​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 May 15 to 21 grew from 575,413 to 609,551 (+5.9%).

News:

— Crypto exchanges MEXC and DigiFinex listed Toncoin.

— The Unocoin crypto exchange listed Toncoin, giving Indians the opportunity to buy Toncoin with rupees.

— TON’s official ton.org site added a Careers section where projects based on The Open Network can post job openings.

— TON also launched another event with the DigiFinex crypto exchange, whose total prize fund is 3,125 Toncoin.

— We found out about some scams in the TON NFT realm. We kindly ask you to go over our rules for digital safety so you can avoid falling victim to scammers.

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!

​Announcing a trading contest on MEXC Global.

We’re excited to announce the start of an event in collaboration with crypto exchange MEXC, whose total prize pool will be 6,165 Toncoin.

To participate in the event, you have to meet a few simple requirements:

1. Create an account on the MEXC crypto exchange and complete the KYC procedure.

2. Make a trade of at least 300 Tether (USDT) in the TON/USDT pair during the event.

The prize pool will be divvied up in the following manner:

Participants whose trading volume exceeds 20,000 USDT will share more than half of the funds from the event’s total prize pool — 4,800 Toncoin.

The remaining participants will share 1,365 Toncoin according to their trading volumes.

The contest has already started and will end on May 26 at 19:00 (MSK).

You can find the prize rubric and more information about the contest here:
https://support.mexc.com/hc/en-001/articles/6701262691097

Good luck to all participants!

20 days left to mine the remaining Toncoin.

A minor update was given to the TON Apps suite: A timer counting down the time until the last TON will be mined was added to the suite’s webpage.

For users who want to participate in the final stages of Toncoin mining, we recommend you go to the How to mine section on The Open Network’s official website.

We’re continuing our search for a community manager.

We kicked off a contest for community managers at the beginning of May, and the first stage ended on May 20.

However, many participants have requested a deadline extension; therefore, we compromised and gave everyone an extra month to complete the tasks for the first stage. We’ll be collecting submissions up until May 31.

Please note that some tasks are now no longer necessary.

You can find more information and details here:
https://telegra.ph/TON-Community-Management-Contest-05-06

​Crypto exchange Bit.com is offering 200% APY for Toncoin deposits.

We’re pleased to announce that the Bit.com crypto exchange now supports The Open Network blockchain.

To celebrate this moment, Bit.com is hosting an event: Starting today, Toncoin holders can deposit their tokens on the exchange to earn 200% APY for up to eight days.

To participate in the offer, you’ll need to complete the following steps:

1. Go to this page and download the Bit.com mobile app.
2. Create an account on the exchange and pass the KYC verification.
3. Deposit at least 15 Toncoin. Important: When you’re about to send Toncoin, don't forget to include the memo note in your transaction; otherwise, your tokens won't be sent.
4. Go to the “Earn” section in the app.
5. Select “Event Exclusive 200% TONCOIN.”
6. Transfer your Toncoin.

Your Toncoin will be earning 200% APY for a maximum of eight days. Once the deposit’s time has elapsed, your Toncoin and the earned interest will be transferred back to your wallet on the exchange.

Users participating in this event are limited to only one deposit.

Please note that this is a limited-time offer.

You can find more details on the contest’s web page:
https://support.bit.com/hc/en-us/articles/6871690608153

TON Guide on MEXC Crypto Exchange

We made a comprehensive guide for you on MEXC tools:

— How to buy Toncoin on the MEXC;
— How to deposit Toncoin to MEXC wallet;
— Instruction on perpetual swaps at MEXC crypto exchange.

Follow this link:

https://ton-telegram.network/gram-cryptocurrency-ton/toncoin-usdt-perpetual-swaps-mexc/

Remember that investing in cryptocurrencies comes with risks, especially if you use leverage. So we don't recommend using perpetual swaps for beginners. Start your acquaintance with TON with leverage-free trading.

@givemetons

Matrixport launches custody and savings products for TON.

Asian crypto finance platform Matrixport has listed Toncoin in the TON/USDT pair and will support the TON blockchain.

Matrixport offers its users a wide range of innovative savings products and financial services connected with cryptocurrencies — e.g., institutional custodian Cactus Custody belongs to the company.

At the beginning of spring, The Open Network and institutional custody platform Matrixport announced the beginning of a strategic partnership. We’re proud that Toncoin will be fully available on the company’s trading platform.

Matrixport is a spinoff of Bitmain, one of the largest crypto mining equipment manufacturers in the world, and Jihan Wu, founder of Bitmain, is a managing partner at Matrixport.

Founded in Singapore in 2019, the exchange has since accomplished outstanding results, and today, its valuation sits at over $1 billion.

The monthly trading volume on the exchange reaches $5 billion, and it has $10 billion in assets under management.

Throughout its existence, the platform has attracted investments from major international funds, such as DST Global, C Ventures, and K3 Ventures.

A short time ago, Matrixport launched a financial product for Toncoin holders, about which we’ll tell you shortly.

You can download the platform’s mobile app here:
https://www.matrixport.com/

Staking Toncoin on Matrixport.

Institutional custody platform Matrixport has developed a financial product dedicated to members of the TON community.

What’s offered is flexible staking: Toncoin holders can deposit their tokens on Matrixport’s exchange and earn 5%–12% APY.

To participate, you have to complete the following steps:

1. Download the Matrixport mobile app from this site.
2. Create an account and complete the KYC verification process. If you already have an account on the Bit.com crypto exchange, you don’t have to create a new account on Matrixport.
3. Go to the “Wallet” section in the app and deposit the required amount of Toncoin.
4. Go to the “Staking” section and select “TON Staking to Earn.”
5. Click “Stake” and deposit your Toncoin to start staking.

While Bit.com’s 200% APY promotion requires tokens to stay deposited for a fixed period of time, Matrixport’s product is flexible. Deposits can be withdrawn at any time. This is an example of fixed conditions and a set timetable for your Toncoin.

You can find more information on this product in Matrixport’s mobile app in the “Staking” section.

​TON staking continues to develop.

In Q1 of this year, the TON ecosystem started seeing the first centralized and decentralized staking pools and nominator pools.

The TonWhales team was the first to launch smart contract staking, and users have already deposited 7.5 million Toncoin into it.

We’re happy to announce that the developers at the TON Foundation have completed the testing of a smart contract that will allow any validator to launch decentralized staking pools independently.

The smart contract is integrated into the mytonctrl tool, which most network validators use.

The smart contract’s source code has already been published earlier, and ecosystem developers have already released an array of useful services for staking.

For instance, the TON Scan team has integrated a dashboard for staking pools into its explorer, meaning Tonscan.org now provides statistics for pools and information on their deposits.

Meanwhile, a team of enthusiasts has launched the Tonvalidators.org service.

The service is a catalog where a comprehensive list of pool nominators will be published, and Toncoin holders will be able to choose into which pool to deposit their tokens.

Validators can add their pool to the catalog by sending submissions to a dedicated bot.

Every pool launched on this smart contract with the proper configuration will be added to the Tonvalidators.org service.

The Tonvalidators.org website is expecting a dozen or so pools to be listed shortly, and community members will be able to stake their tokens and receive rewards.

The CAT Telegram channel has put together a guide on Toncoin staking that you can find here: https://blog.ton.cat/how-to-stake/

The first staking pools on tonvalidators.org.

It’s a pleasure to announce that over the past 24 hours, validators have posted 28 new staking pools in the tonvalidators.org catalog, about which we told you a little yesterday.

We have to mention that currently, the smart contract from the TON Foundation can only accept deposits of at least 10,000 Toncoin; however, developers promise to decrease the minimum amount in the future.

Revenue sharing structure:

40% of the income from validation goes to the validator and 60% to the nominators, which gives depositors around 7% APY at the time of publishing.

We’ll explain why the revenue sharing is structured this way.

As you know, validators provide work for The Open Network. High computational equipment is required to launch a validator, and it costs a steep price just to buy and maintain it.

Any lower APY would force validators to set up their servers in cheap data centers, which would negatively reflect on the network because it’s vital to any blockchain for its validator nodes to be located in as many different locations and data centers as possible.

TON Nominator pools have low risk, and their certain guaranteed income looks enticing compared to other alternatives.

We encourage you to visit the catalog on tonvalidators.org and read the guide on how to use staking pools:
https://blog.ton.cat/how-to-stake/

​Announcing the Launch of Official Grants & Sponsorships Program 🎉

Over the past few months, we have received questions from various teams regarding TON Foundation's support for teams looking to build apps and sponsor events. We heard the community loud and clear, and we are excited to announce the launch of the grants & sponsorships pages on ton.org:

💡 Grant Program supports open-source projects that contribute to the public good and the advancement of the ecosystem. Refer to: ton.org/grants

💎 Sponsorship Program supports community-building events and looks to sponsor contributors actively expanding the ecosystem via events, hackathons, training programs, and more. Refer to: ton.org/sponsorships

🔦 TON Ideas Hunt seeks to receive input regarding TON grant ideas and potential improvements to the programs. Refer to: ton.org/grants

Applicants can submit via web-form (ton.org/grants) or @tonfunding_bot.

TON Foundation allocated 170M tokens for the program. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and results will be published regularly via announcements and blog posts. Projects previously submitted via ton.org/community will be considered, but we encourage teams to cross-check against the new requirements. Also, stay tuned for Getgems announcement of a grant program in favour of developing the TON NFT community experience.

We look forward to unique ideas from the community and supporting ecosystem growth!

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 May 22 to 28 grew from 614,883 to 644,817 (+4.9%).

News:

— TON Grant and Sponsorship programs were launched to support founders, builders, and community developers.

— Tonvalidators.org launched. It’s a catalog of decentralized staking pools where TON blockchain users can deposit their Toncoin.

— Crypto exchange MEXC hosted a trading contest for Toncoin holders with a total prize fund of 6,165 Toncoin.

— The remaining TON will be mined in 18 days. There’s now a timer counting down the days in the TON Apps suite.

— The Community Manager contest is still ongoing.

— Crypto exchange Bit.com launched a limited-time offer: Toncoin holders can deposit their tokens and earn 200% APY.

— Asian institutional custody platform Matrixport added support for the TON blockchain.

— Matrixport also launched flexible Toncoin staking: Tokenholders can make deposits and earn 5%–12% APY.

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!

Technical maintenance on the OKX crypto exchange.

We must inform you that at the moment, Toncoin withdrawals from the OKX crypto exchange are unavailable.

The problem is related to technical issues on the exchange, along with a transition to a new mechanism of sending cryptocurrencies.

OKX employees have reached out to the TON Foundation for additional help to solve this problem. Right now, a team comprising specialists from both sides is all hands on deck to rectify this technical issue as soon as possible.

OKX does not have a set timetable, but we believe the issue will be resolved in the next few days. We’ll notify you as soon as there are new developments.

However, Toncoin deposits are operating as usual.

NFTs in Tonkeeper

Today, Tonkeeper unveiled a new update that includes comprehensive support for nonfungible tokens (NFT) on TON.

Now all NFTs can be viewed in a separate tab, and users can conduct transactions right from the app: transferring NFTs via links and QR codes and trading them using the Getgems marketplace.

TON Connect also received an update. It now allows users to log in to Tonkeeper and link NFTs to third-party services.

Simply put, the updated Tonkeeper 2.3 offers a full-featured, intuitive interface providing easy interaction with NFTs.

We have nothing but praise for the Tonkeeper team for this great achievement.

You can find more information on Tonkeeper 2.3 here:
https://tg-me.sbs/tonkeeper/13

In addition, during the month of June Tonkeeper and Getgems will run a series of NFT giveaways. Stay tuned!

​Depositing Toncoin safely onto crypto exchanges.

We’ve noticed that some users have had trouble depositing Toncoin onto different crypto exchanges and want to bring your attention to a critical moment when depositing Toncoin:

Don’t forget the MEMO.

A memo (or sometimes called a “tag”) is a comment attached to a crypto transaction that is necessary to ensure the successful transfer of funds.

It’s common for crypto exchanges to require deposits with a short text or line of digits as a memo.

We kindly ask you to be attentive. If you want to deposit Toncoin on an exchange that requires a memo, you must enter the memo when sending tokens from your wallet.

Otherwise, you risk losing your Toncoin forever.

For example, we’d like to note that crypto exchanges MEXC, Bit.com, Matrixport, and DigiFinex — all of which are in the middle of hosting special Toncoin events — require to enter a memo when depositing Toncoin.

To see a clear example of what a memo looks like, you can go to the “How to deposit TON on MEXC” section on MEXC’s site to find a guide that explains everything step-by-step.

We’ve also put together a list of official guides for the exchanges mentioned above:

— How to deposit crypto on MEXC.
— How to deposit Toncoin on DigiFinex.
— How to deposit crypto on Bit.com.
— How to deposit crypto on Matrixport.

An update to the ton.org site.

The Open Network’s official website has a new section called “Where to buy Toncoin,” where you can find the most common ways to buy the token.

You can also find the complete list of ways to obtain Toncoin in the TON Apps suite.

​NFT contest on Getgems.

NFT marketplace Getgems and crypto wallet app Tonkeeper are launching a collaborative event, giving away rare NFTs from popular collections based on TON.

To participate in the giveaway, you have to complete the following steps:

1. Open the @GetgemsNftBot Telegram bot.
2. Send your Tonkeeper wallet address to the bot.
3. Subscribe to Getgems’ official Telegram channel and await contest results.

On June 8, you’ll receive an NFT representing a ticket to participate in the event.

For one month, ticketholders will be eligible for four events (listed below). A winner will be randomly chosen for each event (round) and receive an NFT from a popular collection.

1st round: G-Bots
2nd round: Rich Cats
3rd round: Animals Red List
4th round: TON Punks

The giveaway event will also see participation from Tegro Dog, TON Doodles, TON Ducks, and Mutant Toadz, which are giving away NFTs as well.

Please note that you only need one NFT ticket to participate in all four events. You don’t need additional tickets.

Also, keep in mind that you can join the event at any time — just send your Tonkeeper wallet address to the bot mentioned above, and the NFT ticket will be sent to your wallet 24 hours before the next event.

You can find more information on these events on Getgems’ official Telegram channel:
https://tg-me.sbs/getgems/93

The first week’s results will be tabulated and published on June 9 on this channel and Getgems’.

NFTs are our way of fighting for property rights.

The TON Foundation published an article dedicated to the potential of NFT technology. We encourage everyone to read it:

https://telegra.ph/NFTs-are-our-way-to-fight-for-property-rights-06-04

​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 May 29 to June 4 grew from 647,689 to 673,342 (+4.0%).

News:

— NFT marketplace Getgems and crypto wallet app Tonkeeper began a big NFT giveaway event of popular collections based on TON.

— Tonkeeper released an important update and now supports TON-based NFTs.

— The official TON Grants & Sponsorships Program was launched.

— We published an important reminder called “Don’t forget the MEMO,” which we encourage crypto exchange users to read before the next time they deposit Toncoin.

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!

Scam attempts in NFT market

Recently more and more users face scammers while trying to buy NFTs, especially during presales that are held in Telegram bots. Here are some tips on how not to lose your money.

1. Check if the dialogue is real

Scammers often create personal accounts that look similar to the real channels or bots, it can have a similar profile image and description, but their username ID is different or missing. Scammers can add some additional characters there. Make sure whether it is a real channel or bot by searching this „channel“ name in Telegram. If it duplicates with other channels, it is definitely a scam. And don’t forget to scroll messages in the dialogue to ensure if there are posts from another date.

2. Don’t trust the very, very last presales and low prices at first sight

Regularly scammers try to manipulate you due to lack of time. They usually write things like “It’s a last chance to get NFT for such a low price!” or something like that. In a hurry, you can forget to check if the offer is real. Don’t do it! Of course, even the real NFT collections can offer very low prices one day, however, don’t forget to spend a few seconds to verify such discounts.

3. Checking out NFT’s collection wallet

Generally, scammers post the address of their TON wallet, and it is a great chance to check if it is a real account or not. Large collections that have already made presales will have a lot of TON on their wallets. You can check it by entering the address in any explorer, for example, Tonscan.

Be careful with your funds!

Interview with Anatoly Makosov, a dev at the TON Foundation.

In February, we interviewed Anatoly Makosov, one of the core developers at the TON Foundation.

We published Part 1 of the interview back then, but today, we’re giving you Part 2.

You can read the interview here:
https://telegra.ph/Interview-with-Anatoliy-Makosov-Part-2-06-09