Team Telegram shall cease active participation in TON

On the official website test.ton.org there were two news:

1. Some are almost ready components Storage TON, TON Payments and CPS Fift perenesen from private development branch to the main public branch.

2. The core team TON shall cease active participation in the project of TON for reasons explained here. Team effort was redirected to other projects. Some of the internal branches that are actively developed and tested, can be integrated into the main branch. Some minor fixes and answers to questions can appear on Github, if any of the members of a team will have free time and desire to contribute to the efforts of the community. The fundamental design and initial code to the free community.

Recall that the news about the project TON we now post on a separate channel @infotonen

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NEWTON

The development community, the winners of the TON of contests and validators have teamed up to complete the project TON, adhering to the principles of open source and decentralized development.

The project received the name of NEWTON.

Project page: https://newton-blockchain.github.io/

Interestingly, the community intends not only to finish the basic code of the blockchain, but also to integrate a TON in the messenger Telegram by bots and alternative clients Telegram.

The United team of over 30 developers have already launched a test network and started a translation of TON services on the new blockchain:

Wallet for Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.telegram.testwallet

Web wallet: gram-wallet.org/newton

Config for other purses: https://newton-blockchain.github.io/newton-test.global.config.json

HTTP API: toncenter.com/api/newton_test/v2/

JS API: github.com/toncenter/tonweb

Guide for validators: newton-blockchain.github.io/validator

The distribution of the test gram: @testgiver_ton_bot

Work and discussion will be conducted on
github.com/newton-blockchain in an open format.

Discussion in our chat: @infotonchat

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NiceGram Wallet for iOS has been updated to version 1.0 (211)

whats new:
— Updated the library tonlib
Switch between networks Maintet, Testnet2, Newton (Mainnet obviously not working).
— The price of the token is set to zero to avoid any unnecessary questions.

Before upgrading make the export of their secret words, if you have not recorded them previously. After the upgrade, you will have to restore the wallet using them, or create a new empty.

Download: testflight.apple.com/join/sYg7ibyW

#iOS #gram #wallet

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Beta-TON version of Surf is available for download

For download Android application, you need subscribe to the test and after download the application.

IOS users can immediately download Beta-version of the app through TestFlight.

To request rubies (text tokens) can have a bot Chain Raider inside the app or fill in the questionnaire.

#freeTON

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David Yakobashvili, one of the founders of Wimm-bill-Dann, who put in a TON of $60 million, decided to take money out of the blockchain-project of Pavel Durov.

Read more: tginfo.me/wimm-bill-ton

#investors

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TON Surf was updated to version 2.2

whats new:
— Removed staking. If you had the rubies on staking, they will not lost and will be refunded on closing rounds during the week;
— Updated UI with chats;
— The Commission is now included in the cost of the transaction;

Improvements and bug fixes:
— Improved pin entry;
— Fixed bug with back button on Android;
— Updated interface for screen "Key&Addresses";
— Improved the backup process (backup);

For download apps for Android, well,must subscribe to the entering inputshardware and then download the app.

IOS users can CPABC skachat Beta apps through TestFlight.

#freeTON

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TON Surf was updated to version 2.3

The test network in the experiment was laid, and next week will be restarted.

whats new:
— Added switch between networks Free TON.

Default connected to the Main network TON Free. To switch to Devnet, you have to press Advanced Settings - Developer Mode - On.

For download Android application, you need subscribe to the test and after download the application.

IOS users can immediately download Beta-version of the app through TestFlight.

#freeTON

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SEC and Telegram have agreed to a settlement

This follows from a letter to SEC judge Kevin Castelo, who led the case. A copy of the letter from The Bell. Telegram undertook to abide by the conditions issued by the Commission.
The court ordered the Telegram to return $1.22 bln buyers of tokens Gram.

The company gathered during ICO $1.7 billion.
Telegram (in the face of their companies Telegram Inc. TON and Issuers) have pledged not to violate the securities Act from 1933 in those parts, which, in the opinion of the SEC, was violated during the ICO.

Within three years, the Telegram shall within 45 days notify the SEC prior to release of certain digital assets.
Telegram will pay the SEC a fine of $18.5 million.

#courts

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Pavel Durov said Telegram that has returned to investors over $ 1.2 billion.

Today it is known that the SEC and Telegram have agreed to the settlement agreement.

Now Pavel Durov on my channel he said what Telegram has already paid investors more than $ 1.2 billion, either directly or in the form of loans.

He also expressed hope that in the future the environment for blockchain technology in the U.S. will be more favorable.

#TON

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the Test network TON testnet2 will soon be disabled

On the official website TON, test.ton.org, it was reported that August 1, 2020 a test network TON testnet2 will be disabled.

If You need to continue testing TON, you can set your own validators testnet using documentation FullNode-HOWTO, Validator-HOWTO and TestGrams-HOWTO.

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Network Newton restarted

After news that testnet2 will soon cease to be supported by a command Telegram, was restarted network Newton.

The network is now a new config, so it needs to be changed:
1. In the server settings, paste the config https://newton-blockchain.github.io/newton-test.config.json
2. Change the ID on the Blockchain Newton2 or any other.
3. Create a new wallet

If you want to restore the balance of your old wallet, this only happens on the original client or the web version. The purse is from @tginfo, you can only create a new wallet.

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the Commissioner of the SEC has criticized the regulator's decision put an end to ICO Telegram

the decision of the Commission on securities and exchange Commission (SEC), which effectively put an end to ICO Telegram of Pavel Durov, was incorrect, according to the SEC Commissioner Hester pierce. The text of her speech on the Blockchain Week in Singapore (via videoconference) SEC published on its website.

"As you will hear today, I don't always manage to convince colleagues to join my opinion. In other words, sometimes I remain in the minority," said Pearce, speaking at the Blockchain Week.

"settlement Agreement with the Telegram was a sad culmination of the investigation, which I did not support from the start," said Commissioner of the SEC.

Among the arguments of the pier - the fact that Telegram is not an American company and investors from the US not dominant among buyers tokens.

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Gram Wallet for Android on Telegram Info has been updated to version 1.3

What's new:
— Added network TONCommunity.org.
— Switching networks.
— View history of operations depending on the current network.
— The opportunity to go to server settings, without creating a purse.
— Some other fixes.

Download in Play store.

#android #wallet #update

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Testnet 2 is alive!

At the end of December, testnet2 stopped working.

Soon a new config appeared on the site, and the next day a new commit was published in the TON repository. In fact, the network was hard forked and is now available again.

Our wallet is already available for beta testers, and a stable version will appear on Google Play soon. The wallet now supports 3 networks:

- FreeTon.
- Testnet 2.
- TONCommunity.

Now it is very important to export the secret words. To do this, open old versions of our or other wallets you have installed, and export - save your secret words. This is very important and will come in handy in the future.

In the meantime, you can use the web version of the wallet, which is already configured for the new testnet2 config. Testing continues!

gram-wallet.org

Gram Wallet for Android from @tginfoen has been updated to version 1.4

What's new:
- Added changes from the last TON commit.
- Changes in networks (removed non-working ones, added FreeTON).
- FreeTON is now the default network
- Some other fixes.

Before installing the update, make a backup of the secret words.

Download in Play store.

#android #wallet #update

TON investors demanded from Durov to return tens of millions of dollars

Investors of the Da Vinci Capital fund demanded that Pavel Durov return tens of millions of dollars to them for the failed project of the Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain platform and at the end of February notified him of their intention to file a corresponding claim. Forbes writes about this with reference to a source familiar with the investors involved in the class action lawsuit.

A Telegram source close to the company's top management confirmed the receipt of such a letter, but it indicated a different amount of claims - $ 20 million. In case of refusal, investors will go to court in London within two weeks, "then other jurisdictions will follow."

Telegram started returning funds to TON investors who decided to don't take money back immediately

Telegram started paying out funds to TON blockchain platform investors who didn't take money back after the platform failed, but waited a year to take 110% of their investment, according to two investors from The Bell article [ru]. A part of the investors already received their money, while other received letters stating the payouts already started.

To return funds to the investors who decided to wait, Telegram raised over $1B in March by selling bonds to select investors.

Da Vinci Capital announced a lawsuit against Telegram in London
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«Our foundation received this offer about 24 hours before the deadline, and many of our investors simply didn't get a physical opportunity to analyze the documents and, accordingly, to receive an adequate return on the investments that were made», - said Oleg Horniko.

The investors in the Da Vinci Capital Foundation claimed damages of several tens of millions of dollars for a failed project. Then the RBC source close to Telegram reported that investors were asking for $20 million, and according to Skadden lawyers in London representing Telegram interests, such claims had little chance of success, «since the contract clearly covered both costs and risks».

Domain TON.ORG and the TON project repository was transferred to the open source developers community

The Telegram team agreed to transfer the domain ton.org and the repository to open-source to the developer community in response to their open letter:

«We are glad to see the high level of continued interest from the community to support and develop the TON technology.

Since Telegram itself no longer has any involvement in the project and we no longer use related resources, we are therefore ready to consider their transfer to a representative of the community to be utilized going forward.», — TON team wrote in GitHub.

At the address ton.org there is already new information from The Open Network team and an announcement.

Previously, the community that has now taken over the management of the domain and repository was called Newton, now it is called The Open Network. Developers from different countries have joined together to continue working on the technology.

In May, the testnet2 test network became the main one.

Pavel Durov wishes best to the maintainers of the Toncoin project

The founder of Telegram and the TON project, Pavel Durov, explained what happened to TON after the Telegram team abandoned the project, cut any relations and disowned it.

In the post, Pavel tells how he hoped other developers will keep developing the project and how Telegram Contest champions took the project to keep working on it, by rebranding it as Toncoin. He insisted again that Telegram is not related to Toncoin by any means, but he still hopes it will succeed.

New services from TON COIN and possible integration into Telegram

The team that develops the Toncoin cryptocurrency promises to introduce several new services by the end of 2022 - for storing files, bypassing locks, transferring funds, etc. These services were supposed to become part of Durov's TON blockchain project.

A source close to the Telegram team confirmed to Telegram Info that the messenger team does not rule out the possibility of integrating the aforementioned services into Telegram if they are launched.

Earlier, Durov raised the cost of Toncoin by almost 50% by supporting the developers of the altcoin. In January 2022, its price jumped again thanks to Morgenstern. The artist invested 10 million rubles in cryptocurrency.

According to the plans, the TON Payments payment system will be launched first, after that - a service for bypassing TON Proxy locks, TON Storage, an analogue of the anonymous Tor network - TON Sites and other products, Oleg Andreev, developer of the Tonkeeper crypto wallet, told Forbes.

In the near future, Andrey Rogozov, Vice President for Social Platforms of VK, should join the TON Foundation.

forbes.ru/tekhnologii/452443-pohoze-na-internet-90-h-kak-budut-rabotat-servisy-ton-ot-posledovatelej-durova