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📣 Community Update As the TON ecosystem evolves, so does the way we come together! We're consolidating channels to keep conversations more active and connected. As a result, this channel will be closing and joining the main TON community. Getting the latest updates, connecting with the wider community, and getting support just got easier. Stay Connected: 🔊 News & Updates TG: TON Dev News, Ton

🚀 The AI Hackathon review period has been extended until April 3. The results exceeded all expectations: over 160 submissions, 4x the previous contest. The volume and variety of projects submitted have genuinely impressed us. A strong mix of thoughtful, creative, and technically impressive work from across the ecosystem. We definitely didn’t expect that. So, we are extending the review period

🫧 Tolk v1.3: moving toward a general-purpose language After the previous post, this release may feel less surprising — but still a bit unusual. The reason is simple: Tolk is no longer evolving only as a contract language. It is becoming a foundation for the toolchain I described earlier. This release focuses on features beyond contracts — introducing general-purpose capabilities needed for li

💎 WalletConnect now supports TON. WalletConnect's global network, which connects 500M+ users across 700+ wallets and facilitated more than $400B in transaction volume in 2025, now has access to TON's expanding stablecoin economy and DeFi ecosystem. To enable this, TON Connect protocol has been extended to support WalletConnect as a transport layer, allowing TON dApps to interact with multichain

🎁 Gift Fest Season 2 is live — Mini App-based campaign with $300,000 in rewards Gift Fest runs entirely inside a Telegram Mini App, combining distribution, engagement, and rewards in one flow. What’s included: • $300,000 total prize pool • Multi-format rewards (devices, digital assets, real-world items) • Updated mechanics for participation and progression Ecosystem participants: Tonkeeper, Wa

💎 That's a wrap. TON AI Agent Hackathon is closed. 150+ projects. Two weeks. Some of what came through was seriously impressive production-grade infra, live mainnet deployments, agents that actually work. Respect to everyone who shipped. Judging underway. Winners next week. 😏 View the submissions here TON Community | TON Hubs |X | YouTube | LinkedIn | TON.org

💎 TON at OpenClaw Lobster Cave | Cannes Building AI agents on TON? This hackathon is structured for fast onboarding and execution. TON and Hacken are launching OpenClaw Hackathon: • Start: March 25 • End: March 29, 23:59 • Results: March 30 Expect: • Live agent demos • Technical discussion • Workshop-style conversations • Networking with serious builders Over 200 builders already registered.

Sub-second finality: how to adapt your project TON is rolling out Catchain 2.0, a consensus upgrade targeting sub-second block finality on mainnet in early April 2026. What's changing: – Block interval: ~2.5s → 200–400ms – Finalization lag: ~10s → ~1s – Throughput: up to ~5 blocks/sec But a faster chain alone won't help users if apps still rely on old API. We've published a step-by-step adopti

📣 TON AI Agent Hackathon, last 24 hours Deadline: March 25, 11:59 PM UTC If your project is in progress, complete your build and submit. Focus on delivering a working implementation. 😏 Submit your entry here TON Community | TON Hubs |X | YouTube | LinkedIn | TON.org

🎤 TON Real Talk Ep.7 is LIVE! Dev updates across TON, including Rust Node progress with Roman Nguyen (RSquad), plus GameFi projects such as Glance, EdChess and iTerra. 🚀 With Anastasia, Dmitry, Anthony & Daniil. 😏 Watch on Telegram, X or YouTube TON Community | TON Hubs |X | YouTube | LinkedIn | TON.org

🎤 TON Real Talk Ep.7 — Dev Updates Dev updates across TON, including Rust Node progress with Roman Nguyen (RSquad). Hosted by Anastasia Yugova (CIS Hub Lead), Dmitry (CIS Community Lead), Anthony Tsivarev (VP of Ecosystem Development) & Daniil Sherbakov (GameFi BD). 🗓️ 19/03 | 4pm UTC 🚀 On X, Telegram & YouTube We're waiting for you 💎 TON Community | TON Hubs |X | YouTube | LinkedIn | TON

🎬 Tech Interview EP3 A closer look at Tolk, the language replacing FunC for smart contracts on TON. Aleksandr Kirsanov (TON Core Team) explains how Tolk improves developer workflows and simplifies on-chain development. We covered: 😏 Limits of FunC ❓ Why projects are migrating to Tolk 🧩 Unified development tooling ⛏️ The vision for a smart contract development 😏 Check the full episode here