Welcome to The Open Network

TON is a fully decentralized layer-1 blockchain designed by Telegram to onboard billions of users. It boasts ultra-fast transactions, tiny fees, easy-to-use apps, and is environmentally friendly.

Mass adoption. Massive distribution

TON is scalable and shardable. Its flexible architecture lets it grow and grow, with no loss of performance.
Transactions

Accounts

Validators

Toncoin: The future of currency

It's used for transaction fees, securing the blockchain through staking, deciding how the network develops, and settling payments.

TON timeline

2018
The Durov brothers, founders of Telegram Messenger, release the first version of the Telegram Open Network whitepaper.
2020
Telegram was forced to cease active development of TON. A vibrant open-source community continues to maintain the network and build new TON functionality, bringing Telegram's design to fruition.
2022
TON becomes The Open Network. TON mainnet is fully live operational, hosting ultra-cheap, fast, and ecologically friendly transactions.
Roadmap

TON Wallets

TON wallet allows you to make fast secure blockchain-based payments without intermediaries. A wallet that only you control - directly, without middlemen or bankers.
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Blockchain analysis

TON, Solana and Ethereum are all Proof-of-Stake blockchains. But TON's unique architecture makes it superior in terms of performance, versatility and design.
Block time
Time-to-finality
Simple transaction performance
Complex transaction performance
Sharding support
Cross-shard communication
TON
5 sec.
Under 6 sec.
High
High

Max. 260 shards per workchain

Near-instant
Ethereum
12 sec.
Potentially high
Low

Max. to 26 shards

Slow time-to-finality
Solana
1 sec.
6.4 sec.
High
None
None

TON

Ethereum

Solana

Block time
5 sec.
12 sec.
1 sec.
Time-to-finality
Under 6 sec.
6.4 sec.
Simple transaction performance
High
Potentially high
High
Complex transaction performance
High
Low
Sharding support

Max. 260 shards per workchain

Max. to 26 shards

None
Cross-shard communication
Near-instant
Slow time-to-finality
None

Disclaimer: Please note that as with all technical comparisons, context is important when interpreting the table numbers. Refer to blockchain analysis for more information.

TON in the news

A blockchain for developers

TON has plenty of unique features that differentiate it from other layer-1 blockchains.
Actor modelVirtual machineExternal messagingFunCFully universalLibrariesCurrencies

Actor model

The actor model is a mathematical model of concurrent computation and is at the heart of TON smart contracts. In it, each smart contract can receive one message, change its own state or send one or several messages per unit time. As a result, the entire blockchain, as well as a given contract, can scale up to host an unlimited amount of users and transactions.

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TON Community

Starting 2020, TON has grown thanks to the tireless efforts of a worldwide decentralized community of crypto enthusiasts, developers, designers, and other professionals. Our community is the key to TON's future, and we'd love for you to join us.

Apps & Services

Many things make TON a great blockchain network, but its apps are a cut above. They’re convenient, user-friendly, and perfect for those who are new to all things crypto.

Everyone can participate

There are plenty of opportunities for people to contribute to the network, even if they have no technical background.
Start staking
Stake Toncoin and secure the network.
How to stake
Become a Validator
Check the validity of TON blocks and earn Toncoin.
Learn more
Upcoming events
Explore contests, conferences and other events on TON.
Learn more

Transparency

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