In this episode, our hosts are joined by Alena, Ecosystem Lead at TON, to discuss how “Mini Apps” are helping drive mass adoption. We cover Mini Apps, the similarities and differences between Telegram and WeChat, and TON’s strategy for onboarding new developers. Finally, we dive into TON’s systems architecture, and what the TON Foundation has in store for the future.
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Introduction
(7:45) Telegram Mini Apps
(19:17) Telegram vs WeChat
(28:36) Onboarding Apps to TON
(35:00) Polygon Ad
(35:51) Pear Ad
(36:16) Avalanche Ad
(36:58) SocialFi
(42:56) TON Systems Architecture
(51:41) The Future of TON
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