{"id":76675,"date":"2023-04-04T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=76675"},"modified":"2025-09-10T18:45:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:45:37","slug":"developers-unveil-a-single-nominator-smart-contract-for-ton-validators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/developers-unveil-a-single-nominator-smart-contract-for-ton-validators\/","title":{"rendered":"Developers unveil a single-nominator smart contract for TON validators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Infrastructure provider Orbs developed a single-nominator smart contract for validators of the TON network. The solution uses isolated cold wallets and eliminates reliance on intermediaries, ensuring secure transaction confirmation, according to the press release.<\/p>\n<p>The tool for launching a node in the TON network is distributed free of charge. The source code has been vetted by Certik specialists and is available for review.<\/p>\n<p>The solution offers a simplified alternative to the TON team&#8217;s smart contract for a nominators pool, significantly reducing the attack surface.<\/p>\n<p>This is achieved through:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the separation of the hot wallet of the validator node from the funds held in <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-staking-and-how-to-make-money-from-it\">staking<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>protection against attacks related to gas spending;<\/li>\n<li>an option to change the validator address in case of wallet compromise;<\/li>\n<li>the ability to restore stake in emergencies, such as an upgrade of the electors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Orbs argues that the single-nominator smart contract sets a new industry standard for such solutions.<\/p>\n<p>The development team is known for the TON Minter and TON Contract Verifier projects.<\/p>\n<p>Using a multi-layer blockchain stack, Orbs acts as a separate execution layer. It sits between L1 and <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">L2 networks<\/a> and the application layer, providing a decentralized server for smart contracts.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2021, Pavel Durov <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/pavel-durov-backs-toncoin-developers-as-token-price-climbs-46\">publicly supported the Toncoin team<\/a>. The project&#8217;s token rose by 46%.<\/p>\n<p>Autumn 2022 on the Fragment platform, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/fragment-sells-telegrams-first-username-for-900000-ton\">began the sale of Telegram usernames for Toncoin<\/a>. Later the messenger opened the possibility <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/telegram-launches-sale-of-anonymous-numbers-on-fragment\">to register anonymous accounts<\/a> using blockchain-based numbers.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2023, the TON developers <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ton-developers-unveil-roadmap-for-2023\">presented a roadmap<\/a> for this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orbs has developed a single-nominator smart contract for validators in the TON network. The solution uses isolated cold wallets and eliminates reliance on intermediaries, ensuring secure transaction confirmation, according to the press release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1422],"class_list":["post-76675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-toncoin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"33","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76675","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=76675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76677,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76675\/revisions\/76677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}