π The AI Hackathon review period has been extended until April 3.
The results exceeded all expectations: over 160 submissions, 4x the previous contest.
The volume and variety of projects submitted have genuinely impressed us. A strong mix of thoughtful, creative, and technically impressive work from across the ecosystem.
We definitely didnβt expect that. So, we are extending the review period to April 3 to ensure we have enough time to review every submission thoroughly.
While you wait, two new features just dropped on the Identity platform:
πΉMakers. Add your teammates to submission. Everyone gets the participation badge.
πΉComments. Talk about projects. Feedback, questions, discussion, all on submission pages.
Thank you for the energy, creativity, and effort you brought to this hackathon.
Keep building! β¨π
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The results exceeded all expectations: over 160 submissions, 4x the previous contest.
The volume and variety of projects submitted have genuinely impressed us. A strong mix of thoughtful, creative, and technically impressive work from across the ecosystem.
We definitely didnβt expect that. So, we are extending the review period to April 3 to ensure we have enough time to review every submission thoroughly.
While you wait, two new features just dropped on the Identity platform:
πΉMakers. Add your teammates to submission. Everyone gets the participation badge.
πΉComments. Talk about projects. Feedback, questions, discussion, all on submission pages.
Thank you for the energy, creativity, and effort you brought to this hackathon.
Keep building! β¨π
TON Community | TON Builders | TON Dev News | TON Hubs | X | YouTube | LinkedIn | TON.org
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What does real growth in the US actually look like for TON?
Beyond awareness, itβs about turning distribution into a system that works:
community β builders β partnerships β adoption
With @moontrips - TON US Hub Lead and Ankit Raj, General Partner of Not Alone , weβll break down whatβs working, whatβs not, and how ecosystem growth becomes repeatable.
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Sub-Second mainnet activation starts
The public bug bounty contest for the TON Sub-Second update has been completed.
We thank all participants for their work and valuable feedback. The corresponding changes have already been applied to the codebase. No major consensus changes were required.
The final contest results and reward distribution will be announced later.
This contest was the final stage of testing before mainnet activation. Prior to that, the update had already passed internal testing by TON Core and extended testing in testnet.
We are now starting the activation of the Sub-Second update in TON mainnet.
For additional reliability, activation will be performed in 3 stages:
Update plan:
March 31 (today): Upgrade validator nodes to the version supporting the latest consensus changes.
April 2: Vote to activate the new consensus on the basechain and enable a moderate block rate increase.
April 7: Vote to fully activate fast consensus on both the basechain and masterchain and then upgrade validator nodes.
The Sub-Second update is a major protocol upgrade comprising a substantial number of changes.
Despite comprehensive testing, validators are advised to maintain heightened operational readiness during the next two weeks, from March 31 to April 12.
The TON Core team will remain available throughout the deployment and is prepared to respond promptly to any situations.
The public bug bounty contest for the TON Sub-Second update has been completed.
We thank all participants for their work and valuable feedback. The corresponding changes have already been applied to the codebase. No major consensus changes were required.
The final contest results and reward distribution will be announced later.
This contest was the final stage of testing before mainnet activation. Prior to that, the update had already passed internal testing by TON Core and extended testing in testnet.
We are now starting the activation of the Sub-Second update in TON mainnet.
For additional reliability, activation will be performed in 3 stages:
Update plan:
March 31 (today): Upgrade validator nodes to the version supporting the latest consensus changes.
April 2: Vote to activate the new consensus on the basechain and enable a moderate block rate increase.
April 7: Vote to fully activate fast consensus on both the basechain and masterchain and then upgrade validator nodes.
The Sub-Second update is a major protocol upgrade comprising a substantial number of changes.
Despite comprehensive testing, validators are advised to maintain heightened operational readiness during the next two weeks, from March 31 to April 12.
The TON Core team will remain available throughout the deployment and is prepared to respond promptly to any situations.
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π Building financial products inside Telegram just got faster
Dynamic and Fireblocks launched native embedded wallet support for TON. Developers can now ship payment apps, trading platforms, and commerce experiences without building wallet infrastructure from scratch.
β Users get a fully functional TON wallet on sign-up automatically
β No wallet contract management
β Enterprise-grade custody backing 550M+ wallets across 2,400+ institutions
If you're building financial products inside Telegram, the infrastructure to match that scale is ready.
π Read more
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Dynamic and Fireblocks launched native embedded wallet support for TON. Developers can now ship payment apps, trading platforms, and commerce experiences without building wallet infrastructure from scratch.
β Users get a fully functional TON wallet on sign-up automatically
β No wallet contract management
β Enterprise-grade custody backing 550M+ wallets across 2,400+ institutions
If you're building financial products inside Telegram, the infrastructure to match that scale is ready.
π Read more
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TON Community
Building or growing in the US? This episode of TON Real Talk is for you! πͺ
See you on Thursday, 4pm UTCποΈ
See you on Thursday, 4pm UTC
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Identity is the trust layer for the TON ecosystem.π
It turns public ecosystem activity into reputation by analyzing signals such as code, wallets, badges, and social presence, helping make contribution and credibility more visible across TON.
Now Identity has released Launches, a new discovery section for products building in the ecosystem.
β¨ The first Launches cohort is now live with 16 projects
How it works:
β’ users clap for the projects they like
β’ clap budget is tied to Identity reputation
β’ top projects earn permanent badges on Identity at the end of the week
This makes discovery more transparent and gives more weight to real ecosystem contribution.
β¨ Projects in the first cohort include:
β’ OmniMarket β prediction markets for Telegram communities
β’ EdChess β play chess and earn TON
β’ Toncenter SDK β AI-ready Python SDK for TON
β’ TON Agent Platform β no-code AI agents in Telegram
β’ TON Bridge β cross-chain liquidity for TON
β’ ENACT Protocol β on-chain escrow for AI agent payments
β’ Catallaxy β decentralized agents marketplace
β’ TeleGifts β AI-powered Telegram Gifts analytics and swaps
β’ Hash2Cash β Bitcoin mining based on RWA
β’ ODROB β financial layer for agents
β’ Rolls β PvP game with Telegram NFT gifts
β’ mena β P2P atomic asset exchange on TON
β’ Swift Gifts β Telegram Gifts aggregator
β’ TonGo β .ton DNS lookup service
β’ Watchi β AI focus coach with streaks and ambient sounds
β’ MOLVA β social game on TON
π Check out the cohort and vote for your favorites
β‘Rankings close on Sunday.
π Read more about how Launches work
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It turns public ecosystem activity into reputation by analyzing signals such as code, wallets, badges, and social presence, helping make contribution and credibility more visible across TON.
Now Identity has released Launches, a new discovery section for products building in the ecosystem.
β¨ The first Launches cohort is now live with 16 projects
How it works:
β’ users clap for the projects they like
β’ clap budget is tied to Identity reputation
β’ top projects earn permanent badges on Identity at the end of the week
This makes discovery more transparent and gives more weight to real ecosystem contribution.
β¨ Projects in the first cohort include:
β’ OmniMarket β prediction markets for Telegram communities
β’ EdChess β play chess and earn TON
β’ Toncenter SDK β AI-ready Python SDK for TON
β’ TON Agent Platform β no-code AI agents in Telegram
β’ TON Bridge β cross-chain liquidity for TON
β’ ENACT Protocol β on-chain escrow for AI agent payments
β’ Catallaxy β decentralized agents marketplace
β’ TeleGifts β AI-powered Telegram Gifts analytics and swaps
β’ Hash2Cash β Bitcoin mining based on RWA
β’ ODROB β financial layer for agents
β’ Rolls β PvP game with Telegram NFT gifts
β’ mena β P2P atomic asset exchange on TON
β’ Swift Gifts β Telegram Gifts aggregator
β’ TonGo β .ton DNS lookup service
β’ Watchi β AI focus coach with streaks and ambient sounds
β’ MOLVA β social game on TON
π Check out the cohort and vote for your favorites
β‘Rankings close on Sunday.
π Read more about how Launches work
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TON Core has announced the mainnet rollout of the Sub-Second upgrade.
This is a consensus upgrade designed to move TON toward sub-second finality and bring on-chain UX closer to Web2 responsiveness.
Rollout plan:
π March 31: Validators upgrade nodes to the version supporting the latest consensus changes
π April 2: Validators vote to activate the new consensus on the basechain and enable a moderate block rate increase
π April 7: Validators vote to fully activate fast consensus on both the basechain and masterchain
π Full announcement
π Instructions for validators and apps
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This week: Driving Growth in the US πΊπΈ
What does real growth actually look like for TON?
Beyond awareness, itβs about building a system that works:
community β builders β partnerships β adoption
With @moontrips (TON US Hub Lead), Ankit Raj and Clement Chaikov (Not Alone), breaking down whatβs working, whatβs not, and how growth becomes repeatable.
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GM TON Communityπͺ
We're putting together a post about different wallets on TON!
But the real question is β Which one do you like the most?
Whatβs your favorite feature, and why do you love it?
Let us know in the replies below πβ¬οΈ
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We're putting together a post about different wallets on TON!
But the real question is β Which one do you like the most?
Whatβs your favorite feature, and why do you love it?
Let us know in the replies below πβ¬οΈ
β‘οΈBOOST
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Catchain 2.0 activation is underway
TON validators are voting to fully activate Catchain 2.0, a consensus upgrade that brings sub-second finality to the network.
The first phase has been live since April 2. Today, at 14:00 UTC, the final vote started to cut block times to 400 ms across the entire network.
To activate the upgrade, validators vote on-chain. The proposal needs support from at least 75% of validators (by stake weight) across two validation rounds, roughly 36 hours.
π Track the voting here
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TON validators are voting to fully activate Catchain 2.0, a consensus upgrade that brings sub-second finality to the network.
The first phase has been live since April 2. Today, at 14:00 UTC, the final vote started to cut block times to 400 ms across the entire network.
To activate the upgrade, validators vote on-chain. The proposal needs support from at least 75% of validators (by stake weight) across two validation rounds, roughly 36 hours.
π Track the voting here
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Mainnet Validator Software Update [v2026.04]
Please update your node software (see "Target versions") and vote for full Catchain 2.0 activation:
Update with mytonctrl:
update master
upgrade master
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Please update your node software (see "Target versions") and vote for full Catchain 2.0 activation:
Update with mytonctrl:
update master
upgrade master
vo 1058916228213593451750527729822832779717238742565145β¦
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Next step: cut the already low transaction fees by 6Γ.
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We regularly see headlines about DeFi protocols getting hit: losing millions, users losing funds, projects shutting down. Thatβs exactly why security has always been one of the core priorities behind Storm Trade.
Yesterday, April 21, Stormβs infrastructure was targeted by a large-scale coordinated attack. The attacker compromised part of the infrastructure services, including the oracle subsystem, and attempted to manipulate asset prices.
The objective was clear β to drain funds from the protocol as quickly as possible. This is the exact scenario that has impacted dozens of projects across the industry.
However, Storm Trade was prepared for this.
Our monitoring systems detected abnormal activity at an early stage, and the team immediately paused the protocol before the attack could cause significant damage.
Confirmed damage is less than 2,000 TON (under 0.03% of TVL).
For context, similar attacks in the market have led to losses ranging from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of millions of dollars. In our case, a multi-layered security architecture allowed us to contain the incident with minimal impact, fully covered by internal buffers.
What you need to know now:
Your funds are safe and protected by multisig.
β’ The TON Foundation has been notified, and next steps are being coordinated jointly.
β’ Withdrawals from vaults and unstaking are temporarily available via SDK (a user-friendly UI is already in development).
β’ Funds in open positions remain within the protocol and are fully protected. We will provide a transparent mechanism for returning them to users.
β’ The protocol will resume operations after a full incident investigation, an independent security audit, and a complete infrastructure rebuild.
Whatβs next: Today, the entire team is focused on one thing β bringing Storm back stronger, more resilient, and more secure than ever.
This incident proved the most important point: Storm Trade withstood a serious attack and validated the effectiveness of its multi-layered security system, combining technical safeguards, economic constraints, and real-time monitoring.
Thank you to everyone who stays with us.
Your Storm Trade team
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π The TON blockchain just got upgraded and is now 10Γ faster.
β‘οΈ Block rate increased 6Γ.
β± Transactions are now instant, subsecond.
πͺ This was step 1 of 7 to Make TON Great Again (MTONGA).
Next step: cut the already low transaction fees by 6Γ. βοΈ
β‘οΈ Block rate increased 6Γ.
β± Transactions are now instant, subsecond.
πͺ This was step 1 of 7 to Make TON Great Again (MTONGA).
Next step: cut the already low transaction fees by 6Γ. βοΈ
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Blockchain Fee Reduction
The TON Core team has prepared a blockchain update to reduce fees by 6x, in line with Pavel Durovβs MTONGA plan.
This update includes:
1) Performance improvements
The previous Sub-Second update improved not only operation speed but also overall blockchain performance, making a fee reduction possible. Since then, additional optimizations and performance improvements have also been implemented, including a new mempool based on a persistent Cartesian tree.
2) Fixes
In addition to performance improvements, this update will include fixes for issues identified on mainnet after the Sub-Second release. In particular, it addresses loss of synchronization on some liteservers and rare block rate instability.
Planned Schedule:
April 28, 2026 12:00 UTC β Validator software update.
April 30, 2026 13:00 UTC β Vote to lower gas prices in the blockchain configuration.
Lower fees are important for the next stages of the MTONGA plan. Since fees do not constitute a significant portion of validator rewards, validator rewards are expected to decrease by less than 0.4%.
Mainnet validator operators are asked to be prepared to update their software on 28 April and to participate in the vote on 30 April.
The TON Core team has prepared a blockchain update to reduce fees by 6x, in line with Pavel Durovβs MTONGA plan.
This update includes:
1) Performance improvements
The previous Sub-Second update improved not only operation speed but also overall blockchain performance, making a fee reduction possible. Since then, additional optimizations and performance improvements have also been implemented, including a new mempool based on a persistent Cartesian tree.
2) Fixes
In addition to performance improvements, this update will include fixes for issues identified on mainnet after the Sub-Second release. In particular, it addresses loss of synchronization on some liteservers and rare block rate instability.
Planned Schedule:
April 28, 2026 12:00 UTC β Validator software update.
April 30, 2026 13:00 UTC β Vote to lower gas prices in the blockchain configuration.
Lower fees are important for the next stages of the MTONGA plan. Since fees do not constitute a significant portion of validator rewards, validator rewards are expected to decrease by less than 0.4%.
Mainnet validator operators are asked to be prepared to update their software on 28 April and to participate in the vote on 30 April.
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Blockchain Fee Reduction The TON Core team has prepared a blockchain update to reduce fees by 6x, in line with Pavel Durovβs MTONGA plan. This update includes: 1) Performance improvements The previous Sub-Second update improved not only operation speedβ¦
Voting by validators on reducing network fees has begun
Validators, please participate in the vote.
Follow the voting progress here.
Validators, please participate in the vote.
Follow the voting progress here.
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Mainnet validators
Please take part in the voting for network config adjustment.
Details of updates are given above.
1. Check that your validator software is on the latest version: commit 591b34d.
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Please take part in the voting for network config adjustment.
Details of updates are given above.
1. Check that your validator software is on the latest version: commit 591b34d.
If you use mytonctrl, please vote for proposal via
voβ¦
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Forwarded from Pavel Durov (Pavel Durov)
Next step β Telegram replaces the TON Foundation as the driving force behind TON and becomes its largest validator.
𧩠New ton.org, new dev tools, new performance upgrades.
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