On April 24th, Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced a significant change to The Open Network (TON) blockchain. Specifically, transaction fees on the TON network will be reduced by sixfold within the next week. After the adjustment, the cost of processing each transaction will decrease to approximately 0.00039 TON, equivalent to roughly $0.0005 USD, and importantly, this fee will remain fixed regardless of network congestion.
This information is attracting significant attention from the crypto community because it shows TON is getting closer to its goal of becoming a blockchain infrastructure serving hundreds of millions of mainstream users. According to Pavel Durov, this fee reduction is only the first stage, because in the near future, most transactions on TON could become "feelless"—meaning there will be virtually no transaction fees for end users. This is a major step forward in the competition among Layer 1 blockchains to attract mass applications, especially messaging services, micro-payments, games, and mini-apps.
Earlier, Pavel Durov also attracted attention when he announced a major upgrade to The Open Network (TON) blockchain, claiming the network is now 10 times faster and capable of completing transactions almost instantly.
