The Open Network (TON), originally created by Telegram, has revealed its roadmap for the first half of 2025. The aim of these updates is to improve the network’s scalability, decentralization, and usability.
Layer 2 Payment Network and Its Significance
One of the key highlights of TON’s 2025 roadmap is the Layer 2 Payment Network. This network aims to enhance blockchain performance by providing faster and cheaper transaction capabilities. It will enable instant money transfers with low fees, crucial for high-speed transaction applications like on-chain trading and gaming. In the long term, TON hopes to establish a more robust payment ecosystem suitable for modern DeFi and consumer applications.
Enhancements to TON's Core Functionality
The TON Core team has outlined several notable upgrades including: - Accelerator Mainnet Upgrade, enhancing shardchain tracking and separating validator functions into collators and validators for improved blockchain efficiency. - Interoperability goals partnering with major projects like Axelar, LayerZero, and Wormhole. - A programming language update with TOLK 1.0 to improve smart contract capabilities. - Bitcoin to Toncoin bridge development with RSquad.
TON’s Path to Sustainable Growth
TON has successfully expanded its user base to over 113 million users by January 2025, despite ending airdrop campaigns. The network generated over $2 million in fees in Q4 2024, indicating a sustainable growth trajectory. However, it continues to work on optimizing its DeFi sector, which currently holds about $294 million in TVL. The focus is on expanding use cases beyond meme tokens and limited applications.
The presented development plan underscores TON's ambitions to enhance blockchain infrastructure, increase cross-chain compatibility, and foster sustainable ecosystem growth.
