TON Blockchain: Hidden Gem or Overhyped? Let’s Debate Its Future in 2025

[Churkin]

Hey fellow crypto enthusiasts! 👋

With the altcoin market heating up again, I’ve been diving deep into TON Blockchain (The Open Network), and honestly, it’s got me intrigued. Originally birthed by Telegram’s team and now community-driven, TON promises high scalability, ultra-fast transactions, and a vision to onboard millions into Web3. But here’s the million-dollar question: Is TON poised to break out, or is it just riding the hype train? Let’s unpack this together!

[pangu]

Scaling Mass Adoption with Telegram and TON:

00:00 Introducing the executive chairman of TON Strategy Manny Stotz
3:35 Manny’s journey from Tradfi to fintech
9:42 Europe’s edge on crypto
11:00 How crypto can contribute positively to emerging markets
26:41 Manny’s mission as the President of TON
35.34 The explosion of tapping games on Telegram (possible soundbite)
37:44 Building Telegram into a super app like WeChat
43:16 Comparing Pavel Durov and Elon Musk, two tech leaders
50:00 TON and Telegram’s distribution strategy
58:48 The strategy with TONStrat, TON’s digital asset treasury
1:19:00 The explosion of Telegram gifts and what’s next
1:34:54 What’s next for TON?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rr-issb9QY

[Ojima-ojo]

Ton blockchain have driven wider adoption of cryptocurrency and alot of newbies into cryptocurrency came in through the tap to earn promotion that came with multiple ton based projects, and the exposure of telegram cryptocurrency features, so for me it's a good development if the trend and development keep at the positive side going forward.

[passwordnow]

Ton blockchain have driven wider adoption of cryptocurrency and alot of newbies into cryptocurrency came in through the tap to earn promotion that came with multiple ton based projects, and the exposure of telegram cryptocurrency features, so for me it's a good development if the trend and development keep at the positive side going forward.

That's true, I've got a lot of friends who even got with the tap airdrops earlier than me. And to be honest, they were the ones who encouraged me to do so and so I did a few of it. I've invested some hundreds on this ecosystem and thinking that some of their tokens will bring good profits to me, specially with the meme ones. But I think that I've thrown money there and instead of profiting, I've made significant losses. I should have just bought TON and held it rather than went for its tokens. It's a mistake for me and it's also because too many scams have happened on this network. Not only from the actual Telegram channels that's been a den of scammers but also to its network. It's still new and young, there's more to come to it but I am not optimistic as the others about it.

[jackpotmaster]

TON is a pure hype thing. It is yet another layer 1 that the market didn't need, but the greedy founders decided to abuse their chat messengers position to push another junk chain onto retail.

Ton blockchain have driven wider adoption of cryptocurrency and alot of newbies into cryptocurrency came in through the tap to earn promotion that came with multiple ton based projects, and the exposure of telegram cryptocurrency features, so for me it's a good development if the trend and development keep at the positive side going forward.

None of those people are really cryptocurrency users. The people that just farm things and hope to earn some fiat are not real users, they are draining money out of the ecosystem instead of contributing.

That's true, I've got a lot of friends who even got with the tap airdrops earlier than me. And to be honest, they were the ones who encouraged me to do so and so I did a few of it. I've invested some hundreds on this ecosystem and thinking that some of their tokens will bring good profits to me, specially with the meme ones. But I think that I've thrown money there and instead of profiting, I've made significant losses. I should have just bought TON and held it rather than went for its tokens. It's a mistake for me and it's also because too many scams have happened on this network. Not only from the actual Telegram channels that's been a den of scammers but also to its network. It's still new and young, there's more to come to it but I am not optimistic as the others about it.

Yes the problem is that you went with the HYPE like most people. Just because there are many airdrops or games that doesn't me a blockchain is good. TON is actually terrible for builders. A good airdrop or two is actually how they trick users to jump on these junk chains.

[Nwada001]

TON is a pure hype thing. It is yet another layer 1 that the market didn't need, but the greedy founders decided to abuse their chat messengers position to push another junk chain onto retail.

TON network indeed is pure hype, but new development is always welcomed in the industry. Much competition means every other chain will also have to stay active and know that they have a rival. Many layer 2 out there is not necessarily needed, but the developers still come up with it because they need to present something that can give them money. It's no longer about solving problems again; it's about presenting something you can convince the community that they need and make money out of them.

[MAAManda]

TON network indeed is pure hype, but new development is always welcomed in the industry. Much competition means every other chain will also have to stay active and know that they have a rival. Many layer 2 out there is not necessarily needed, but the developers still come up with it because they need to present something that can give them money. It's no longer about solving problems again; it's about presenting something you can convince the community that they need and make money out of them.

Toncoin (TON) is leveraging what they have, which I mean the Telegram community where they have 1B Monthly Active Users (MAU). So, for the marketing side, they don't have to be like other projects that spend more money, from this case study alone we can say that Toncoin (TON) is a hype project.

About the L-2 projects, I agree with your points. They're not coming with innovation anymore, they're just looking to make easy money.

[luckyspirit]

TON network indeed is pure hype, but new development is always welcomed in the industry. Much competition means every other chain will also have to stay active and know that they have a rival. Many layer 2 out there is not necessarily needed, but the developers still come up with it because they need to present something that can give them money. It's no longer about solving problems again; it's about presenting something you can convince the community that they need and make money out of them.

You are correct in theory, but wrong in practice. There is almost no competition at all. Most of layer 1 chains like TON do not do anything new or better. In fact they do many things worse than existing layer 1 chain. With their existence they are diluting the users and market and doing overall harm.

Toncoin (TON) is leveraging what they have, which I mean the Telegram community where they have 1B Monthly Active Users (MAU). So, for the marketing side, they don't have to be like other projects that spend more money, from this case study alone we can say that Toncoin (TON) is a hype project.

Without the Telegram user base TON is nothing. They should have never launched it.

About the L-2 projects, I agree with your points. They're not coming with innovation anymore, they're just looking to make easy money.

Neither are most L1 projects necessary.