Why does the TON ecosystem continue to attract the attention of global developers and users in 2024? After a series of important technical updates and ecosystem expansion, TON is entering a stage of explosive growth. As the third stop of the global four-city tour salon, how will the Chengdu event continue to promote this momentum and what exciting content can't be missed?
The Chengdu stop of the TON Four-City Tour Salon was successfully concluded on December 15, 2024 ! The event brought together many industry leaders, including Kenny, the head of growth in the Asia-Pacific region of TON Foundation, Dr. Awesome Doge, co-founder of TONX, Paul, co-founder of TonBit, Dov of OpenAD, Graham, the manager of the TON Chinese community, Luis, co-founder of TonBit, Novia, the operations director of Pina Mania, Emily, the head of user growth operations in the Chinese region of PoPP, and George, the TON Meme ecosystem observer. During the event, the experts had an in-depth discussion on the future development of the TON ecosystem, looked forward to the innovative potential and breakthroughs of TON worldwide, and shared their unique insights into the future technological evolution.
🛠️ TON Mini Program Ecosystem
From explosive growth to full expansion of application potential
In 2024, the TON Mini-App ecosystem has experienced explosive growth, from more than 100 mini-apps at the end of 2023 to tens of thousands by the end of 2024. The multi-application potential of the TON ecosystem has been fully released. A large number of innovative projects have emerged in multiple tracks such as games, short videos, social networking, and cloud storage, including not only mini-games, short dramas, and stranger social networking applications, but also daily services such as taxi-hailing, shared power banks, and air and hotel reservations. The rapid expansion of TON has injected strong vitality into its ecosystem and promoted the overall growth of the market.
⚡️ Blockchain and wallet drivers create the largest airdrop record in crypto history
Kenny pointed out that the rapid rise of the TON ecosystem is due to the close integration of efficient interaction between "blockchain-wallet-applets" . Since TON launched its wallet in April 2022 and became the only Mini-App, the integration of blockchain technology with wallets and applets has laid a solid foundation for the development of the TON ecosystem. In particular, under the leadership of Notcoin in November 2023, the Mini-App trend began to expand rapidly. In March 2024, the launch of innovative applications such as Catizen games and Open League further promoted the diversified development of the ecosystem. In particular, in July 2024, the Dogs Mini-Game attracted 1 million users in just 24 hours, setting the largest airdrop record in the history of the crypto field.
⚡️ Continue to look for new growth points, GameFi and simplify DeFi
In the future, TON will continue to seek new growth points, focusing on the development of GameFi, entertainment and social products, real-world applications, MemeCoin, and simplified DeFi solutions. Especially in the field of GameFi, TON will improve game development efficiency, enhance the compatibility and stability of the platform through SDK integration and one-click deployment framework, ensure high-performance and low-power operating environment, and promote developers to create richer and more complex game scenarios. In addition, the rise of MemeCoin and the introduction of Telegram users will become new driving forces for the growth of TON ecology. The continuous optimization and innovation of TON ecology is destined to drive it to continue to expand its application scenarios in the next few years, empower developers and bring more surprises to global users.
🌟 TONX: Redefining the TON Ecosystem
Technological innovation and development blueprint
In this sharing session, TONX co-founder Dr. Awesome Doge detailed the latest developments and technical planning of the TON blockchain. The TON ecosystem has made significant progress in the past six months, covering a number of important updates from the launch of TON Sites and TON Browser to the 5.0 version of the wallet and the enhancement of multi-account functions. In addition, TON has also integrated new features such as hardware wallets, stablecoins, and Gasless transactions, continuously improving the speed, scale, and security of the ecosystem, showing a strong growth momentum.
📡 Ecological achievements and market breakthroughs, rapid deployment in countries and regions around the world
Dr. Awesome Doge also mentioned that the number of users and validators of the TON blockchain continues to rise. As of now, the total stake of TON has exceeded 648 million TON, and the number of validators has exceeded 383, distributed in more than 30 countries and regions, showing its ambition to expand globally. The TON ecosystem has not only made continuous breakthroughs in technological innovation, but also surpassed Near and Sui in terms of USDT circulation, becoming the fifth largest blockchain in the world.
📡 TONX API helps expand the ecosystem and build comprehensive market application capabilities
Dr. Awesome Doge introduced the core role of TONX API in technological development. TONX API is redefining TON's application scenarios through simplification, acceleration and scalability. At present, TONX API has supported 20 leading projects, covering 25 million users, and the system stability has reached 99.9%. This technological advancement provides strong support for developers and drives TON towards building a super application platform with 950 million users, laying the foundation for further expansion of the ecosystem. He also revealed that TONX is committed to further enhancing market application capabilities and promoting the comprehensive development of multiple sectors such as Layer2, games, social, and DeFi through innovative initiatives such as SDK integration and BoC verification technology.
In addition, in 2024, TON will hold several important events around the world, including TON Hacker House in Hong Kong, Open Summit in Taipei, Open Art in Singapore, and TON Hacker House in Bangkok, further promoting cooperation and interaction among the global developer community and driving the continued growth of the TON ecosystem.
🛠️ TON DeFi Ecosystem
Accelerate infrastructure construction and protocol expansion
Paul, co-founder of TonBit, focused on the current status and future development direction of the TON DeFi ecosystem. He emphasized that TON DeFi is unlocking liquidity through strong infrastructure construction, involving multiple key areas, such as infrastructure providers such as Quicknode, Chainbase and Ankr, and custodians such as Cobo and Fireblocks. At the same time, the diversification of TON DeFi protocols has also injected vitality into the ecosystem, covering multiple protocol layers such as decentralized exchanges (DEX), lending platforms, stablecoin protocols (CDPs), derivatives, etc.
🔑 Simplify the DeFi experience, One Click Investment and extension protocols
Paul further emphasized that TON will fill the gap in the ecosystem by strengthening basic DeFi protocols (such as CFMM, CLMM, CDP). In addition, for Telegram users, TON simultaneously launched a simpler and easier-to-use "One Click Investment" function to simplify the use of DeFi and improve user conversion rate. Paul also revealed that BTCFi (i.e., cross-chain BTC assets based on the TON network) will become one of the core assets of the TON DeFi ecosystem. As a cross-chain asset, tgBTC supports cross-chain protocols and brings higher capital efficiency.
🔑 Incentive plan and ecological expansion, moving towards the future of BTCFi
In order to stimulate the development of the ecosystem, TON has launched a number of incentive programs including the BTCFi competition, striving to attract more users and institutions to participate by accelerating protocol growth and increasing APY. Paul also revealed that the TON Foundation plans to introduce 30% of active Telegram users into the TON ecosystem in the next 3-5 years, laying the foundation for the further expansion of the DeFi ecosystem.
📊 OpenAD: Decentralized Advertising
Solutions help traffic monetization
At the end of the keynote speech, Dov from OpenAD shared how to achieve growth on TG and introduced the operating guide of OpenAD in detail. Dov said that the development obstacles of Telegram are still concentrated in several aspects: first, it is difficult to accumulate user portraits, second, commercial realization is in the early stages, third, the ecological gameplay is relatively single, and fourth, the infrastructure is still imperfect. As an instant messaging platform that focuses on privacy and encrypted communication, Telegram still needs more mature support facilities and innovative solutions in traffic realization and commercialization. The decentralized advertising model of OpenAD is a solution to these pain points, aiming to help Telegram enhance its commercialization potential while maintaining the privacy and security of the platform.
🌍 Conclusion: TON Ecosystem Exploration Continues
Shenzhen Station invites you to the future
After the keynote speech , Graham, the manager of TON Chinese community, hosted a roundtable forum . Guests including Novia, the operations director of Pina Mania, Emily, the head of user growth operations of PoPP Chinese area, George, the TON Meme ecosystem observer, and Luis, the co-founder of TonBit, discussed the future development and innovation opportunities of TON ecosystem. Based on their experience in their respective fields, they shared their insights into the technological upgrade, market expansion and ecological applications of TON ecosystem.
In anticipation of the infinite possibilities of the TON ecosystem, the participants not only felt the new trend of the Web3 industry, but also looked forward to the future blueprint of TON in the process of globalization with experts from all walks of life. Through this series of in-depth sharing and interaction, TON's technological innovation and ecological development undoubtedly provided more inspiration and opportunities for every participant.
📅Shenzhen Station is about to open, and the future of TON ecology will be even more exciting! Don’t miss the fourth stop of the "Four Cities Tour Salon: TON Ecosystem Growth Practice" series of activities on January 12, 2025 - Shenzhen Station. The latest developments, technical dry goods and innovative applications of TON ecology will continue to be presented on site, so stay tuned!
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