Telegram will dominate the TON network and become the largest validator

Techub News, according to CryptoBriefing, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov stated that Telegram will replace the TON Foundation as the largest validator of the TON network, and transaction fees have been reduced by 6 times to approximately $0.0005. This is part of the "MTONGA" technical roadmap. In April, the network deployed Catchain 2.0, reducing block time from 2.5 seconds to 400 milliseconds. Telegram launched TON in 2018, and after regulatory pauses in 2020, the community took over. In January 2025, it became the exclusive blockchain for its Mini App ecosystem.