Interestingly, around the same time, Telegram\u2019s X account<\/a> also seemed to shift its content strategy. It has become much more active, replying to other accounts more often, jumping into global news cycles, and posting provocative takes that often rack up hundreds of thousands of views. Because of this, some people in the community have started to suspect that both accounts may now be run by the same person. Alerts from the @TwitterMonitoring<\/a> channel, which tracks posts from Telegram and TON, make it easy to see that the two accounts are often active on X during the same hours: one starts posting shortly after the other, or vice versa. If this theory is close to the truth, the reshuffle would make sense. After the effective reboot of TON Foundation, much of the old team was sidelined, and the people who used to handle social media may have changed as well. What exactly does this shift in communication strategy mean? Honestly, we do not really know either. So we would be curious to read your theories in the comments.@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":1776,"media":{"root":"\/00e\/-gQAABfjhmkAAAAAy5SyjN-s-q8","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"75PYCfuGQD6a92Kw-GykUg&ts=1786164959"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"GaB8tYjhYVUpxZa8S9Sb3A&ts=1786164959"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"WsB6F-RvcH0TVtib19qunw&ts=1786164959"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdakbzM8AEUn730H+fxoAiaOQ9JiOPQ885pQkhiZWkwxbII7CpP3voP8\/jVbUpZIrIlAVJYDIPIFAEyI4cEyEjJOKKzLCSSO\/jjEjNHIDnJz2ooA2qKKKACmyIsilHUMpHINFFADIrSC3fMUYUnvRRRQB\/\/2Q=="}}}}}]