August 17, 2024

Exploring TON: How The Blockchain Designed By Telegram Grew 50X This Year

44 minutes

Alena is the TON Foundation Ecosystem Lead.

In this episode, we explore TON (The Open Network) and how this blockchain designed by Telegram grew 50X this year! Alena shares how TON leverages the distribution of 900M Telegram downloads to onramp new users to their ecosystem of dApps, what's the long term vision behind TON, and how to start earning incentives in The Open League as a TON DeFi user.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

4:35 - Background

6:55 - TON's founding

9:22 - 50X growth in TVL

17:08 - The Open League

18:11 - Mantle mid-roll

19:04 - TON user onboarding

28:52 - Attracting builders

32:22 - TON tech stack

35:06 - Teller & Moonbeam mid-roll

36:20 - Security

38:05 - Sustaining growth

42:41 - Closing

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🔗 Guest Links 🔗

► TON Website: https://ton.org/

► The Open League Website: https://ton.org/en/open-league

► TON on Twitter: https://x.com/ton_blockchain

► Alena on Twitter: https://x.com/alenka_w3

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