CEO of the TON Foundation Discusses the Future of Blockchain Mass Adoption

The newly appointed CEO of the TON Foundation, Max Crown, recently accepted an interview where he shared his views on the large-scale application of blockchain technology and the strategy for integrating TON with the Telegram ecosystem.

Personal Vision and Challenges

Crown stated that his motivation for joining TON stems from its potential to bring blockchain technology into the daily lives of ordinary people. His long-term vision is to make blockchain an infrastructure that people use unconsciously, whether for transfers, using digital services, or gaming.

The biggest challenge lies in coordinating a decentralized developer community with more centralized platforms like Telegram. This challenge has also driven TON to improve coordination methods, optimize development tools, and enhance user experience.

Product and Ecosystem Development

Crown is most excited about the huge user base of TON/Telegram. Telegram provides TON with the ability to directly reach a massive number of users, greatly simplifying the process of bringing ordinary users into the Web3 world.

In the coming years, he envisions Telegram+TON evolving into a "super app" where users can perform various operations such as financial management, digital asset trading, and access to decentralized services on a single platform.

Important milestones include expanding the Mini Apps ecosystem, increasing developer incentives, improving the TON Connect user experience, and launching new working chains to enhance scalability.

Strategic Positioning and Growth

Crown emphasizes that the uniqueness of TON lies in its focus not only on cryptocurrency users but also on serving everyday users worldwide. By embedding blockchain technology into Telegram, TON is creating a new user base.

The current strategic focus of the foundation is on scaling, simplifying, and supporting. They are expanding the infrastructure, streamlining the onboarding process, and enhancing support for developers.

Mini-App Ecosystem

The success of Mini Apps made Crown realize that distribution channels are more important than complex functions. When developers can directly reach a large number of users and users can get started without complex operations, the adoption speed will be very fast.

The deep integration of Toncoin with Telegram will make it a part of daily interactions, not just a financial tool.

Regulation and Compliance

When addressing global regulatory and compliance issues, Crown advocates for proactive engagement, maintaining transparency, supporting compliance tools, and keeping open communication with regulatory agencies. They are actively preparing to cooperate with potential new regulatory frameworks.

Message to the Community

Crown encourages developers to continue innovating, committing to providing better tools and broader distribution channels. He reminds investors that TON is dedicated to building long-lasting infrastructure.

Finally, Crown emphasizes that TON is not just a blockchain project, but is building the infrastructure for the next stage of the internet. Their goal is to create a decentralized network environment that is truly owned by users and can be easily used by everyone.