China's TON Community to Launch Their Own Blockchain Network

Telegram's terminated blockchain project, Telegram Open Network, or TON, keeps spawning new community-led TON networks.

While there are at least two global TON-based initiatives so far, namely Free TON and NewTON, the Chinese TON Community has opted to launch their own TON network.

In a May 29 blog post, the Chinese TON Community voiced its intention to launch a separate TON-based network.

The community plans to launch their own TON blockchain testnet as well as roll out a project website.

Similarly to initiatives like Free TON, the Chinese TON Community will be seeking to recruit more participants to develop the network.

"We plan to start the TON Blockchain testnet in the first step, recruit more nodes and developers to join the network and test the network, and then redesign network rules that are more adapted to the current context, and invite more people to experience and use TON.".

The post is authored by Tooz Wu, a Beijing-based blockchain researcher and founder of the Chinese TON Community.

According to Wu's LinkedIn page, the Chinese TON Community is the most active TON community in China.

Speaking to Cointelegraph, Wu said that he is also a member of the TON Community Foundation, an independent global community of TON developers.

As the Chinese TON Community is preparing to launch their own TON network, there are at least three TON-based blockchain successors to date.