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TON is not a blockchain

If you look all the way back at the original TON whitepaper, you'll see that the proposed unique features of TON are not merely fast and cheap transactions. TON is a general network for creating decentralized (or at least federated) alternatives of existing services: trustless, uncensorable, robust, without a single failure point.

The current "web3" services are incredibly centralized. They are hosted on a normal domain name managed by ICANN, with centralized SSL certificates, on centralized servers, routed through Cloudflare. Even the data for "on-chain" assets is often just a link to something like a picture without an integrity check!

TON has all the components for building something better.

Here are the exact technologies mentioned by Nikolai Durov:
1. 📰 TON Sites
The Sites allow to host services in a truly decentralized way — with an on-chain DNS, through ADNL, a decentralized network, or TON Storage. This provides a number of benefits: your website cannot be blocked, a smart contract can manage the content, and the owner can prove that the website a user gets is the same as one that was open sourced
2. 💾 TON Storage
This is a decentralized version of Google Drive, similar to Torrents. It allows to host files and get paid when the files are downloaded, and much more
3. 🫣 TON Proxy
This is a decentralized VPN concept that hasn't been fully implemented yet

Currently, all of these technologies are under-developed compared to the blockchain. There is a ton of plans on the TON roadmap to develop them, so we expect a wild ride in the nearest future
Let's build on them together — towards a truly decentralized web!

👋 Introducing Agorata — a service to easily create TON Sites!

Here's how it works:
1. Get some TON domains — at dns.ton.org or getgems.io
2. Go to the bot: https://t.center/tonskiupbot, open the web app 🔨
3. Choose the domain and set up your website
4. View it through Telegram Browser or by adding .ski at the end

https://t.center/tonskiupbot

👋 Wellcome to the new subscribers!
Recently, Pavel Durov and the team integrated TON Sites into Telegram. This is a huge step for TON Sites!
You can try it out right now: foundation.ton

👨‍🍳 We have been cooking something great in the meantime. Stay tuned — soon, we will tell you more about that

Meanwhile, tell us your thoughts on TON Sites in the comments 🔽