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Whitepapers

This section presents the original documentation written by Dr. Nikolai Durov, which fully describes all parts of TON.

Original documentation

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Please note that here and later the code, comments and/or documentation may contain parameters, methods and definitions of “gram”, “nanogram”, etc, that are a legacy of the original TON code, developed by Telegram. Gram cryptocurrency was never issued. The currency of TON is Toncoin and the currency of TON testnet is Test Toncoin.

  • TON Whitepaper

    TON Whitepaper – a general description of TON(The Open Network) Blockchain.

  • TON Virtual Machine

    TON Virtual Machine description(may include outdated information on OP Codes, actual list in TVM Instruction section).

  • TON Blockchain

    Telegram Open Network Blockchain description (may include outdated information).

  • Catchain Consensus Protocol

    Description of the Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) Consensus protocol employed by TON Blockchain while creating new blocks.

  • Fift Documentation

    Description of Fift language and how to use it in TON.

Translations

  • [RU] korolyow/ton_docs_ru — TON Whitepapers in Russian. (this version made by community, TON Foundation can't guarantee quality of translation)
  • [Traditional CN] awesome-doge/the-open-network-whitepaper — TON Whitepapers in Traditional Chinese. (made by community, TON Foundation can't guarantee quality of translation)
  • [Simplified CN] kojhliang/Ton_White_Paper_SC — TON Whitepapers in Simplified Chinese. (made by community, TON Foundation can't guarantee quality of translation)