China’s Telegram Open Network spin-off, TONCommunity.org has announced that its testnet is now live. After announcing plans for a separate TON network in late May, TONCommunity.org has launched the testnet on July 28 as said by the project’s founder Tooz Wu. Meanwhile, TONCommunity.org is also holding an airdrop of mainnet tokens, known as “TONcoins.” https://t.co/Vq2OEAxfWd Testnet Launch and Airdrop Ready. Welcome TON testnet2 validator join https://t.co/Vq2OEAxfWd testnet

In a July 6 update, the official TON development group on Telegram announced that it would be discontinuing its support of the test network for TON by next month. The remaining of its TON validators will be turned off by August 1. The TON official recommended network participants save all their relevant data and stop their testing processes. Despite the testnet being set to shut down less than a month from now, network participants will still be able to continue their experim

Telegram’s terminated blockchain project, Telegram Open Network keeps revamping into new community-led TON networks. On a May 29 blog post, the Chinese TON Community voiced its intention to launch a separate TON-based network. The community plans to launch their own TON blockchain testnet as well as roll out a project website. The Chinese TON Community will be seeking to recruit more participants to develop the network. The blog post reads: “We plan to start the TON Blockcha

A decentralized blockchain network derived from Telegram’s TON blockchain, Free TON is launching the first community contests to power its network. Starting from May 18, users, developers and validators are invited to participate in three separate contests, with Free TON planning to distribute thousands of TON Crystals, or Tons, as rewards. On May 18, the Free TON Community officially introduced proposals for the first community contests on the Free TON forum. Each contest ai

Co-founder of the Qiwi group and $17 million TON investor, Sergey Solonin has decided to reissue his investment as a loan to Telegram according to a report by Forbes Russia, May 16. Following Telegram’s well-documented court battle with the U.S. SEC, the company missed its April 30 deadline to launch the TON network and was prohibited from distributing its Gram tokens. Один из основателей группы Qiwi Сергей Солонин решил переоформить в кредит свои инвестиции в криптопроект Па

Pavel Durov, the CEO of Telegram, has announced the end of Telegram Open Network (TON) and the linked Gram tokens after a prolonged battle with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It has been reported that Durov said Telegram is now officially terminating its involvement with the project, as the TON network and Gram token were announced back in 2017. However, in the post, named “What Was TON And Why It Is Over,” Durov said that they made the decision i

Telegram has said that American TON investors will not be able to stay in the TON project for another 12 months. On May 4, it has been reported by Russian news agency RBC that American TON investors will be only eligible for an immediate 72% repayment instead of a 110% refund option in April 2021. However, the news comes after Telegram offered to refund its investors on April 30. As per the report, the firm proposed two options, an immediate 72% refund, or 110% in 12 months.

Google Play market and Apple’s AppStore will reportedly soon feature the Telegram Open Network (TON) operating system (OS). On April 29 Russian news agency RBC reported via a source close to Telegram that TON OS will soon be available on smartphones and personal computers for mainstream users. TON operating system is an end-to-end open-source infrastructure that allows developers and users to work with the TON blockchain. TON OS will serve as an add-on for devices, making the

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fortified its case against Telegram saying its Gram Token is worth less than donuts. In a battle with Telegram and the Telegram Open Network (TON), the SEC argued in a memo to the Southern District Court of New York: “Telegram offered and sold Grams as securities when it promised to deliver them in exchange for funds pursuant to the Purchase Agreements. That reality will not have changed if the Court permits Telegram to deliver Gra

Pavel Durov, the Founder and CEO of Telegram, argues that Apple’s cloud service iCloud is “now officially a surveillance tool.” Founder & CEO of #encrypted #messenger service @telegram, Pavel Durov (@durov), bashes @Apple's #icloud a #surveillance tool that leaves user data available to authorities, Apple employees & advertisers@osemuix @CollinsCustomIP@ethadvocate @nurseML1975https://t.co/xDToVoRfhh — Dr. Tether 🌿💰🍀 (@BitcoinGardener) January 23, 2020 On January 21, it h

The sale of Telegram Open Network (TON) Gram tokens had been invalidated by Liquid Exchange. On Jan. 10 2020 Liquid Exchange wrote a blog post announcing of the new development. Meanwhile, it sent out refunds to who had taken part in the unsanctioned auction. When launching this particular auction, the exchange stated that it would issue refunds to all buyers in the event that TON didn’t end up going live by the end of November 2019. The Gram Token Sale on Liquid has been can

Pavel Durov, the CEO of Telegram, gave a deposition regarding the company’s alleged violation of United States securities law by conducting a $1.7 billion Gram token sale in 2018. Telegram CEO’s 18-Hour Deposition Transcript Is Published Online https://t.co/EJ9tzsd5Wf pic.twitter.com/QaByKHvDye — Crypto World News (@cryptoworldnews) January 18, 2020 It has been reported that the deposition was held on January 7 and 8 before a court reporter designated by the court reporting

Telegram’s Grams Wallet is now available for MacOS, Windows, and Ubuntu in testing mode, with the source code published on GitHub. Test Tokens Users can download the test wallet client from its website while creating an address and receive the private keys. They can also request and test Gram tokens in the app via a special Telegram bot called TestTonBot. TestTonBot invites the users to test out the service by requesting 5 to 20 tokens to the generated crypto address on the a

Telegram Open Network (TON) is a blockchain network that is designed to be faster, scalable while being capable to handle millions of transactions per second. It can provide competition to Ethereum’s smart contracts and decentralized applications while at the same time being extremely scalable. What is Telegram Open Network? (TON) Telegram Open Network is a flexible and scalable architecture consisting of master chains and up to 292 accompanying blockchains. It marks a dynam

Telegram Open Network (TON) developers responded to its investors after American regulators abruptly announced that its $1.7 billion token sales were illegal. According to a TON letter to investors, the firm has been trying to solicit feedback from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the past 18 months regarding the TON blockchain and does not agree with the recent action. It wrote: “We were surprised and disappointed that the SEC chose to file the

Telegram, the messaging application is finally going public with its involvement in the Telegram Open Network (TON) after raising $1.7 billion last year and maintaining almost complete radio silence. The first mention of TON and its native gram tokens appeared on Telegram’s official website on October 8 (Tuesday) morning in the form of terms of service (ToS) for the token’s wallet app. According to the ToS, Telegram is going to integrate the wallet into the company’s flagship

Telegram’s Gram Wallet (GRM) alpha version is now available for iOS. On Sept 26th, Telegram reported that its Gram wallet is active in the instant messaging app’s alpha version for iOS. The wallet is currently active on Telegram Open Network (TON) Testnet. Basic functions for now Fyodor Skuratov of software startup TON Labs said that the Telegram’s built-in wallet will only have the basic features as the wallet design is not finalized. He added that for advanced functions lik

On September 6, Telegram released its Telegram Open Network (TON) testnet explorer and node software on its website, two months ahead of its planned launch of the Gram Digital Currency. As TON is Telegram’s blockchain project which has entered the last preparation stage before going live. It has been reported that on August 28, three unidentified investors in Telegram’s $1.7 billion private initial coin offering had said that Telegram confirmed that it would issue the first G