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!