Everscale Community Takes Over Network After Broxus Exit
The Broxus team announced that it would end its support for Everscale infrastructure after more than two years of operating without commercial returns. The remaining services were initially scheduled to be shut down on September 29, 2026, but the community managed to take control of the infrastructure before support was fully discontinued.
As part of the transition, Broxus provided the community with access to the necessary infrastructure and source code. Everscale developers and validators independently restored the operation of key network components.
As a result, the main infrastructure components remained operational, and the network did not go offline. The StEver pool was smoothly removed from validation, after which control of the validators was transferred to several independent community teams.
At the same time, Broxus had initially warned users to withdraw their assets from the company’s services before September 29, 2026. The shutdown affected Broxus validators, FlatQube, Octus Bridge infrastructure, EVER Wallet, EVER Scan, RPC endpoints, and other services. After ending its operations, Broxus also did not plan to be responsible for recovering users’ assets.
For users holding USDT on the Everscale network, they were specifically advised to use Octus Bridge to transfer their tokens to the Avalanche network — at the time of the announcement, this was the only supported route.
Everscale is now effectively transitioning to a community-driven governance model. Project developers refer to the event as a Community Takeover and say they plan to return to further ecosystem development after the transition period is completed.
Everscale itself emerged in November 2021 following the rebranding of Free TON. At the time, the native TON Crystal token was renamed EVER, while the rebranding was accompanied by major changes to the network’s architecture and governance.
The Broxus team announced that it would end its support for Everscale infrastructure after more than two years of operating without commercial returns. The remaining services were initially scheduled to be shut down on September 29, 2026, but the community managed to take control of the infrastructure before support was fully discontinued.
As part of the transition, Broxus provided the community with access to the necessary infrastructure and source code. Everscale developers and validators independently restored the operation of key network components.
As a result, the main infrastructure components remained operational, and the network did not go offline. The StEver pool was smoothly removed from validation, after which control of the validators was transferred to several independent community teams.
At the same time, Broxus had initially warned users to withdraw their assets from the company’s services before September 29, 2026. The shutdown affected Broxus validators, FlatQube, Octus Bridge infrastructure, EVER Wallet, EVER Scan, RPC endpoints, and other services. After ending its operations, Broxus also did not plan to be responsible for recovering users’ assets.
For users holding USDT on the Everscale network, they were specifically advised to use Octus Bridge to transfer their tokens to the Avalanche network — at the time of the announcement, this was the only supported route.
Everscale is now effectively transitioning to a community-driven governance model. Project developers refer to the event as a Community Takeover and say they plan to return to further ecosystem development after the transition period is completed.
Everscale itself emerged in November 2021 following the rebranding of Free TON. At the time, the native TON Crystal token was renamed EVER, while the rebranding was accompanied by major changes to the network’s architecture and governance.
Gram Wallet Becomes Available on Telegram
Telegram has begun rolling out its new non-custodial wallet, Gram Wallet. For now, it is available to a limited number of users. To make the wallet appear for other users, they must receive a transfer of at least 0.1 Gram from another user.
Gram Wallet uses a separate smart contract called WalletTg, which differs from the wallet contracts used by other non-custodial apps, including My Wallet and Keeper. The channel previously covered the features of the new smart contract: t.me/infotonen/331.
One of the wallet’s features is the ability to send Gram up to five times per day without blockchain fees, either to other Telegram users or to a wallet address. However, the first transaction incurs a fee to initialize the smart contract.
Currently, Gram Wallet supports Gram and Telegram-related NFTs, including gifts, collectible usernames, and anonymous numbers.
If other tokens or NFTs are sent to a Gram Wallet address, they will not appear in the wallet interface. However, they can be recovered using another non-custodial wallet that supports the WalletTg smart contract.
Gram Wallet should not be confused with the Gram balance in Telegram, which was recently renamed Gram Earnings. These are two different features: the Gram balance can be used to purchase gifts on Telegram Resell and submit offers to channels to publish posts, while transferring funds directly from this balance to the new Gram Wallet is currently not possible.
Telegram has begun rolling out its new non-custodial wallet, Gram Wallet. For now, it is available to a limited number of users. To make the wallet appear for other users, they must receive a transfer of at least 0.1 Gram from another user.
Gram Wallet uses a separate smart contract called WalletTg, which differs from the wallet contracts used by other non-custodial apps, including My Wallet and Keeper. The channel previously covered the features of the new smart contract: t.me/infotonen/331.
One of the wallet’s features is the ability to send Gram up to five times per day without blockchain fees, either to other Telegram users or to a wallet address. However, the first transaction incurs a fee to initialize the smart contract.
Currently, Gram Wallet supports Gram and Telegram-related NFTs, including gifts, collectible usernames, and anonymous numbers.
If other tokens or NFTs are sent to a Gram Wallet address, they will not appear in the wallet interface. However, they can be recovered using another non-custodial wallet that supports the WalletTg smart contract.
Gram Wallet should not be confused with the Gram balance in Telegram, which was recently renamed Gram Earnings. These are two different features: the Gram balance can be used to purchase gifts on Telegram Resell and submit offers to channels to publish posts, while transferring funds directly from this balance to the new Gram Wallet is currently not possible.