TON blockchain introduces an on-chain encrypted messaging characteristic

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TON releases an on-chain messaging characteristic

The Open Community (TON) introduced the discharge of its on-chain encrypted messaging characteristic on Monday, July third.

In a tweet from the community’s developer, TON Basis, the brand new characteristic makes it doable for personal messages to be despatched between TON customers.

TON Basis Introduces Encrypted Transaction Messages👇💎https://t.co/HXKtk0gxKC pic.twitter.com/0z1z4E5ku1

— TON 💎 (@ton_blockchain) July 3, 2023

TON is the blockchain community forked from the code created by the social media large Telegram. Telegram left the mission in 2020, and the TON Basis took over previous to the mainnet launch. 

In line with the TON Basis, the TON blockchain offers larger scalability and transaction throughput than different choices within the Web3 ecosystem. The muse additionally added that TON stays a decentralised blockchain. 

The blockchain makes it doable for customers to ship messages in transactions. Nonetheless, the messages have been beforehand fully public. The brand new on-chain encrypted characteristic now makes it doable for customers to encrypt their messages end-to-end, enabling solely the recipients to learn the messages. 

Whereas commenting on this newest cryptocurrency information, TON core developer Anatoly Makosov, said that the brand new characteristic permits for the “personalization” of transactions. Makosov mentioned;

“When sending Toncoin, Jettons, or NFTs on TON you’ve all the time been capable of embrace a textual content for the recipient reminiscent of ‘for espresso’ or ‘blissful birthday,’ thereby personalising the interplay. Now this well-liked characteristic […] is obtainable with full encryption.”

TON may function a dependable technique to speak privately

Makosov identified that if an apocalypse happens that renders the normal messenger servers ineffective, TON may function a dependable and safeguarded technique to speak privately. 

Web3 customers take pleasure in encrypted messages on varied retail pockets apps, together with MyTonWallet, OpenMask and TON Pockets. The TON Basis mentioned the characteristic can be added cell pockets Tonkeeper quickly. 

This newest growth comes a number of weeks after the TON Basis launched a $25 million accelerator for rising tasks. This system, known as the TON Accelerator Program, will present funding, mentorship, and different assets to assist tasks construct within the TON ecosystem.