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2022-05-31 21:07:56 Official smart-contract of staking

All TON community has been waiting for ages when it will be implemented. The deadline of its release was postponed for whole quarter due to changes of priorities of development of TON Foundation in favor of NFT smart-contract, and now it’s finally ready.

In brief, it has the following conditions:

1. Current validators’ yield is approximately 13%;
2. The official smart-contract divide it in 60 to 40 proportion, where nominator gets 60% and validator gets 40%. Thus, annual percentage rate of nominator is near 7%.

Such a big commission to validator can be explained by the willingness of TON Foundation to provide validator with more money for paying a high-quality hosting that will guarantee stability of exact validator and the Network at whole. Besides, there is a limitation in each validator: only 40 slots for nominators and the minimal sum of deposit is 10 000 TON.

We have already an unofficial catalogue of validators where you can see who propose their services of staking TONs exactly on the smart-contract from TON Foundation.

Generally, in other blockchains such ratings are usually sorted by two main criteria of validator’s efficiency:
- the amount of their commission (how much from total revenue they will leave for nominator);
- failure resistance (how may times it has broken down) because in POS-consensuses validators get fines for their nodes’ refusals. At most, this fine is taken from their personal stake but affects little percentage of nominators’ stake who deposited funds there as well.

From this the whole economic efficiency of your funds is composited.

Considering that in TON Foundation’s smart-contract the size of commission is fixed and in unofficial catalogue there are no such parameter as failure resistance, in general you have no options. Everything is absolutely the same and the only thing you can orientate on is the amount of stake that lies in certain validator. It can witness to some extent it’s authority.

And now the main question: why staking by TON Whales with their unofficial smart-contract gives bigger yield (11%)?

The answer is simple: because it’s decentralized market and everyone can launch their staking. Especially taking into account inflexibility of the official smart-contract.

Whales propose staking with few clicks through their own wallet TON HUB. The minimal amount of deposit is 50 TON (contrary 10 000 TON from the officials).

The only disadvantage of Whales’ staking – it’s not a full decentralization of the contract. There is so called set-code in it’s code. The creators can edit it, therefore in theory assign the funds of their nominators. But it’s worth reminding that Whales reserved the bank of 1 million TON (now they have 7,5 mln TON in their validator) as a guarantee of their integrity. The Bank is kept by the TON Foundation as an insurance.

So, standard dilemma: more convenient and profitable Whales staking contrary more secure but less profitable and convenient official.

What will you choose? Feel free to write it in comments. Open / Comment

2022-05-25 01:51:41 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 Open / Comment

2022-05-25 01:40:51 Derivatives from TON NFT

There has been a significant event — we have launched a service that allows you to create derivatives from our NFT Mintosaurs.

You can read the details in this post.

In a nutshell: now owners of Mintosaurs will be able to create their own ZauroStickers (consisting of Mintosaurus + arbitrary text in the cloud) in 3 clicks and instantly mint them to the blockchain with placement in the marketplace.

That is, a user can come up with the idea of his NFT derivative in a couple of minutes, create it, promote it in the community and earn a few TON.

What all this means for TON NFT:

1. This opens up huge opportunities for NFT derivative customization: combining characters from different collections into one NFT, the ability to create different quotes or even character actions. In fact, we open up a huge meta-universe of TON NFT collabs and customizations.

2. As usual, what we first make for ourselves, we later design as a product for the customers of our @toncoin_monster_bot. And we're pleased to be the originators of this huge trend.

3. The ultimate goal of our Monster Bot ecosystem is to give ordinary users a toolkit that will allow them to pour in their traffic and their creativity, and get their earnings out of it. And all this without any knowledge of programming or communicating with developers. In just a few clicks. And the entrance ticket to this Disneyland will be, of course, our NFT Mintosaurs. Open / Comment

2022-05-18 23:45:03 Earlier we wrote that MEXC allows to deposit and withdraw TON in different networks — TON, ERC20 (Ethereum), BEP20 (Binance Smart Chain).

You can deposit from native TON network, and withdraw wrapped TON in ERC20, BEP20 networks, and vice versa — this action is similar to using native TON - ETH and TON - BSC bridges.

Transfers between networks are needed if you want to use TON on DEX exchanges, for example to put it into liquidity pool on PancakeSwap or UniSwap. This will require withdrawing Toncoin to a browser-based wallet such as Metamask.

Let's compare transfer fees when using native bridges and MEXC.

TON Bridge:

TON - ERC20: ≈ 0.0048 ETH + 5 TON + 0.25% of amount ≈ 11.04 TON + 0.25% of amount
ERC20 - TON: ≈ 0.0012 ETH + 5 TON + 0.25% of amount ≈ 6.51 TON + 0.25% of amount
TON - BEP20: ≈ 0.0008 BNB + 5 TON + 0.25% of the amount ≈ 5.14 TON + 0.25% of the amount
BEP20 - TON: ≈ 0.0002 BNB + 5 TON + 0.25% of amount ≈ 5.04 TON + 0.25% of amount

MEXC:

Withdrawal to ERC20: 15 TON
Withdrawal to BEP20: 0.35 TON
Withdrawal to TON: 0.02 TON
Withdrawal to internal MEXC address is free of fees.

In case of ERC20 you need to take into account the volume of transferred Toncoin to decide where the transfer will be more profitable. In case of BEP20 it is more profitable to transfer Toncoin via MEXC.

It's worth noting that MEXC can periodically suspend withdrawals of TON due to technical reasons, in such cases it's more convenient to use bridges.

@givemetons Open / Comment

2022-05-16 22:29:02 MEXC Exchange has listed TONCOIN

We are glad to see a new big player coming to the TON market. It's MEXC - 11th in CoinMarketCap derivatives and 19th in spot.

What is now available on MEXC:

1. You can buy TONCOIN for USDT, to do this you need to do the following steps: register at the exchange; go through the account verification procedure (KYC); deposit your account with USDT or buy USDT; buy TONCOIN for USDT. Note that USDT must be in the Spot account - go to Wallets, if the spot balance is empty, make the transfer. Then go to Trade and search there TON/USDT pair.

2. You can deposit and withdraw native TONCOIN, as well as TONCOIN wrapped in Ethereum and BSC. You can do this in Wallets section, click Deposit and enter TON in the search box. Then you can choose network (the native TON network, or wrapped TON in the ERC-20 or BEP-20 networks). Note that in the TON network it is mandatory to fill in a comment (memo) when transferring, otherwise you may lose your funds.

3. Trading in perpetual swap on TONCOIN is available. Leverage up to x125 (OKX had up to x100). Both shorts and longs are available. The principle is the same as with OKX swap (see our instruction). In the case of MEXC swaps are in the Futures section.

4. In addition, MEXC has a huge selection of other cryptocurrencies and stablecoins.

It's also worth noting that MEXC has entered into a serious and long-term partnership with the TON Foundation and they are one of the companies that has contributed to the invest fund budget for projects on TON.

@givemetons Open / Comment

2022-05-07 22:14:21 Mining and Inflation: What Does Influence TON’s Price

As every financial instrument Toncoin’s price depends on balance of Demand and Supply. When Supply decreases (as it happened with a change of TON’s ticker on OKX), price goes up and vice versa.

Although, mining of Toncoin was possible since initial supply of 5 bln tokens had been moved to smart-contracts Proof-of-Work Giver, mining of Toncoin began to be widely discussed when givers kept near 50 mln of coins (it’s 1% from total emission of 5 bln).

Early miners hold their coins to keep networks’s performance or have never used it (about more than 3 bln of coins). At the same time during 9 months of public mining 1% of total emission will be mined. These coins are steadily being transferred to the market and this permanent inflow of liquidity puts pressure on Toncoin’s price.

As it was repeatedly counted, in summer 2022 mining of Toncoin will be ended. After all givers empty, the influence of mining on Toncoin’s price will also come to it's end.

But it’s not the only emission that will be putting pressure on the market. Annual inflation of 0,6% is laid down in TON - the percentage of extra emission is written in blockchain, the amount can be changed by validators’ voting.

For what do we need inflation if the inflow of extra liquidity is bad for Toncoin’s price?

The performance of the Network is maintained by validators. In order to keep them interested in locking their tokens and keeping the performance of the validation itself, they need to get a reward for this (the same concerns their nominators).

Actual yield of validator is about 13%. The part of it they take for themselves, the rest they give to nominators (those who send their TONs in validators’ staking).

The commissions for users’ transactions + 0,6% of inflation are used for paying out the rewards. The biggest part of validators’ yield consists of extra emission (0,6% of inflation are 98% of current validators’ yield) what lets TON have very low commissions. It can be said that the Network pays to validators itself by extra emissions, making steadily low commissions for the users of blockchain.

The key concept of TON like all post-Ethereum blockchains that began to develop after 2017 - high speed of transactions, low commissions, high throughput of the Network. The same refers to TON smart-contracts (cheap and fast).

Only under such conditions DeFi ecosystem can be built, and previous blockchains concede catastrophically to centralised financial systems precisely because of high commissions and low speed.

For example, 2000 Toncoin need to be paid for minting a collection of 10 000 NFT. It is quite a few but without inflation the commission would be much higher.

So, extra emission is needed for payments to validators. The users would have to pay much more commissions if there were no inflation.

Let’s analyse in more details the validation economics in TON.

Who gets these 13% which are included in 0,6% of emission: it's obtained by those who has put their Toncoin in staking, it means it’s not distributed among all 5 bln of initial emission but only among the amount locked in validators.

The Network can be governed only by 5 mln of coins only if these 5 mln are in validators. And 0,6% of annual inflation (from all 5 bln) will be distributed among owners of these 5 mln coins - then the yield can be even hundreds %.

The more Toncoin are put in validation, the lower become it’s yield-0,6% of emission are distributed among overall volume of staked funds. It means that with an emergence of official smart-contract of nominators the volume of nominated coins will increase well then validators’ yield will decrease.

The amount of funds in stacking will increase, but the number of coins in circulation will decrease. This will have a positive effect on Toncoin’s price.

How will it be working in case of Toncoin’s price growth?

If the token’s price grows, the commissions for transactions and validators’ yield in dollar equivalent will increase as well, the throughput of the Network remains the same. Open / Comment

2022-05-04 10:01:46 Telegram Premium + TON =

Last several weeks rumours about upcoming implementation of Telegram Premium subscription began circulating. And it’s already possible to touch the first concepts in iOS beta-version - extended list of reactions and premium stickers.

In test version users with premium subscription have icon in a profile.

Obviously, these are not all paid functions. When in the end of 2020 Durov announced plans of monetisation, it was about resource intensive functions like enlargement of uploaded files or extended statistics for channels.

What is interesting is that in 2021 the Telegram team tested inbuilt payments with bank cards, however it was not embodied.

A hitch was a governmental regulation - in this case official document flow and the same official payments gateways from the banks.

Paying with cryptocurrencies is a way out. And Telegram is ready for that as ever: the users hooked on animated stickers, crypto wallet is integrated and all active users of messenger have heard about TON.

@givemetons Open / Comment

2022-04-28 23:45:28 Where to invest Toncoin. Part 2

Validator’s staking

Validators verify transactions in the TON network, they invest their coins as a deposit (at least 600,000 Toncoin) and receive a reward for validation (about 13% per annum). Nominators can receive a portion of their income/revenue.

What should to be done

Ordinary Toncoin holders may invest their coins in the validator's staking pool and receive a share of its profits. To date, there are several centralized staking pools in the TON network(without a smart contract) and one decentralized one (with a smart contract) from the TonWhales team. The minimum deposit for different validators varies from 50 to 100 Toncoin.

What you get

The average yield from staking for validators is about 10% per annum, incomes depend on the profitability of the validator itself. The reward is usually accrued every 36 hours. If money is not withdrawn, interest will also be accrued on this income.

What to pay attention to

Centralized staking is less secure than decentralized. Pay attention to the conditions for withdrawing funds.

NFT

Buying NFTs is another option for investing Toncoin. NFTs in TON are not just pictures
bought with the expectation of reselling at a higher price.

Serious projects offer further practical application of NFTs: our Mintosaurs, for example, are integrated with the Tonometer social network, where NFTs are used while assigning the owners’ ratings. Mintosaurs also give the right to use the verification functional and mail-out at a discount.

What should be done

Many NFTs in TON now offer various staking formats, where long-term holding of tokens allows you to get Toncoins. In Mintosaurs, this is implemented in a lottery format based on the rarity of the acquired NFTs.

What you get

Some projects offer fixed income but this carries regulatory risks. That’s why Mintosaurs staking does not offer guaranteed revenue.

What to pay attention to?

NFTs are highly risky investments. When choosing an NFT, ask yourself these questions: who's on the team? have they been mentioned in other major channels? is there a roadmap? is there practical applicability?

Perpetual swap trading

Such a tool is provided by the OKX, FTX and Gate.io exchanges. Strictly speaking, this point does not apply directly to investing Toncoin. In this case, you invest USDT in a Toncoin perpetual futures contract and you will get revenue in USDT.

Perpetual contracts allow traders to benefit from Toncoin price change without holding the underlying asset itself. A detailed guide on swaps is available here.

What to pay attention to: swaps are a high-risk tool suitable only for experienced traders - due to the use of leverage, the risk of total loss of the invested funds is high.

Conclusion

As you can see, Toncoin investment options are quite extensive. Please view the terms carefully to choose the best option.

@givemetons Open / Comment

2022-04-28 23:45:25 Where to invest Toncoin. Part 1

Staking on DEX exchanges:

— Liquidity pools

In order to get additional revenue the Toncoin holders can add liquidity in trading pairs on Decentralised exchanges (DEX), such as Biswap, PancakeSwap, UniSwap.

Toncoin-USDT is one of the most popular and accordingly most profitable pairs but you can also choose Toncoin-Bitcoin, Toncoin-Ethereum and others, depending on the coins that you have besides Toncoin.

What should be done

You should put into pool both coins from the pair, most frequently in equal proportions. In order to get earned interest, you need to withdraw your funds from the pool.

What you get

After becoming a liquidity provider, you will be getting revenue from all swap transactions between these two coins. For example, for Toncoin-USDT pair on PancakeSwap a projected return equals 0,17% from all deals in this pair, accordingly to your share of the pool.

What to pay attention to

— There is a sense to invest significant sums in order to level out the share of swaps commissions and increase your share in the pool.
— Choose popular trading pairs.
— Mind risks: impermanent losses resulting from market prices fluctuations; the risk of smart-contracts’ hacks.

— Farming

Farming looks like participation in liquidity pools and is a derivative of it: after adding coins in the pool you need to stake pool’s tokens as well in order to get additional rewards for this. Usually farming has a marketing nature with an aim of promoting crypto exchanges and their native tokens.

What should be done

You need to add liquidity in a pool on one of the exchanges (Biswap, Nomiswap, Yobit) and then stake liquidity pool’s tokens.

What you get

For providing liquidity you will be getting rewards in native token of chosen exchange. As an example of Biswap: on April 28th potential yield of your investment is approximately 24% per annum but this value is constantly changing depending on the volume of liquidity in the pool and BSW coin’s exchange rate.

What to pay attention to

In the description of exchange farming’s conditions two parameters are pointed out: APR and APY.
APR (annual percentage rate) is calculated by summing up of liquidity providers’ rewards and the rewards in native token.
APY (annual percentage yield) shows annual yield with considering regular reinvestment of revenue.

(to be continued below) Open / Comment

2022-04-28 23:45:22 Where to invest Toncoin

A part of the TON blockchain’s users passively hold Toncoin expecting growth of it’s price. Besides, there is another way - to invest (stake) your Toncoins in various DeFi-instruments getting interest rate like in classical banking system.

A potential revenue of such instruments can vary but bear in mind that bigger yield is usually connected to bigger risk. Let’s consider possible variants below (part 1, part 2): Open / Comment