The TON Awards 2022 highlighted the most impactful open‑source projects in the TON ecosystem, awarding a total prize pool of 301,920 TON and additional monetary contributions to dozens of developers.
Overview#
TON Awards 2022 was an online event organized by the TON Foundation with support from the TON Core team and partners such as Orbs Network. The awards complemented the TON Foundation’s grant programs and aimed to showcase non‑commercial projects that advanced the network during the previous year.
Additional Funding (augmented from RU canonical)
Beyond the main prize pool, the awards included $144,000 in extra funding and personal contributions of $112,000 each from Anatoly Makosov and Kirill Emelyanenko to the tonscan.org and Disintar teams.
Winners and Prizes#
| Project | Description | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| TON Kotlin SDK | Multiplatform SDK in Kotlin for interacting with the TON network | 20,000 TON |
| Orbs Minter | One‑click Jetton minting dApp hosted on ton.org | 25,000 TON |
| Orbs Verifier | Contract verification system integrated with tonscan.org and tonapi.io | 20,000 TON |
| ton3.js / ton‑adnl | Low‑level TypeScript API for TON and ADNL implementation for browsers | 20,000 TON |
| TON Proxy Client / Reverse Proxy | Cross‑platform tools for secure access to TON sites | 5,000 TON |
| tonutils‑go | Go library covering ADNL, RLDP, DHT, DNS, and Proxy protocols | 20,000 TON |
| OpenMask | Browser extension similar to MetaMask, supporting NFTs, Jettons, and biometric auth | 4,481 TON |
| MyTonWallet | Feature‑rich web wallet and browser extension | 4,500 TON |
| ton‑contract‑executor | JavaScript library for local TVM execution and testing | 5,000 TON |
| TONHouse | Network monitoring tool for TON | 3,000 TON |
| Multisig dApp | Interface for interacting with multi‑signature wallets | 550 TON |
| re:doubt | Explorer suite for visualizing TON blockchain data | $5,000 |
| Tonhub wallet | Mobile wallet for iOS and Android | 6,000 TON |
| WebDeployer | One‑page contract deployment via QR codes | 100 TON |
| Tact | Alternative programming language for TON smart contracts | 17,000 TON |
| Blueprint + Sandbox | Development environment for writing, testing, and deploying contracts | 7,000 TON |
| Open Contracts + WTON | Open‑source contracts and the first wrapped TONCOIN Jetton | 1,500 TON |
| TON Domains Bot | Automation for TON DNS auctions via Telegram | 2,000 TON |
| Python TON Connect library | Implementation of TON Connect v1 in Python | 200 TON |
| Port of TON Tools to adJ | Distribution of TON tools for OpenBSD | 200 TON |
| XTON browser extension | Crypto‑wallet extension for TON | 1,000 TON |
| Ton inspector | JavaScript utilities for processing TON payments | 100 TON |
| JUSTON iOS wallet | Multi‑account iOS wallet with DNS, dApp auth, and biometrics | 6,000 TON |
| SwiftyTON | Swift wrapper around tonlib APIs | 2,000 TON |
| Rift | Pure‑Python framework for developing and deploying contracts | $22,000 |
| Tonscan+ browser extension | Chrome extension improving the tonscan.org user experience | 200 TON |
| NFT contract in Tact | Template for NFT handling in Tact | 200 TON |
| ton.js | TypeScript library for TON | 20,000 TON |
| Scaleton | First Jetton dApp wallet | 750 TON |
| Bicycle | Service for processing TON and Jetton payments | $10,000 |
| TonTools | High‑level OOP Python library for TON operations | 2,000 TON |
Community Impact#
The awards underscored the importance of open‑source innovation within the TON ecosystem. Many of the winning tools—such as Tact, MyTonWallet, and OpenMask—have become standard components for developers and users, reinforcing the model of publicly funded open‑source development.
See also#
- TON Foundation
- Grants and Bounties
- The Open Network