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2022-08-31 01:22:26 How to become a tester for TON-based products

Today, we’re going to tell you about TON’s testing platform, commonly called the testnet, why it’s needed, and how users can participate in testing TON-based products.

The testnet is a network for experimentation — a sandbox, if you will — where developers put their products through stress tests to perfect their smart contracts.

In technical terms, the testnet is analogous to the mainnet; however, the Toncoin used on the testnet is not real and has no market value — it’s strictly used for testing purposes.

Before a service is set to launch on the mainnet, its project invites users to test out the product on the testnet, allowing anyone to become a product tester.

We’ve put together a guide explaining how to create a TON testnet crypto wallet and how to navigate the testnet.

You can read the guide here:
https://telegra.ph/How-to-create-a-TON-testnet-wallet-and-navigate-the-testnets-services-08-30 Open / Comment

2022-08-30 01:36:15 ​TON DNS auctions continue!

Today, we’d like to share some results of the TON DNS auction, which kicked off about a month ago.

When the event began, there were 13,038 open auctions for .ton domain names. 9,007 names have since been bought for a total of 3,920,023 Toncoin, which was removed from circulation.

The most expensive names to go were wallet.ton, casino.ton, and bank.ton, which sold for 215,250, 200,000, and 157,500 Toncoin, respectively.

Any user can participate in a .ton domain name auction.

If you decide to participate, please read our guide on buying a domain name and the auction’s rules.

To learn how to collect your domain name and assign it to your TON wallet address, please read this guide.

We also recommend reading our list of services that could help you in a TON DNS auction.

Remember that TON DNS auctions are an ongoing event and have no end date. You can partake in a bidding war for a .ton domain name at any time! Open / Comment

2022-08-28 20:30:03 ​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 Aug. 21 to 27 grew from 1,166,585 to 1,211,708 (+3.8%).

News:

​Pavel Durov published a post about the TON DNS auction and announced that Telegram would launch a marketplace based on TON.

NFT marketplace Getgems and Tegro TON launched a grant dedicated to developing a smart contract that would allow users to transfer NFTs to one another.

The Tonstarter launchpad announced that Fanzee was going to be the first-ever IDO in The Open Network’s history.

Web3 gaming launchpad TON Play is launching an acceleration program for game developers based on TON.

The TON blockchain’s inaugural competition for designers kicked off with a prize fund of $40,000.

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! Open / Comment

2022-08-27 20:30:00 Information for developers creating products based on The Open Network.

We’d like to remind our followers and subscribers that we’ve released a special Telegram bot, @ton_updates_bot, by which you can present your project to the TON Community editorial team.

TON Community channels will feature the most exciting services.

There are two kinds of information you can send:

1. A general description of your project (if you haven’t already received a mention from TON Community).
2. Information on updates for your service.

Our task is to introduce the TON community to the most important and significant services in the ecosystem that will give regular users and developers true use cases.

Therefore, we kindly ask you not to send us news about upcoming NFT presales, contests, and similar events.

To tell us about your service, please open @ton_updates_bot and follow the instructions. Open / Comment

2022-08-26 20:49:06 TON Society's First Twitter Spaces on Aug 30 & TON raffle

We are excited to announce a bi-weekly* TON Society Twitter Spaces, with guest speakers and an open platform to ask any TON Society related questions. See below for more details:

Date: August 30, 2022
Time: 4PM GMT
Where: Twitter Spaces
Hosts: Lara V @Lara_DXB (TF Head of Comm), Justin Hyun @tonkongz (TF Head of Incubation)
Guest Speakers: Tal Kol @talkol (TON key dev contributor and founder of Orbs), Shlomi Gibly @dieenabler (marketing manager at Fanzee)
Topics: Big vision of TON, importance of decentralization, best security practice for when joining a project, and why Fanzee chose to accelerate on TON for these reasons

So how do you enter into the raffle for two 50 TON prizes?

It's simple:
1. Make sure to follow @ton_society on Twitter prior to the start of Twitter Spaces on Aug 30
2. Re-tweet this post
2. Make sure you are present in the Twitter Spaces session when we open the floor up for live community questions

You will have a chance to be picked during each bi-weekly session, if you met the criteria but did not previously win.

@talkol will also generously award two other luck winners TON Punks (worth ~280 TON) if they follow the steps above. So tell your friends and networks to join us!

We can't wait to vibe with you all on Twitter!

*subject to change Open / Comment

2022-08-26 19:02:33 The first ever competition for designers on the TON blockchain, the TON Design Challenge!

We’re proud to announce the TON Design Challenge for designers with a total prize fund of $40,000.

The competition has already begun and will end on Sept. 21 at 18:00 (UTC). Participants will split the prize funds, but awards will be paid out in Toncoin.

The task:

Artists are to create at least two animated stickers.

The first sticker must don the TON logo, but there are no restrictions for the second sticker: You can draw anything you want that describes the TON community in an original and unusual fashion.

You can find more details and the technical requirements here:
https://ton.org/ton-design-challenge

Good luck to all the artists participating! Open / Comment

2022-08-25 22:04:26 Validators vs Nominators

If you are familiar with cryptocurrencies, you must have heard about validators and nominators. These words often appear in crypto-related channels (our channel isn't an exception). Now, the time has come to find out who they are – the two major actors ruling the blockchain.

First, let's speak about validators. A validator is a network node that helps keep the blockchain running by verifying (or validating) suggested blocks and allowing to record them in the blockchain. To become a validator, you must follow two requirements: have a high-performance server and obtain a serious amount of TON, 600,000, to make a stake. At the time of writing, there are 227 validators on TON.

It's evident that not everyone can afford to have hundreds of thousand Toncoin on their balance – that's why nominators come into play there. Simply put, the nominator is a user who lends his TON to validators. Every time the validator earns the reward by validating blocks, it is distributed between the involved participants.

Some time ago, Ton Whales ran the first staking pool on TON with the minimum deposit of 50 TON. Later, TON Foundation launched the first open nominator pool. Now, users may stake Toncoin in a fully-decentralized way, starting with 10,000 TON. Open / Comment

2022-08-24 19:18:06 ​An accelerator for TON-based game developers.

TON Play, a Web3-gaming launchpad on The Open Network, is launching an acceleration program for video game creators and offering developers help.

The TON ecosystem continues to see more vital infrastructure-centered projects: launchpads, DEXs, new NFT standards, and user-friendly crypto wallets and services tailored to the masses are actively integrating with Telegram web bots.

These projects are allowing the network’s infrastructure to evolve to open the doors to many more opportunities for GameFi product creators. So, we’re more than happy to recognize TON Play’s initiative.

If you intend to create (or are already in the process) a gaming product on TON, you can submit an application to participate in the accelerator program here:
https://tonplay.typeform.com/to/G9wV8zBC?typeform-source=tonplay.io Open / Comment

2022-08-23 19:48:44 ​The first-ever IDO on The Open Network.

Today, the TON blockchain reached a milestone: The Tonstarter launchpad announced that the Fanzee sports project would be the first in TON’s history to have an IDO.

What’s an IDO?

Without getting bogged down in details, an IDO, or initial decentralized exchange offering, is a way to attract funding for projects in an early stage of development.

An IDO is essentially a method to give a broad audience an opportunity to obtain tokens of a project in early development.

Ideally, an IDO’s distribution procedure benefits everyone: the project gets investments to continue development, and investors receive tokens that could potentially rise in value once it gets listed on a DEX.

Why is this important for the ecosystem?

The network’s inaugural IDO and Tonstarter’s first launch mark a new era for the DeFi market on TON. Private investors will get the chance to invest openly and transparently in up-and-coming services, while crypto projects raise funds as an instrument to develop further.

We’re confident that this is just the first of many IDOs, and once DEXs start popping up, the TON market will surely experience a surge in financial activity.

We’ve already discussed what a launchpad is and published a post on the Web3 sports-centric Fanzee startup, which raised over $2 million in investments.

Disclaimer:

This message does not constitute financial advice. If you invest in crypto products, you thereby incur the risks. Open / Comment

2022-08-22 18:15:52 I'm really impressed by the success of the auction TON recently conducted for their domain/wallet names. Wallet.ton was sold for 215,250 Toncoin (~$260000) while casino.ton was sold for ~$244000.

If TON has been able to achieve these results, imagine how successful Telegram with its 700 million users could be if we put reserved @ usernames, group and channel links for auction. In addition to millions of catchy t.me addresses like @storm or @royal, all four-letter usernames could be made available for sale (@bank, @club, @game, @gift etc).

This would create a new platform where username holders could transfer them to interested parties in protected deals – with ownership secured on the blockchain via NFT-like smart-contracts. Other elements of the Telegram ecosystem, including channels, stickers or emoji, could later also become part of this marketplace.

When it comes to scalability and speed, TON probably has the best technology to host such decentralized sales. Our team can write bullet-proof smart contracts for TON (since it was us who invented its smart-contract language), so we are inclined to try out TON as the underlying blockchain for our future marketplace.

Let's see if we can add a little bit of Web 3.0 to Telegram in the coming weeks. Open / Comment