✈️ Telegram has become a TON validator for the first time in several years

5 hours ago, Telegram publicly became a validator. In doing so, it officially strengthened its integration with the The Open Network (TON) blockchain. This step marks a new stage in the relationship between the popular messaging app and the independent blockchain originally created by Pavel Durov’s team.

In 2019, Durov’s team themselves launched and maintained validators on TON during the period when the network was still in a test phase. However, in January 2020, they ended their participation due to the SEC dispute and their exit from the project.

In TON, validators are key network participants who: verify and confirm transactions, participate in consensus (Catchain 2.0), produce new blocks, ensure network security and decentralization, take part in key governance votes.

One such vote is the MTONGA step 2 initiative announced by Pavel Durov — a reduction of all types of gas fees (including transaction fees). The validator voting has already started, and at the time of posting, 112 out of 400 votes have been collected. You can track the event at vote.lagus.cooking (a resource made by a developer from Ton Core).

Thus, Telegram has returned to TON validation for the first time in years and can now participate in voting on network improvements.

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