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🚀 The TON blockchain just got upgraded and is now 10× faster. ⚡️ Block rate increased 6×. ⏱ Transactions are now instant, subsecond. 🪙 This was step 1 of 7 to Make TON Great Again (MTONGA). Next step: cut the already low transaction fees by 6×. ✂️

Catchain 2.0 activation is underway TON validators are voting to fully activate Catchain 2.0, a consensus upgrade that brings sub-second finality to the network. The first phase has been live since April 2. Today, at 14:00 UTC, the final vote started to cut block times to 400 ms across the entire network. To activate the upgrade, validators vote on-chain. The proposal needs support from at least 75% of validators (by stake weight) across two validation rounds, roughly 36 hours. 👉 Track the voting here TON Community | TON Dev News | TON Regional | X | YouTube | LinkedIn | TON.org

GM TON Community💪 We're putting together a post about different wallets on TON! But the real question is – Which one do you like the most? What’s your favorite feature, and why do you love it? Let us know in the replies below 💎⬇️ ⚡️BOOST

🎤 TON Real Talk Ep.8 is LIVE! This week: Driving Growth in the US 🇺🇸 What does real growth actually look like for TON? Beyond awareness, it’s about building a system that works: community → builders → partnerships → adoption With @moontrips (TON US Hub Lead), Ankit Raj and Clement Chaikov (Not Alone), breaking down what’s working, what’s not, and how growth becomes repeatable. 😏 Watch now on X, Telegram & YouTube WalletKit | Alpha AppKIt | TON Coin | TON Builders | TON Hubs | X | YouTube | LinkedIn | TON.org

⚡️ Sub-Second Mainnet Activation Starts Now TON Core has announced the mainnet rollout of the Sub-Second upgrade. This is a consensus upgrade designed to move TON toward sub-second finality and bring on-chain UX closer to Web2 responsiveness. Rollout plan: 📅 March 31: Validators upgrade nodes to the version supporting the latest consensus changes 📅 April 2: Validators vote to activate the new consensus on the basechain and enable a moderate block rate increase 📅 April 7: Validators vote to fully activate fast consensus on both the basechain and masterchain 👉 Full announcement 👉 Instructions for validators and apps TON Community | TON Builders | TON Dev News | TON Hubs | X | YouTube | LinkedIn | TON.org

Identity is the trust layer for the TON ecosystem.💎 It turns public ecosystem activity into reputation by analyzing signals such as code, wallets, badges, and social presence, helping make contribution and credibility more visible across TON. Now Identity has released Launches, a new discovery section for products building in the ecosystem. ✨ The first Launches cohort is now live with 16 projects How it works: • users clap for the projects they like • clap budget is tied to Identity reputation • top projects earn permanent badges on Identity at the end of the week This makes discovery more transparent and gives more weight to real ecosystem contribution. ✨ Projects in the first cohort include: • OmniMarket — prediction markets for Telegram communities • EdChess — play chess and earn TON • Toncenter SDK — AI-ready Python SDK for TON • TON Agent Platform — no-code AI agents in Telegram • TON Bridge — cross-chain liquidity for TON • ENACT Protocol — on-chain escrow for AI agent payments • Catallaxy — decentralized agents marketplace • TeleGifts — AI-powered Telegram Gifts analytics and swaps • Hash2Cash — Bitcoin mining based on RWA • ODROB — financial layer for agents • Rolls — PvP game with Telegram NFT gifts • mena — P2P atomic asset exchange on TON • Swift Gifts — Telegram Gifts aggregator • TonGo — .ton DNS lookup service • Watchi — AI focus coach with streaks and ambient sounds • MOLVA — social game on TON 👉 Check out the cohort and vote for your favorites ⚡Rankings close on Sunday. 👉 Read more about how Launches work TON Community | TON Builders | TON Dev News | TON Hubs | X | YouTube | LinkedIn | TON.org

🎤 TON Real Talk Ep.8 – Driving Growth in the US What does real growth in the US actually look like for TON? Beyond awareness, it’s about turning distribution into a system that works: community → builders → partnerships → adoption With @moontrips - TON…

💎 Building financial products inside Telegram just got faster Dynamic and Fireblocks launched native embedded wallet support for TON. Developers can now ship payment apps, trading platforms, and commerce experiences without building wallet infrastructure from scratch. ✅ Users get a fully functional TON wallet on sign-up automatically ✅ No wallet contract management ✅ Enterprise-grade custody backing 550M+ wallets across 2,400+ institutions If you're building financial products inside Telegram, the infrastructure to match that scale is ready. 👉 Read more TON Community | TON Builders | TON Dev News | TON Hubs | X | YouTube | LinkedIn | TON.org

Sub-Second mainnet activation starts The public bug bounty contest for the TON Sub-Second update has been completed. We thank all participants for their work and valuable feedback. The corresponding changes have already been applied to the codebase. No major consensus changes were required. The final contest results and reward distribution will be announced later. This contest was the final stage of testing before mainnet activation. Prior to that, the update had already passed internal testing by TON Core and extended testing in testnet. We are now starting the activation of the Sub-Second update in TON mainnet. For additional reliability, activation will be performed in 3 stages: Update plan: March 31 (today): Upgrade validator nodes to the version supporting the latest consensus changes. April 2: Vote to activate the new consensus on the basechain and enable a moderate block rate increase. April 7: Vote to fully activate fast consensus on both the basechain and masterchain and then upgrade validator nodes. The Sub-Second update is a major protocol upgrade comprising a substantial number of changes. Despite comprehensive testing, validators are advised to maintain heightened operational readiness during the next two weeks, from March 31 to April 12. The TON Core team will remain available throughout the deployment and is prepared to respond promptly to any situations.