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The original TON documentation was written by Dr. Nikolai Durov and comprised a series of whitepapers. They provided a comprehensive overview of all aspects of TON. While most of the information described in the original PDFs holds some truth, those whitepapers are considered legacy due to a lack of updates and gradual integration of their contents into actual documentation pages. Notice that “legacy” here does not mean “outdated”, but rather less kept up to date compared to the regular pages.
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.

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Pages

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PDFs

For documentation pages ported from the whitepapers, see: Pages.

The Open Network (TON), PDF

TON Virtual Machine (TVM), PDF

TON Blockchain, PDF

Catchain consensus, PDF

Explanation of the Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) consensus protocol utilized by TON Blockchain for block creation.

Fift language specification, PDF

Tacit stack-based programming language with deep connection to the TVM.

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Pages

The Open Network (TON)

TON Virtual Machine (TVM)

TON Blockchain

Catchain consensus

Fift language specification

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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.
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