Telegram unveils in-app browser for decentralized web sites

• Telegram’s in-app browser will help decentralized web sites constructed on the TON blockchain.
• Customers can have entry to video games and companies throughout the mini apps, with Web3 help on each cell and desktop.

Telegram now presents entry to decentralized web sites, because of the revealing of a brand new in-app browser.

In a July 31 announcement, Telegram mentioned the launch brings Web3 to tens of millions of the moment messaging platform’s customers.

“Immediately’s replace brings a brand new in-app browser that helps a number of tabs and makes Web3 obtainable to virtually a billion customers, a Mini App Retailer, a brand new form of mini apps, the flexibility to present Stars to pals — and way more,” the Telegram group famous.

Telegram reveals in-app help for TON Websites

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov additionally commented on the in-app browser help, noting that the TON blockchain will host the decentralized web sites dubbed “TON Websites”. Entry to the web sites might be obtainable throughout Telegram’s cell and desktop apps.

In accordance with the Telegram CEO, the addition of in-app browser help for TON Websites means Telegram’s greater than 950 million month-to-month customers now have a brand new solution to entry Web3.

“The Browser lets customers swap between viewing web sites and messaging, merging communication with information consumption. It’s outfitted with all of the options you’d count on from a browser — like search, bookmarks, and a number of tabs,” Durov wrote.

At the moment, greater than 500 million of Telegram’s almost 1 billion customers use mini apps each month. The brand new replace, which comes as a part of an earlier introduced launch for a Mini App Retailer, means extra of this consumer base may have recent entry to video games and companies.

Faucet-to-earn crypto apps on Telegram

Telegram’s crypto-friendly atmosphere continues to see a surge in prime apps tapping into crypto gaming. One of many Web3 apps to hit dominance is Hamster Kombat.

This in style tap-to-earn sport that has grown massively throughout the crypto neighborhood. With tens of millions of gamers, the tap-to-earn sport is on the verge of one other milestone. It’s set to supply one of many sector’s most anticipated airdrops of the 12 months.

One other Telegram-based app attracting a variety of consideration is Catizen. Like Hamster Kombat, this mini sport is constructed on the TON blockchain.

In a latest publish, Durov mentioned Catizen has over 26 million gamers and has already managed $16 million in earnings from in-app purchases.