{"id":20510,"date":"2025-01-21T19:47:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T17:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/telegram-restricts-crypto-app-development-to-ton-network\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T19:47:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T17:47:30","slug":"telegram-restricts-crypto-app-development-to-ton-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/telegram-restricts-crypto-app-development-to-ton-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Telegram Restricts Crypto App Development to TON Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On January 21, Telegram and TON Foundation announced an exclusive agreement mandating that integrated Web3 applications use only The Open Network. This was reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/302023\/telegram-exclusive-ton-barring-other-networks\">Decrypt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership aims to maintain a scalable and secure user experience.<\/p>\n<p>According to TON Foundation President Manuel Stotz, existing wallet protocols for third-party networks will be prohibited, except for applications with cross-chain functionality.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIntegrating TON as the exclusive blockchain for Telegram mini-apps is a strategic step forward, reinforcing TON&#8217;s status as one of the world&#8217;s leading blockchains,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Projects migrating to the TON network within 30 days will receive grants from TON Foundation of up to $50,000, depending on audience size. Bonuses do not apply to projects previously funded by the foundation.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2024, Telegram launched its internal currency, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/telegram-to-introduce-in-app-currency-on-ton-network\">Telegram Stars<\/a>, for paying for digital services within the ecosystem. In November, the messenger introduced a <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/telegram-unveils-major-update-for-mini-apps\">major update<\/a> for mini-apps.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, TON developers <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ton-to-expand-its-us-operations\">announced<\/a> plans to expand operations in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 21, Telegram and TON Foundation announced an exclusive agreement mandating that integrated Web3 applications use only The Open Network. This was reported by Decrypt. The partnership aims to maintain a scalable and secure user experience. According to TON Foundation President Manuel Stotz, existing wallet protocols for third-party networks will be prohibited, except for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1155,723,1364,1110],"class_list":["post-20510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-games-and-gamefi","tag-telegram","tag-the-open-network","tag-web-3-0"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"93","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}