{"id":96900,"date":"2026-05-07T13:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/?p=96900"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:25:19","slug":"durov-claims-ton-leads-l1-networks-in-transaction-finalization-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/durov-claims-ton-leads-l1-networks-in-transaction-finalization-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Durov Claims TON Leads L1 Networks in Transaction Finalization Speed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Open Network (TON) blockchain leads in transaction finalization speed, achieving this in less than one second, according to Telegram founder Pavel Durov.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?23\" data-telegram-post=\"durov\/503\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The comparison was conducted in April 2026 among leading L1 networks ranked by CoinMarketCap. <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">Second-layer solutions<\/a> and specialized trading blockchains like <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/hyperliquid-team-launches-hyperevm\">HyperEVM<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/the-price-of-popularity-and-a-lesson-for-all-hyperliquid\">Hyperliquid<\/a> were not included in the sample.<\/p>\n<p>Finalizing a block in TON takes approximately 0.6 seconds. For <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-avalanche-avax\">Avalanche<\/a>, it is about one second, BNB takes roughly 1.125 seconds. Hedera requires 2-3 seconds, XRP Ledger 3-5 seconds, Ethereum about two epochs, and Bitcoin nearly six confirmations (approximately one hour).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TON Rally<\/h2>\n<p>In the past 24 hours, Toncoin has risen by 20.7%, and over the week, it has increased by more than 102%.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, the asset is trading around $2.6 \u2014 the highest level since July 2025.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-5af13eca31e52590-3750597142528626.webp\" alt=\"Toncoin (TON) price\" class=\"wp-image-279672\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hourly chart of TON\/USDT on Binance. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/chart\/atJ4mYHE\/?symbol=BINANCE%3ATONUSDT\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The coin&#8217;s market capitalization exceeded $7 billion, bringing TON back into the top 20 largest digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>The rise of Toncoin was supported by news from The Open Network ecosystem. In April, developers activated the Catchain 2.0 update, which <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ton-blockchain-update-boosts-speed-tenfold\">reduced<\/a> fees &#8220;almost to zero.&#8221; Later, Durov <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/toncoin-surges-25-amid-fee-reductions-and-ton-reorganization\">announced<\/a> that Telegram would become the main developer and largest validator of the network.<\/p>\n<p>Santiment analysts recorded that on May 5, TON was mentioned 91 times on social media in four hours \u2014 about six times more than usual. This level of activity persisted for several hours.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TON is up ~69% after Pavel Durov announced Telegram will replace the TON Foundation, become the largest validator, and cut fees ~6x (Santiment MCP + Claude):<br \/>\ud83d\udcc8 Price: $1.30 (May 3) \u2192 $2.20 (now).<br \/>\ud83d\udcca Social mentions hit 91 in a single 4h window on May 5 \u2014 roughly 6x baseline,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R3Ul3GLWcb\">pic.twitter.com\/R3Ul3GLWcb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Santiment Intelligence (@SantimentData) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SantimentData\/status\/2051951427308720308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to them, the asset attracted attention amid the reorganization. Experts pointed out a contradiction: the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/arbitrum-freezes-30766-eth-amid-probe-into-kelp-hack\">freezing of Arbitrum<\/a> stolen funds from Kelp caused a trust crisis, while the centralized support of TON by Telegram was perceived by the market as a positive signal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Same model, opposite reaction. Is context more important than ideology?&#8221; wrote Santiment.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Altseason?<\/h2>\n<p>The rapid growth is also shown by the anonymous cryptocurrency Zcash \u2014 since the beginning of May, the asset <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/zcash-price-surges-above-585-for-the-first-time-since-november\">has risen by 70%<\/a>. On May 6, the coin&#8217;s price rose above $585 for the first time since November 2025.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, ZEC is trading around $565 (-1% for the day).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-6985810e7931b32d-3750625879924986.webp\" alt=\"Zcash (ZEC) price\" class=\"wp-image-279673\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hourly chart of ZEC\/USDT on Binance. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/chart\/atJ4mYHE\/?symbol=BINANCE%3AZECUSDT\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week, another private token \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-the-dash-cryptocurrency-and-how-does-it-work\"> Dash<\/a> \u2014 showed similar dynamics: quotes rose by almost 60% to $52.1.<\/p>\n<p>Besides them, Internet Computer, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-cardano-ada\">Cardano<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/sui-an-ambitious-blockchain-and-cryptocurrency-from-meta-alumni\">Sui<\/a>, Ondo, and Hyperliquid have also grown significantly. Santiment called the developments &#8220;mild whispers of the start of altseason.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd11 Some mild whispers of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/altseason?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#altseason<\/a> are beginning to emerge as altcoins like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24TON&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$TON<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ICP&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ICP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ADA&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ADA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24SUI&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$SUI<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ONDO&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ONDO<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24HYPE&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$HYPE<\/a> have had nice starts to the week.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 Bitcoin\u2019s own emergence above $81.7K has allowed profits to begin trickling into long-dormant projects. Our screener is here\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ULvoWe5tiG\">pic.twitter.com\/ULvoWe5tiG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Santiment Intelligence (@SantimentData) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SantimentData\/status\/2051860242200195294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier in May, an analyst under the pseudonym Darkfost also noted signs of stabilization in the altcoin sector. Meanwhile, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes predicted the collapse of most coins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Open Network (TON) blockchain leads in transaction finalization speed, achieving this in less than one second, according to Telegram founder Pavel Durov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"TON blockchain leads in transaction finalization speed, achieving this in less than one second.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1423,723,1364,1422],"class_list":["post-96900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-pavel-durov","tag-telegram","tag-the-open-network","tag-toncoin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"12","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"TON blockchain leads in transaction finalization speed, achieving this in less than one second.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96900","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=96900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96902,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96900\/revisions\/96902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}