TON is coming back to life - and not just for regular TON users

👉 In just one week, three major stories made waves:

🎭 PepekTON scam. The presale raised around $44k. Only half of it was added to liquidity. The rest was withdrawn directly through an exchange service. Not everyone received their tokens, and the listing launched at roughly -10x compared to the entry price. The admins deleted chats and posts afterward. TON Newbie covered the story in detail (one, two), and zicelaqo even launched a small investigation into the case.

🏪 GetGems and fake USDT. A scammer was sending offers containing counterfeit USDT tokens that the marketplace identified as legitimate. Victims still haven't been compensated. The platform remains in contact with users but isn't ready to provide reimbursements, placing the blame on user inattention - even though distinguishing the fake tokens was practically impossible.

🔓 TAC hack for $2.5M. A wallet funded through FixedFloat managed to withdraw $2.5 million from a cross-chain bridge. Fortunately, the story ended relatively well: the hacker returned the funds and kept 10% as a bounty.

➡️ And these were only the biggest incidents. There were plenty of smaller ones too. Personally, my favorite was the case where scammers got scammed 😏

ℹ️ I think there are several reasons behind all this.

▫️ One of them is the recent release of Action, a new development toolkit in TON. The barrier to building and testing smart contracts has dropped dramatically. The process looks something like this:

More tools → more developers → more contracts → more attacks → more security work → better products.

That's a normal growth cycle.

▫️ The second reason is simple: there's more money flowing through TON again. Scammers always follow liquidity. In a strange way, the rise in scams and attacks is actually a sign that capital is returning to the ecosystem.

🤔 In the long run, I think this will produce positive results. Hacks will push teams toward more serious audits. Scams will make the community more vigilant. And tools like Action will attract more capable developers who can help fix the weaknesses and improve the ecosystem.

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