What’s the difference between RWA and Synths?

What are RWA?

RWA (Real World Assets) are real world things like real estate, bonds, or gold – brought onto the blockchain in the form of tokens.

Simply put: a physical asset gets tokenized so it can be easily transferred and used on the blockchain.

What are Synths?

Synths (synthetic assets) are tokens whose price is pegged to other assets — but without actually holding them.

In other words: they are native TON tokens backed by collateral. They don’t rely on physical assets — they just mimic their price and market behavior.

So, what’s the difference?

A synth mirrors the price and behavior of a real asset, but you don’t own that asset itself.

RWA is the asset — just in digital form. Each token is backed by something physical (like an apartment, bond, or gold). That physical asset is secured or stored in the real world first, and only then a corresponding token is issued on the blockchain.

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