An AMA about Web3, TON, and soccer.
Today at 16:00 (UTC), the Getgems marketplace will host a live AMA in Twitter Spaces with representatives of the three TON-based sports projects: Fanzee, Fanton and the World Cup 2022 collection.
Participants are to discuss the FIFA World Cup Qatar and the Web3 projects supporting this grand championship:
▪️ How does Web3 interact with the world of sports?
▪️ Why are many sports Web2 brands moving to Web3?
▪️ Which TON-based projects are involved in creating synergy between Web3 and the world of sports?
▪️ How can Web3 and sports integrate in the future?
Join the AMA to participate in a giveaway and get a chance to win one of the special NFTs.
Getgems encourages all sports enthusiasts to join the AMA today at 16:00 (UTC).
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 Nov. 20 to 26 grew from 1,463,228 to 1,490,742 (+1.9%).
News:
▪️ An official Jetton generator on TON, TON Minter was launched. Read more.
▪️ Tonscan.org pushed an update that allows anyone to view the source code of all TON Foundation-verified smart contracts.
▪️ Guides on providing liquidity for the DeDust and STON.fi decentralized exchanges were published. Read more.
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!
💡⠀TON Bridge: How does it work and how do the commissions calculate?
We are excited to introduce a new category to our channel: guest posts. Developers and project creators are welcome to contact us to discuss the peculiarities of The Open Network blockchain, and we will happily mention them. Our first guest: @oxlti, protocol architect QubeDAO Network, who is ready to tell you more about TON Bridge. Here we go!
⚫️ “TON Bridge is a Toncoin bridge that connects the Ethereum and Binance Chain networks (both are EVM blockchains, so the code is almost the same). Toncoin on ETH and BNB is secured by Toncoin on the TON blockchain. To withdraw from the ETH/BNB blockchains in The Open Network, you need to burn the Wrapped Toncoin.
⚫️ The bridge itself is a miniature of a Proof-of-Stake network (don't confuse it with a blockchain): there are oracles that facilitate the bridge's operation. Therefore, the TON Bridge is a multi-node bridge, which means that it is operated by more than one node. This makes it more secure since, unlike many other bridges with a single node, you will need to get control over 2/3 of all nodes to hack the TON Bridge. As a result, single-node bridges are much easier to hack, whereas each transaction using the TON bridge must be confirmed by a vote of 2/3 of the Oracle stake.
⚫️ To become an oracle of the bridge (possible for anyone), you need to do almost the same thing validators do: you must have an oracle stake (a deposit of a certain amount of Toncoin), and then specify two public keys for the TON and Ethereum sides.
Each change in configuration (the number of oracles and their stake) is verified by validators.
⚫️ Oracles must pay since there is no independent inflationary mechanism (like validators) in their activity and it is important to incentivise them to work. For this reason, the commission in the bridge was increased to 5 Toncoin, which is distributed as follows: 3 Toncoin goes to all oracles as payment for their work, and 2 Toncoin goes to pay for transaction gas.”
🖊 Recently, the developers of QubeDAO Network succeeded in launching the first oracle on TON (as mentioned earlier). We wish the project the best of luck in its promotion!
GameFi launchpad TON Play officially goes live.
The platform is ready to onboard gamers and already offers 10 games in the following genres:
▪️ Strategy
▪️ Shooters
▪️ Card games
▪️ Finance simulators.
Meanwhile, to celebrate the launch, TON Play has announced two competitions for gamers:
TON Play Lottery
Playing a game will award you tickets every three minutes. Ticket holders will be able to participate in prize giveaways, which will happen over the next five weeks on Sundays.
TON Play Feedback Contest
Participants of this contest will have to play two games and leave reviews for both of them. Winners will be announced on Jan. 1, 2023.
You can find more information on the contests here:
/channel/tonplayinsider/132
The STON.fi DEX has officially launched.
Yesterday, the TON-based STON.fi decentralized exchange went live.
Users can now trade tokens and become liquidity providers.
The only tokens available for trading are TON, FNZ, and WTON.
It’s important to note that the DEX’s total volume locked, or TVL, surpassed $100,000 only one hour after launching.
Another platform had the pleasure of launching yesterday as well, the DeDust DEX, a decentralized exchange on TON, which we’ll go into further detail soon.
The first TON ambassadors and a new member of the TON Foundation
Today, the TON Foundation announced two public-facing TON evangelists who will oversee communication with key players in the crypto industry and proselytize the largest audience possible for The Open Network’s philosophy.
The two individuals are:
▪️ Tal Kol, co-founder of Orbs Network and a member of TON Society.
▪️ Oleg Andreev, co-founder of crypto wallet Tonkeeper and a core developer at the TON Foundation.
The two ambassadors have experience building products based on TON and other blockchain projects. In April, Orbs became a key investor in the TONcoin.Fund, the ecosystem’s first.
The TON Foundation Board has a new member.
Manuel Stotz, a blockchain technology enthusiast and the founder of Kingsway Capital, is joining TON’s core team. Stotz has already left an invaluable mark on the development of the TON ecosystem, but now, he’ll concentrate on growing it further and strives to attract billions of users to Web3.
Let’s give a warm welcome to the newest member of the TON Foundation Board!
DWF Labs, the leading crypto market maker, invested $10 million in TON Ecosystem. In addition, a total of 50 seed investments are scheduled over the next 12 months. Every investment is designed to accelerate the growth of TON and its projects.
@Telonews_en | Source
Web 3.0 is The Next Big Thing In The Chinese Developer Community
TON Foundation's very first meetup with Chinese developers attracted over 3,200 attendants from both Web 2 and Web 3 communities. Specifically, developers and product managers from Big Tech companies in mainland China were in attendance and had many questions about the TON ecosystem.
TON Foundation's very own Head of Incubation, Investment Associate, and TON Contributor presented everything from onboarding and building on TON to grants and investments landscape.
The meetup was organized by SmartDeer, a major tech talent recruiting agency based in mainland China. Thanks to the group's expertise and experience in holding webinars, the session drew its largest crowd ever and the meeting was live streamed via WeChat.
We are excited to share that TON's vision is being shared across the globe and developers from all walks of life and regions are learning about onboarding onto our ecosystem. As we gear up for more regional specific community events, hackathons, and developer meetups, we encourage aspiring teams/builders to explore the grant opportunities and hackathon sponsorships.
A public discussion about the TON Apps suite
TON Society’s Telegram channel opened a public forum discussing the TON Apps suite, encouraging all users to submit ideas that would enhance the platform.
If you have thoughts about the TON Apps suite, comments, and suggestions, please leave them in the comments section of this post:
/channel/tonsociety/133
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 Nov. 6 to 12 grew from 1,406,699 to 1,421,079 (+1%).
News:
▪️ Telegram officially announced its Fragment platform to its users and mentioned the TON blockchain. Read more.
▪️ Telegram pushed an update allowing users to put up their usernames for sale on the Fragment platform and added the option to assign multiple public names to chats and accounts. Read more.
▪️ TON Society’s Telegram channel opened a public forum discussing the TON Apps suite and encourages all users to submit ideas that would enhance the platform. Read more.
▪️ The TON project was showing off its prowess at TOKEN2049, one of the year’s most major crypto conferences. Read more.
▪️ The first round of results from CertiK’s audit of the TON blockchain was made public. Read more. [You can find CertiK’s results here.]
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!
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 buy and sell domain names in the username.t.me and t.me/username formats.
Telegram emphasized how it has set a new precedent in the history of social media by giving people complete control and ownership rights over their usernames, which are forever recorded on the lightning-fast and scalable TON blockchain.
The launch of Fragment is a boon for The Open Network because it will serve as a gateway to the TON project and the Toncoin cryptocurrency for hundreds of millions of Telegram users.
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 community because Jojo is not only going to discuss Fanzee but also bring up pertinent topics, including TON itself, Web3, and the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies:
▪️ What does mass adoption mean for Fanzee and the TON blockchain?
▪️ What kind of problems are Web3 projects currently dealing with?
▪️ The future outlook for TON.
There will also be a chance for listeners to win 5,000 FNZ tokens during the AMA.
Organizers of the AMA will select the five most thought-provoking questions and gift the five individuals 1,000 FNZ each.
The AMA will be in English.
If you’re curious to learn more about Fanzee or TON, this AMA will be right up your alley! The conversation goes live tomorrow at 16:00 (UTC) on The Daily TON channel.
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 usernames — they appear in search results and can be used outside of Telegram as t.me/username and username.t.me links.
However, unlike standard usernames, collectible usernames can comprise fewer than five characters, meaning accounts can get short names, such as @news or @game.
People can obtain collectible usernames on the Fragment platform.
Meanwhile, the ownership of collectible public usernames is secured by the lightning-fast and scalable TON blockchain.
When reading Telegram’s mention of The Open Network in its update, we get the rewarding feeling that the stars are finally starting to align for us and the ecosystem.
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%).
News:
▪️ Crypto exchange Huobi listed Toncoin for margin trading in the TON/USDT pair. Read more.
▪️ The Orbs network (which we’ve written about here) is offering a grant to developers who can create a needed functionality. Read more.
▪️ After a community vote among validators, the “t.me” domain was added to the root TON DNS smart contract. Read more.
▪️ The Tonscan.org explorer pushed an important update that is going to take TON to the next level. Now, all you have to do is enter the name of a TON service to open its address on the blockchain. Read more.
▪️ The first auction results on the Fragment platform are in: More than 140 Telegram usernames were bought. Read more.
▪️@CryptoBot added payment methods for the Brazilian real, Azerbaijani manat, and Indonesian rupiah. Read more.
▪️ We introduced you to the project accelerator program from the Ton Whales team. Read more.
▪️ Toncoin officially made its way into the top 50 cryptocurrencies on CoinGecko. Read more.
▪️ The TON Community blog ranked first in the number of views on CoinMarketCap for the past week. Read more.
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!
Toncoin has entered the top 50 biggest cryptocurrencies on CoinGecko.
We’re happy to announce that the CoinGecko crypto resource platform has updated Toincoin’s ranking. Now, it is sitting comfortably in 32nd place per its market capitalization, which is worth $2.4 billion and whose daily trading volume is just north of $10.5 million.
In September, Toncoin made it to the top 50 biggest cryptocurrencies of the world on CoinMarketCap, occupying 31st place.
We’re relieved that the TON blockchain’s native cryptocurrency has finally earned its deserved spot among the ranks of the world’s most famous tokens now on the two most important crypto analytics services.
A big Christmas NFT contest to win a carol NFT🥳
To celebrate this holiday season with the TON community, we have partnered up with Opulous to throw the Christmas NFT Contest!
Opulous is a blockchain-based platform that lets you invest in music and earn rewards every time it’s played.
Your task:
1. You are to find (or make) a family Christmas photo or image (format: JPG or PNG) that’s funny, thought-provoking, or simply a new take on taking such photos.
2. Submit your image to this chat or reply to one of the pinned tweets on the TON and Opulous Twitter accounts.
Awards:
1. NFT marketplace Getgems will select the best photo or image, mint it as an NFT on TON, and open an auction, with placing the first bid at $1,000.
2. All qualified submitters will get a chance to win a raffle and receive royalties from a special carol remixed by Star.One via MFTs with Opulous, plus some exclusive accompanying art NFTs (50 editions available).
* Star.One are a UK dance act who have just remixed the song 2 Step for Ed Sheeran.
Schedule:
1. The contest kicks off today, Nov. 28, and ends on Dec. 11 (Sun), 2022, at 23:59 GMT.
2. The winners will be announced on Dec. 16 (Fri), 2022.
Good luck to all participants!
You can find the contest rules on this website.
If you have any questions concerning the contest, drop them in the comments section of this post, and our moderators will answer them.
An official TON token generator
Last week, the TON ecosystem opened its arms to TON Minter, a service developed by the Orbs team that allows users to mint and deploy Jettons on TON. You might have already heard about it since it used to be called Jetton Deployer.
The token generator has been busy lately, undergoing a rebranding, being added to the TON Foundation’s smart contracts, and being added to the ton.org website.
As a result, TON Minter has become an official service for creating altcoins on the TON network.
Minting and launching a Jetton is a streamlined process. Users only need to complete a few quick steps:
1. Navigate to the TON Minter website and connect your TON-based wallet.
2. Set your Jetton’s base parameters: name, ticker symbol, maximum supply, and a logo.
3. Click “Deploy” and pay the network fee.
The newly minted Jettons will be sent to the creator’s address.
Elsewhere in the TON ecosystem is TonHub’s token generator, which also provides a user-friendly experience for creating Jettons.
Providing liquidity on TON DEXs
A few days ago, two decentralized exchanges (DEXs) launched in the TON ecosystem: DeDust DEX and STON.fi.
Users can now become liquidity providers, or LPs, for trading pairs on these exchanges and earn TON from transaction fees as a reward.
Each DEX has published a guide on participating in its liquidity pools:
▪️ LP guide for DeDust.
▪️ LP guide for STON.fi.
If you want to learn what liquidity pools are and why they’re essential, we recommend reading this post.
Please note:
The TON Foundation and TON Community official Telegram channels have nothing to do with the platforms mentioned above. If you invest in crypto products, you thereby incur the risks.
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 Nov. 13 to 20 grew from 1,423,525 to 1,456,235 (+2.3%).
News:
▪️ The TON ecosystem saw two DEXs launch on the same day: STON.fi and DeDust.
▪️ Hardware crypto wallet SafePal announced it would add support for TON by the end of 2022. Read more.
▪️ There was a large online gathering of Chinese developers meeting with TON Foundation representatives. Read more.
▪️ DWF Labs said it would invest $10 million in the TON ecosystem. Read more.
▪️ The TON Foundation named its first two public TON ambassadors. Read more.
▪️ Manuel Stotz, a blockchain technology enthusiast and founder of Kingsway Capital, became the newest member of the TON Foundation. Read more.
▪️ The TON Foundation published its ecosystem development plans for 2023. Read more.
▪️ TON ecosystem developers received some excellent news: Tonhub now allows products to be accessed from within its app extension. Read more.
▪️ TON Society initiated a public discussion on the TON Apps suite. Read more.
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!
The TON Foundation has shared its plans for the ecosystem for 2023.
The TON Foundation published an article discussing TON’s history and the main stages of how the ecosystem was formed, and it also went over development plans for 2023.
TON ecosystem’s priorities:
▪️ Improve the ecosystem and get the most out of its potential.
▪️ Acquire new users (by new and unusual means).
▪️ Develop general network standards and team guidelines.
▪️ More support for developers.
▪️ Develop the remaining Web3 components: Payment Network, TON Proxy, TON Storage, and crosschain bridges.
You can read the original article here:
https://telegra.ph/TON--next-steps-11-16
DWF Labs will invest $10 million in the TON ecosystem.
DWF Labs, a market maker in the blockchain industry and a Web3 investor, became a partner of the TON project.
The company has pledged an investment of $10 million to spur development in the growing TON ecosystem and will assist in creating tokens, market-making, and listing Toncoin on exchanges.
DWF Labs intends to play a key role in increasing the number of users in the TON ecosystem and Toncoin’s daily trading volume.
What’s more, the company will launch an over-the-counter market that will also bring more recognition to Toncoin.
The budding partnership with DWF Labs is but another piece of the grand puzzle in creating the TON decentralized internet and finding avenues through which people can get their hands on Toncoin.
SafePal’s hardware wallet will have added support for Toncoin by the end of 2022.
The popular SafePal S1 hardware wallet will be the first cold-storage device to support the TON network and provide offline Toncoin storage.
SafePal is also currently actively developing open-source code as part of a TON Foundation grant program.
SafePal was introduced at the Binance Launchpad in February 2021 and became the first hardware wallet supported by the Binance cryptocurrency exchange.
Today, the SafePal ecosystem consists of three main services: the software wallet SafePal App, extensions for popular browsers, and a cold-storage device SafePal S1.
The wallet supports 15 languages and over 54 popular blockchains and is trusted by over 6 million users from 196 countries.
The largest cryptocurrency projects in the world, such as Binance Labs, 1inch, PancakeSwap, Uniswap, Nervos, and others are partners of the service.
TON and SafePal S1 will have been integrated by the end of 2022.
Tonhub extensions
TON-based developers received a huge boost thanks to Tonhub allowing all projects in the TON ecosystem to integrate with its wallet.
To create an extension, you need to use a dedicated library prepared by the Ton Whales team for the most seamless integration of products.
Users will be able to use TON-based products directly within the wallet by clicking on a link and confirming the download.
Tonhub plans on integrating the majority of popular products from the TON ecosystem.
For instance, NFT marketplace Getgems has recently completed the development for its web extension, allowing users to buy, sell, and transfer NFTs on the platform from within Tonhub.
Tal Kol’s presentation at TOKEN2049.
Tal Kol, founder of Orbs Network and TON Society contributor, spoke about “The paradox of growing Web2 to Web3 scale” during his keynote presentation at TOKEN2049, held in London on Nov. 8–10.
We are excited to share with you the keynote where TON Ambassador Tal Kol covered TON, Web3, and Orbs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqoqt1b4h2k
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 analyses.
A few days ago, the audit’s initial report of TON’s core (catchain), system smart contracts, and smart contracts of vesting wallets was released.
The audit confirmed TON’s bulletproof nature but uncovered some non-critical flaws, which were promptly addressed and fixed.
Part of CertiK’s audit was to learn and research a brand-new blockchain and unique programming language in FunC. Now, any project based on TON can get an audit from the platform.
Moreover, CoinMarketCap added the “Audits” tab to Toncoin’s page, where users can go to CertiK’s audit and read the report’s findings.
We’ll sign off today by reminding everyone about the Bug Bounty program, which offers up to $100,000 for found vulnerabilities on the TON blockchain.
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 started, you need to convert regular “non-collectibles” into “TON collectibles” and open your auction.
For more details, you can follow Frament’s official guide:
https://fragment.com/about
The CAT project has also put together a guide to ensure your experience goes smoothly — you can find it below:
https://blog.ton.cat/fragment
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 10.
The large-scale event centers around bringing together the industry’s brightest minds, including entrepreneurs, blockchain founders, investors, developers, and mainstream social media representatives.
Tal Kol, founder of Orbs Network, a ton.org contributor, and a member of TON Society, will speak about “The paradox of growing Web2 to Web3 scale” during his keynote presentation at Token2049 and introduce the audience to the TON blockchain, its progressive Web3 technologies, and its bold plans to create the internet of the future.
Many household names in the crypto industry have graced the conference in the past, including:
▪️ Vitalik Buterin (co-founder of Ethereum)
▪️ Bill Barhydt (founder and CEO of Abra)
▪️ Charles Hoskinson (founder of Cardano)
▪️ Charlie Lee (creator of Litecoin)
And many more.
The conference organizers are expecting over 2,500 people and 100 journalists to be in attendance, meaning more people are going to behold the true power of the TON blockchain in real-time and spread the good word even further.
✔️ 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 recent update, tonscan.org has become even more convenient: now, users can see whether the TON address has any jettons or not.
⚫️ In addition, the explorer recently started displaying wallet names while searching. It means you do not need to know the address of the NFT collection or some wallet to find it. Just enter its name in the search box on the site. We are glad to see that one of the most user-friendly explorers on The Open Network keeps updating quite often.
⚫️ If you want to make your user experience even better, we recommend downloading our Chrome extension. Enjoy using your local address book as well as expanding the TON database on GitHub. Tonscanplus is available there.
🆕 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 buy and sell USDT, BTC, ETH, TON, BNB using our peer-to-peer Market.
We have also added new payment methods for existing currencies such as OlduBil for TRY, Bank CenterCredit for KZT and A-Bank for UAH.
To create a new offer with these payment methods and new currencies, go to Market and tap ’Create Offer‘.
Accelerator project from the 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’ accelerator program.
TonWhales is prepared to offer financial and advisory support to projects (either already operational or finding themselves in the early stages) that stand out as the best blockchain specialists and experienced product creators on TON.
Projects wanting to apply to the program must understand who the product is for and why it needs to be developed:
1. What problem does your project solve, and how?
2. How much funding is needed to bring the project to fruition?
3. Why have you chosen this much funding instead of another number?
If you can answer these questions easily, TonWhales will be happy to review your project and help with its development.
If you want to apply, you must go to the TonWhales Club website and fill out a simple form, after which a representative will get a hold of you.
Please note that applications are only available to members of the TonWhales Club.