Could TON be the new Solana?

[X-ray]

After the rhetoric of being the new Bitcoin and the new Ethereum, we also hear the rhetoric of being the new Solana. Of course, every project competes with the products in its market, but the idea of being the new one of an existing product doesn't seem very original and right to me. Ton has a great target audience thanks to the messaging program Telegram. If it does the right things at the right time, it can succeed in gaining an important place in the market...

Honestly that's right, TON just seem to be taking different path than solana, because solana is embracing the meme coin hype on the other hand TON is full of gamefi projects.
so it's really different blockchain altogether, heck even the working mechanism of the blockchain and the user experience of the TON ecosystem vastly differ than that of solana.
also the fact that TON try to make it free to send stablecoin means it want to cater as much general audience as it can meanwhile solana doesn't really do that.

however the thing that gives originality to TON probably the fact that TON itself always revolve around its telegram app, trying to fit entire ecosystem into their app.

[betswift]

I don't like to compare or equilize two or three different coins on the market in that way, as, in my opinion, it can cause thinking about what is going to happen next preemptively, withouth much analysis taken into account. Yes, TON and it's growing and booming network of different projects are slowly paving the road for it to becoming one of the big players on the market, however, there are still many things to be desired by the devs and users alike, just like in SOL, but not quiet. Always DYOR and keep an eye out.

[pangu]

Ex-TON Foundation execs launch $40M TON Ventures fund:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ton-ventures-40m-fund-crypto-projects

[Krishna1942]

I am active user of telegram and many airdrops giving prizes in ton for tasks, activities. I can say telegram users will increase in future so more demand for ton coin in future.

[riantolie]

It definitely could, we'll see. I wouldn't bet on it too much, but I have some TON and planning to get some more.

[passwordnow]

It definitely could, we'll see. I wouldn't bet on it too much, but I have some TON and planning to get some more.

The narrative changes over time. When it's with SOL's moment, it's with the meme coins. Now, TON has got a lot of meme coins as well but in accordance with that, they're part of the game that's built on the TON's ecosystem. There's a chance that it can be mostly preferred by those investors that are into memes and games. But I don't give guarantee on this. As I've said, changes are there and narratives do changes a lot from time to time.

It could be SOLs time several months ago, and this time it could be TONs but we'll never know how long they're going to coexist and which of them is going to stay for so long. But for now, we're looking at both of them as they seem to be good as they are based on the liquidity and market share that they are having from its volumes through exchanges. The market and its community have been loving the movement of them whenever there are some interest news that comes out. Anyway, more gas fees for those airdrops that are coming to TON or telegram apps.

[betswift]

It definitely could, we'll see. I wouldn't bet on it too much, but I have some TON and planning to get some more.

With implications of new updates (like the Stars) that will make Telegram and TON more marketable and usable for content and project creators alike. In the future, they should be able to trade these for TON itself, so I think we will see even more funds flooding into it.

[Abiky]

With implications of new updates (like the Stars) that will make Telegram and TON more marketable and usable for content and project creators alike. In the future, they should be able to trade these for TON itself, so I think we will see even more funds flooding into it.

This is good and all, but without the US market, TON will be doomed. Telegram needs to "open its doors" to US-based users to help kickstart the value of its TON cryptocurrency. I know the decision was made out of fear from the regulators. Especially with the SEC's record of "aggressiveness" against crypto industry giants in the US. But the regulatory agency backed down recently, paving the way for crypto companies to resume their operations in the country without obstacles/limitations.

Until the US market adopts TON, expect Solana to stay ahead in the game for quite some time. Technically-speaking, both TON and Solana are "neck and neck". TON hasn't had a single network outage (AFAIK), unlike its rival. I guess that's one of its main "selling points". The crypto market behaves in many strange and bizarre ways, so expect the unexpected.