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Grant programs have their flaws — they often lack transparency and shut out good ideas. Here’s why contests are a compelling alternative.

Despite Telegram abandoning TON earlier this year, the technology underpinning the project lives on. Here’s what happened next.

A blockchain focused on “sustainable decentralization” says it is about to become one of the world’s largest and most scalable proof-of-stake networks.

Blockchain technology is just a tool that solves a problem, it cannot be the goal of the entire project.

The app has helped Belarusians stay in touch during a communications blackout.

“We are not selling Telegram – neither in part, nor in full,” Telegram CEO Pavel Durov promises.

As the official Telegram Open Network is being prepared to shut down on Aug. 1, global TON technology projects continue progressing.

Telegram ceases its support of the test network for TON, but that will seemingly not deter the community from keeping the open-source project going.

Users will need to install their own testnet validators to continue using the network.

Russian prosecutors are reportedly investigating a British firm that allegedly sold fraudulent Gram tokens.

Documents shared with Cointelegraph confirm that Telegram refunded some American TON investors 72% of their investments about a month ago.

Despite the original TON project being officially terminated, the U.S. SEC asks Telegram to return $1.2 billion.

As the official TON team transfers the TON development to “free source community,” the Chinese TON Community launches their own TON network.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov donates 10 BTC to a Russian charity project backed by a local political activist.

Going forward, the abbreviation “TON” will stand for “The Open Network,” following the departure of the project’s original creator, Telegram.