TON Builders

🚀 Tolk vs TL‑B: Stop Translating Schemas, Start Modeling Types

If you are coming to Tolk from FunC, you might look for TL‑B equivalents or try generating TL‑B schemas from Tolk structs. That approach can make sense in FunC, but it is not required in Tolk.

▪️ TL‑B vs Tolk: TL‑B describes inputs, storage, and structure for low-level FunC contracts. Tolk defines these directly through structs that specify layout, typing, optionality, and serialization. The type system becomes the main source of truth.

▪️ Tooling and features: ABI generation, TypeScript wrappers, source maps, and debugger integration work directly with Tolk types. Tolk also supports type aliases, enums, inline unions, tensors, and custom serialization — features TL‑B does not cover.

▪️ Where TL‑B still fits: TL‑B remains useful for TON protocol internals like block.tlb. For contracts, messages, and storage, Tolk types are the authoritative definition.

▪️ Mindset shift: In Tolk, the type system is the schema. Model data directly in the language instead of translating external schemas.

📚 Read the full blog for more insights!

✅ Think in types, not schemas.

💎 TON Demo Day: Post-Event Report

TON Demo Day connected projects with VCs in a private session focused on Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization, gaming, and infrastructure for TON Ecosystem.

Project Highlights

▪️ Genza - Dating app with 3D avatars and AI matching

▪️ SIXR - Web3 cricket game where fans can earn and compete with superstars

▪️ Harbor Market - Hub for gifts, stickers, NFTs, and in-game assets on Telegram

▪️ Rumble Arcade - Multiplayer game platform

▪️ Dig it - Play-for-gold game turning gameplay into real gold ownership

▪️ ZarGates - Gaming backend-as-a-service for Telegram apps

Next Steps

VCs connected directly with projects, and all teams were featured in TON Investors Club.

Future Demo Days

More Demo Days coming soon. Watch for upcoming themes and deadlines.

📊 Telegram Mini Apps Analytics

The Telegram Analytics SDK helps you understand how users interact with your Mini App. Track on-chain and off-chain events, monitor funnels, and analyze conversion paths — all in a privacy-focused way that avoids collecting personal data or cross-app tracking.

Why use it?
▪️ Simple Integration: Supported via builders.ton.org
▪️ Insightful Data: Track user actions to improve your Mini App experience
▪️ Better Decisions: Understand funnels and conversions to optimize engagement

Resources:
📖 Integration guide: docs.tganalytics.xyz
💬 Support: @devs
🔔 Updates: @tonbuild

📢 TON Investors Club & Amplify Reach: Submission Deadline

Submissions for the TON Investors Club and Official Channel Promotion support programs will close on December 9, 2025 for the holiday period. Please submit before this date to ensure your application is processed this year.

Submissions will reopen on January 5, 2026. Thank you for your participation and continued support, looking forward to another productive year ahead.

📢 Security Offer on TON Builders Portal: CertiK

TON is working with CertiK, the largest blockchain security auditor, to support projects that want to strengthen security and build user trust.

💡 What You Will Get:

▪️ Up to 30% off audits (20% off < $10K USDT, 30% off ≥ $10K USDT)

▪️ Free private key management consultation

▪️ Up to 50% off Bug Bounty, Team Verification, and Skynet monitoring

▪️ Vouchers for future security services

✅ Who Should Apply?

TON builders preparing for launch or major updates in DeFi, NFT, GameFi, or infrastructure.

Apply here. 

TON US Hub Launching in NYC

🗽 NYC builders: Join a holiday networking event with TON and AWS.

Connect with teams building on TON, meet fellow builders, and explore Telegram mini apps in the US.

🎅 Register to attend

Join TON US Hub

📣 New AI Assistant for TON Builders

Meet your new AI assistant, live on builders.ton.org – here to help you navigate TON Ecosystem and access the right support for your project.

The assistant helps new and experienced builders find resources and stay informed about the ecosystem. Open the widget in the bottom right corner of TON Builders page, ask away, and get your project rolling.

Try it now

Workshop with AdsGram at TON Nest: TMA Marketing Playbook

This session is for teams launching or scaling a Telegram Mini App (TMA). TON Foundation is hosting AdsGram experts to cover key marketing foundations.

What You Will Learn:
▪️ TMA Marketing 101: Key concepts to know before running campaigns.
▪️ Prerequisites Checklist: What to prepare for effective traffic acquisition.
▪️ Future Roadmap: Overview of upcoming sessions on organic growth, paid traffic, and monetization.
▪️ Live Q&A: Address immediate questions and inform future topics.

Speaker: Vadim Sterlin, CEO at AdsGram

🗓 Date: Thursday, December 4th
⏰ Time: 2:00 PM CEST | 5:00 PM GST | 9:00 PM HKT
📍 Platform: Zoom (also on YouTube and X)

➡️ Join here

🚀Scale Your TON Project with Fluence Cloudless Credits

Fluence, a DePIN platform, is offering Cloudless Compute Credits. It will help TON builders reduce infrastructure costs by up to 85% and support DApps or AI workloads.

💡 What You’ll Get:

▪️ Cost savings: grants that lower spending compared to centralized cloud providers
▪️ High-performance compute: CPU and GPU credits, including NVIDIA H100s
▪️ Onboarding support: assistance with setup and deployment

💰 Grant Tiers:

▪️ Builder: up to $5,000
▪️ Growth: up to $10,000
▪️ Enterprise: based on project scope

✅ Who Should Apply?

TON projects with an MVP and existing infrastructure costs, especially in data, nodes, gaming, or AI.

Apply here.

🚀 SIDUS AI Hackathon: Build Your AI Agent

Build and launch an AI agent using the SIDUS AI framework. Compete for a $12,000 prize pool.

What is SIDUS AI? A framework for building advanced AI agents with customizable and pre-trained models, including the option to use TON.

🤖 What you can do:
▪️ Launch an AI agent using the Sidus AI framework through Telegram bots, TMAs, web apps, and more.
▪️ Build tools that support developers.
▪️ Contribute to the SIDUS AI ecosystem.

📆 Deadline: December 7
🔗 Register here!

🚀 Integrate STON.fi Liquidity into Your App

STON.fi lets you add liquidity provision (LP) to your React app with a few lines of code. Users can earn rewards on their tokens directly in your app.

Why integrate STON.fi liquidity?
▪️ Enable users to earn from their idle TON or jettons through liquidity pools
▪️ Increase user engagement and retention with DeFi participation
▪️ Simple SDK/API setup: Install @ston-fi/sdk and @ston-fi/api to handle transactions and data.
▪️ Works with Tonkeeper, TON Wallet, and all TON Connect wallets
▪️ Low fees and high throughput on TON Blockchain
▪️ Immediate access to TON DeFi ecosystem

Get started:
Learn more about integrating STON.fi's liquidity and start with this Quickstart Guide.

📝 TON GameDev Ecosystem Survey

We are collecting feedback from developers building GameFi projects on TON. Your input helps us understand current tools, key challenges, and which improvements would best support your workflow.

▪️ Share your experience with TON tooling
▪️ Describe pain points in your development process
▪️ Suggest features that would improve GameFi on TON

💬 Take part in this 10 minute survey to help guide future tools and ecosystem support.

TON Demo Day: Post-Event Report and Follow-up🚀

TON Demo Day connected selected projects with over 10 VCs in a private session focused on traction and infrastructure needs for TON's next phase.

Project Highlights

▪️ swap.coffee: DEX and aggregator combining liquidity across pools for better swap conditions

▪️ Bidask: Liquidity layer providing DeFi tools for traders and liquidity providers

▪️ Fonbnk: On-chain FX ramp enabling instant local-to-TON stable conversions across 30+ markets

▪️ Jagad: Payments and settlements platform linking Web2 businesses with Web3

▪️ Amihan: On-chain land treasury offering tokenized land assets with liquidity and DAO governance

Next Steps

The private format supported direct discussion. Interested VCs received project contacts, and all teams were featured in TON Investors Club for added visibility.

🎮 Next Demo Day

The upcoming session will focus on Gaming and SocialFi projects. Details coming soon.

The Open Hack 2025: Build Real-World Apps on TON

The Open Hack 2025 is a hybrid mini-hackathon for developers across India to build consumer-facing apps on TON.

Over one month, participants will move from idea → prototype → TON integration through technical workshops, mentorship, and community engagement, culminating in a live finale during India Blockchain Week 2025 in Bangalore, where the top 10 teams will present to TON leaders, investors, and partners.

TON Builder Series: A 4-part technical workshop to help you build from idea → product → launch.

Prize Pool & Benefits:
🏆 $5,000+ USD
▪️ Mentorship and ecosystem support
▪️ TON swag kits and spotlight opportunities
▪️ Fast-track access to TON ecosystem exposure

📅 Hackathon Timeline
▪️ Nov 5-19: TON Builder Series (4-part technical workshop)
▪️ Nov 23: Final Submission Deadline
▪️ Dec 1: Offline Finale during India Blockchain Week 2025 in Bangalore

👉 Register: https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/theopenhack2025

Builders Meet Users by STON.fi — Prague Edition

STON.fi’s global DeFi journey continues — after amazing meetups across Poland, Georgia, and Singapore, the protocol bringing the STON.fi spirit to Prague, Czech Republic, on November 5!

The local community is growing fast, making this the perfect moment to meet the builders, dreamers, and innovators shaping TON’s future right here in the heart of Europe.

📅 November 5
⏰ 17:30–22:30
📍 Prague, Impact Hub 

Why you don’t want to miss it:
▪️ Meet the builders shaping TON right now — real projects, real progress 
▪️ STON.fi’s DevRel crew — Ethan Clime and Dawid Urbas — sharing how the project empowers dozens of apps with Omniston, the next-generation liquidity aggregation protocol
▪️ Make connections that turn into collaborations
▪️ Lightning talks — take the mic for 4 minutes and present your project. No slides, just passion and ideas 

🍸 Enjoy an open bar and enter the community quiz to win some enjoyable prizes! 🎯

🔗 Secure your spot 🔗

🚀 Yandex Cloud Supports TON Projects

Yandex Cloud, a leading platform providing infrastructure, databases, AI services, and large language models (LLMs), is supporting TON projects to help startups test ideas, build products, and scale efficiently.

▪️ Trusted by top Web2 and Web3 companies across Europe and beyond
▪️ Up to $12,000 in free Yandex Cloud credits valid for 6 months
▪️ MVP stage projects: $5,000 credits
▪️ Growth stage projects: $12,000 credits
▪️ Credits can be used for infrastructure, machine learning tools, databases, and AI services
▪️ Includes technical support and onboarding from Yandex Cloud engineers

To be eligible, projects must be from new Yandex Cloud users with a registered legal entity, at MVP stage or beyond, and self-funded or with early investment (Pre-seed, Seed, or Round A). The goal is to provide TON projects with infrastructure and AI tools to accelerate product development and scale efficiently.

The partnership is now live.

🚨 LAST CHANCE! 3 Days Until TON Demo Days Application Deadline! 🚨

You have 3 days left to apply for the Q4 TON Demo Days. This is your window to present your project to VCs. Events are focused on key verticals:

⚡ DeFi
💰 Payments
🤝 SocialFi
🎮 Gaming
... and more

Why Submit Now?

▪️ Pitch to top VCs
▪️ One application = multiple Demo Day opportunities
▪️ Rolling reviews — apply early to improve your chances

Deadline: October 18 Secure your spot to pitch this fall. Apply now.

📖 See the full results and read the recap here.

📊 Projects evaluated using TON’s scoring criteria.
📢 Follow TON Builders for updates.

☕️ swap.coffee Grant Program

swap.coffee, a player in TON DeFi, has launched a grant program to support developers and teams building on its platform, helping grow TON Ecosystem and enhance DeFi tools.

What You’ll Get:

▪️ Financial Support: Grants typically ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 in $TON, $USDT, or $CES.
▪️ Technical Help: Audits, consultations, and integration support.
▪️ Promotion: Exposure on swap.coffee channels and joint events.

Who Can Apply:

▪️ Developers, startups, student groups, and existing TON projects.

Requirements:

Use swap.coffee tools (API, SDK, smart contracts), show DeFi expertise, and provide a clear project plan.

Apply now 👉 swap.coffee Partner Form
More info: swap.coffee

TON Demo Days are Back, and BIGGER than ever! 🚀

This fall, TON Demo Days are back with a laser-focused format. Each event in Q4 spotlights a key vertical — DeFi, Payments, SocialFi, Gaming, and more — giving high-potential teams a chance to pitch directly to leading investors.

Who Should Apply?

We’re looking for:

▪️Experienced founders
▪️Teams with strong traction
▪️Clear market-product fit 
▪️Strategic alignment with TON
▪️Active fundraising plans 

Why Apply Now?

▪️Pitch to Top VCs
▪️One application = multiple Demo Day opportunities 
▪️Rolling reviews — apply early to increase your chances

Applications are now open. Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and selected teams will be contacted with details for their Demo Day.

📅 Deadline: October 18
📩 Apply now: https://builders.ton.org/opportunities/demo-day

Your submission covers all Q4 Demo Days. More windows may open, but this is the one to catch.

Curious about our track record? Our last event connected founders with VCs like Animoca Brands, Mechanism Capital, CoinFund, and Cypher Capital, resulting in over 20 direct introductions.

📖 See the full results and read the recap here. 

📊 Projects evaluated using TON’s scoring criteria
📢 Follow TON Builders for updates.

TON x Ignyte Hackathon: Building the Web3 SuperApp Economy

TON Foundation and Ignyte invite innovators worldwide to create Web3 payment, gig economy, and creator tools on Telegram, making digital payments faster and more useful for everyday life.

🗓 Key Dates

▪️Launch: Oct 8, 2025
▪️Deadline: Nov 17, 2025
▪️Finalists: Nov 21, 2025
▪️Pitch & Awards: Nov 29, 2025

Who Can Apply?

Students, early-stage startups, and scale-ups (Seed to Pre-Series A)

💰 Prizes (30,000 USD Total)
🥇 15,000 | 🥈 10,000 | 🥉 5,000

The Challenge

Build solutions that bring Web3 payments and experiences to Telegram, from instant pay for gig workers to token-gated creator tools.

Winners gain mentorship, access to TON’s Ecosystem, and a chance to pilot their projects globally.

Apply here