Whitepapers

This section contains the original documentation written by Dr. Nikolai Durov, providing a comprehensive overview of all aspects of TON.

Original documentation

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The code, comments, and documentation may reference "gram" and "nanogram." These are remnants of the original TON code developed by Telegram. Gram cryptocurrency was never issued. The official currency of TON is Toncoin, while the currency of the TON Testnet is Test Toncoin.

• TON Whitepaper - an overview of the TON (The Open Network) Blockchain.

• TON Virtual Machine description may contain outdated opcode information; the current list is available in the TVM instructionsection.

• TON Blockchain description, which may contain outdated information.

• Catchain Consensus Protocol – an explanation of the Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) consensus protocol utilized by the TON Blockchain for block creation.

• Fift Documentation – a guide to the Fift programming language and its application within TON.

Translations

• TON Whitepapers in Russian – a community-created Russian version of the TON Whitepapers. The TON Foundation cannot guarantee the quality of the translation.
• TON Whitepapers in Traditional Chinese – a community-created Traditional Chinese version of the TON Whitepapers. The TON Foundation cannot guarantee the quality of the translation.
• TON Whitepapers in Simplified Chinese – a community-created Simplified Chinese version of the TON Whitepapers. The TON Foundation cannot guarantee the quality of the translation.