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The three commandments of TON.
TON is a third-generation proof-of-stake blockchain.
Ever since it started developing the network, the TON Foundation has been preaching three commandments that illustrate its commitment and philosophy of the TON blockchain.
Today, we’re going to share them with you.
The three commandments of TON:
1. World-class transaction speeds
The TON blockchain is practically unrestrained in terms of the number of active users it can have interacting with the network while providing low transaction costs, which allows TON to process millions of transactions per second.
For comparison’s sake, Ethereum can only process 20 transactions per second, which leads to the network having exorbitant transaction fees and slow transactions.
How does TON achieve lightning-quick transactions?
Currently, TON is using two intersecting blockchains: a master chain and a workchain.
Whatever the case may be, TON is ready to show off its scalability.
When throughput reaches a certain threshold, the workchain breaks into shards: separate blockchains that have smart contract capability and keep a ledger of users’ funds.
Consequently, every shard is further able to split into more sub-shards, the number of which can reach up to 2^32.
TON can exponentially increase its scalability and transaction speeds thanks to this advanced sharding technology.
2. Streamlined and user-friendly interfaces.
TON’s primary goal is to onboard billions of users, which means that app interfaces must be intuitive and easy to use for every user — instead of only being for a small group of specialists.
It was only a short while ago when tech geeks and the curious were the ones using and interested in decentralized networks who would spend days and weeks studying blockchain technology.
Developers at the TON Foundation are shifting the paradigm and allocating a large portion of their time to making decentralized applications simple to use.
3. Decentralization.
Many blockchain projects are suffering from the labors of trying to offer decentralization. A prime example, Ethereum has a high degree of decentralization; however, it pays a steep price with its slow transaction speeds and high gas fees.
Meanwhile, Solana and Binance Smart Chain are much quicker and cheaper blockchains, but their levels of decentralization have been at the center of criticism recently.
Having witnessed missteps from other blockchain projects, TON has been striving toward complete decentralization, offering stability, reliability, and a path to a safe and self-sustaining world.
These three commandments form the pillars of the TON blockchain.
Part of TON’s mission is to stay true to the original tenets of Web3, and we believe that TON has the tools to accomplish this and become the internet of the future for which everyone’s been waiting.
