💀 What’s wrong with gram.org?

⚫️ Today, the old placeholder page on gram.org was replaced by a full-fledged TON block explorer. Telegram has already made it the default explorer for viewing onchain transactions inside the app. That role previously belonged to Tonscan, and before that to Tonviewer from The Open Platform.

⚫️ The community’s first reaction has been mixed. Users have already spotted plenty of visual issues and minor bugs, while parts of the interface look like they were hastily vibe-coded. Basically, not quite the level of polish people usually expect from Telegram products.

⚫️ Interestingly, gram.org appears to have come as a surprise even to TON Core, despite the team being responsible for the smart contract behind Money. Petr Makhnev, a developer behind Acton, jokingly pointed out that features from their open-source Actonscan have already started showing up in other explorers — and now Telegram has launched an explorer of its own.

⚫️ Our guess is that Telegram is gradually trying to reduce its reliance on third-party developers. Ahead of Money’s mass rollout, the company may want to move users onto its own infrastructure instead of giving extra exposure to external products. At least for now, we don’t see many other convincing reasons for launching yet another TON explorer.

⚫️ Sure, gram.org looks rough around the edges and somewhat rushed. But that's hardly surprising — the official ton.org website also looks blatantly vibe-coded, and recent Telegram updates have been noticeably buggier. So maybe shipping half-baked products is gradually becoming the new meta?

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