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Toncoin (TON) native cryptocurrency The Open NetworkThis is an ambitious project . Telegram It's 2018.

Telegram Open Network (2018)#

  • Purpose of collection: $850 million $1.7 billion has been raised.;
  • This is November 2019 . Starting up testnet2, highlighted 1,45% to encourage developers and testers.

More details: Telegram Open Network.

  • SEC filed a lawsuit alleging that TON = the value of the paper;
  • Peace Agreement 2020 → Telegram He refused. from development;
  • More details from CoinDesk;
  • Independent developers They revived the project.The Open Network (TON).

Initial Proof-of-Work (IPoW)#

After the deal, Telegram put all the network tokens 20 PoW-Givers in smart contracts.

The typeThe number ofIssued
Small Givers1010–100TON every few minutes .
Large Givers1010 000 TON at least once a day

The IPoW period is: June 6th .2020 — 28June 2022.

Who did?

  • Small Givers: ordinary participants (equal conditions);
  • Large Givers: The future The validators . (more serious resources).

Mechanical engineering

  1. The miner interacts with the Giver smart contract;
  2. Solves a math problem . the first;
  3. He gets it. TON for a cycle;
  4. The rest of the miners have nothing.
  5. The cycle continues until all TONs are exhausted.

Decentralized distribution

  • ~200 000 TON/day distributed;
  • Without the IEO/ICO/token sale direct mining It 's like Bitcoin .
  • Tens of thousands of miners have gained access to TON.

End of mining#

June 28 , 2022 all Givers sold out → official end of TON mining.

After that:

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