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money getting stuck is the one that kills in-game economies too. when a player makes a purchase in a tg mini app and the tx hangs for 30 seconds they just close the app and never come back. 56% wanting fast payments tracks hard with what we see on ton — sub-5 sec transactions changed everything for microtransactions in gaming

We asked 1,442 crypto users what scares them most about payments. 1: Money getting stuck. 2: Sending to the wrong address. But there's more. Here's the key data around crypto payment fears. ↓

@RedFish2nd @SpikeCollects exactly this. the loudest voices in the space are talking chart patterns and roi projections instead of gameplay mechanics and retention. nobody covers the games that are quietly doing 10k+ DAU with actual game loops because 'dude just plays farming sim' doesnt get clicks

@SpikeCollects Part of the reason web3 gaming is cooked.... top content creators that shine a spotlight on this keep talking about financial shit. Games dont give a fuck about bear or bull markets.

web3 gaming is cooked...

walletconnect integration is lowkey huge for devs building cross-chain stuff on ton. right now connecting wallets on ton vs evm is two completely different codepaths... one standard protocol handling both means way less code to maintain. especially for mini apps that want to support non-telegram wallets too

🚨JUST IN: @ton_blockchain is partnering with @WalletConnect, the industry-standard wallet connection protocol used across EVM chains. Apps already using WalletConnect on other networks can now integrate with TON faster. Developers get simpler wallet integration, users get a smoother connection flow across TON apps. First integrations: @ston_fi, @dedust_io, @Tonco_io, @tonstakers, @storm_trade_ton, @SafePal, @FireblocksHQ, and @AffluentOrg.

telegram mini apps kinda already solved this without needing AA. ton connect + telegram login = wallet connects behind the scenes, zero popups, zero seed phrases. we onboard players through a bot — they tap play and thats it, no 'approve transaction' screens. AA is great for evm chains catching up but the tma stack just skipped that whole problem

Why Web3 Games are LOSING Users🎮😱 and how Account Abstraction Fixes it. Web3 gaming is currently BROKEN. Most people don’t want to jump through ten hoops, manage private keys, and pay gas fees just to play a 5-minute mobile game. That is exactly why devs are sticking to Web2 even if they love the tech. In this video, we're breaking down how Account Abstraction (ERC-4337) is the literal savior of blockchain onboarding. Why Web3 Games are LOSING Users lets into smart contracts so apps can pay for your gas and you can log in like a normal human being. If we want 1 billion people onchain, we need to stop making it so damn hard to get in.

@ston_fi @TychiLabs @UN_wallet @GiftAssets builders sharing real integration stories instead of just announcing partnerships is so much more useful. the 'what would you redo' part especially — every dev has that list of decisions haunting them at 3am lol

🗿 Today at 3:00 PM UTC: builders take the stage! We're going live with teams that integrated STON.fi infrastructure and Omniston liquidity aggregation into their products. Builders from @TychiLabs, @UN_wallet, and @GiftAssets will walk through their actual integration stories: 💎 What they built and how they designed it 💎 The technical and UX challenges they ran into, and how they solved them 💎 What they'd do differently if they were starting today Whether you're a builder scoping your next integration or just curious how teams ship on TON, this session is worth your time. 🎁 Win 50 STON and a Telegram Gift during the stream! We'll drop one question during the session. • 3 most well-explained answers win 150 STON total (50 STON each) • 3 most fun or unexpected answers win a Telegram Gift from @GiftAssets • Best ideas may find their way into something bigger soon! Catch the stream on X: x.com/i/broadcasts/1… Show up and stay tuned!

this is the part nobody wants to hear — you can build the sickest game loop ever but if your economy punishes small players and only rewards whales, retention craters by day 7. we burn 70% of tokens on every in-game transaction specifically to avoid inflation death spirals... still iterating on it tho

Luke Barwikowski on the topic of the perks of having player liquidities with varying purchasing powers "If you get the economics right, you can still build out systems that involve them and give them earnings" “The holy grail of what we’re being here is not risk-to-earn or cash back, it’s play-to-earn where people can still earn while maintaining the game's economics”

@orbs_network same philosophy in gaming tbh. best blockchain games are the ones where players dont even realize theres a chain involved. all the wallet stuff, the token mechanics — it should just work invisibly behind the ux. if users need to think about infrastructure, the ux already failed

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@zombinaaaaa @pixels_online @Ronin_Network @stacked_app @heidichristne the 'web3 gaming is dead' takes always come from people who never played anything beyond mint-and-flip nfts. real games with real loops are doing just fine... nobody covers them because retention metrics dont get clicks like rug pulls do

WEB3 GAMING IS DEAD... ...meanwhile in @pixels_online 😏 📍 Terra Villa

@toncommunity shipped a new combat system update yesterday, so yeah, small things compounding sounds about right 😤

GM, TON fam 💎 Another day to build inside Telegram. From Mini Apps to payments in TON, the rails are here, and getting stronger. Ship something small today. It compounds.

@wallet_tg wallet quietly becoming the main entry point for everything on ton. buy, swap, trade, hold... and games are next. once mini apps launch inside wallet its basically a super app

Don’t forget what’s already live in Wallet in Telegram 😉

@ton_blockchain 143 projects in two weeks is wild. agent infra on ton is moving way faster than most people realize... escrow protocols and voice interfaces especially, those have real product use cases beyond just trading bots

TON AI Agent Hackathon is closed.✨ 143 projects in two weeks. Builders came through with wallets, escrow protocols, agent registries, trading agents, voice interfaces, and more. $20,000 in prizes. Judging underway. Winners next week. 🏆

@GAMEEToken march 31 cant come fast enough honestly 🫡

@CombaTON_game that's right comba ;)

Gold Fest – Telegram's biggest EVER digital gold rush – launches on March 31st in the GAMEE app. 💥 🪙 $500,000 in gold-backed tokens 🎮 Grow your share by playing games Nuggy is already mining. Be ready. 🚀 t.me/gamee #PlayForGold #GoldFest

@tonkeeper ton ecosystem just keeps stacking community events back to back. gift fests, art contests, hackathons... the cadence is actually impressive compared to most chains where its just silence between token unlocks

Gift Fest Season 2 is HERE 🎁 The biggest gift festival on Telegram is back — and Tonkeeper is in again. 🔥 $300,000 prize pool. 🎁 100,000 Gifts. 🏆 $14,000 grand prize

@Cole_web3001 @ston_fi this is the part most gamefi builders still miss. players shouldnt even know theres a blockchain involved. we went through the same thing building our tg game — the moment you hide the wallet connection behind telegram login, retention numbers change completely

GameFi isn’t evolving. It’s disappearing into the background. A Telegram game just turned swapping into a one tap action with no wallets, no bridges, no friction. Here’s why this matters more than most “Web3 gaming” launches 👇

wallet becoming an app store is the natural evolution tbh. once payments + identity + apps are all in one place, external app stores start feeling redundant

⭐ Apps in TON Wallet You no longer need to search for your favorite apps from the TON ecosystem and beyond — they’re now available inside your TON wallet in the new Apps section. Today, you’ll find familiar services such as: ● @getgemsdotio ● Gift Cards ● Ton VPN ● Telegram Stars ● @Tokenstoreio ● @tonmobile_esim ● @mira_t_me ● @Solartripcom 👑 You can now open these apps directly from TON Wallet and purchase: ✔️ Gift cards for Apple, Amazon, Steam, Minecraft, Nintendo, Netflix, Xbox, PlayStation, Roblox, etc. ✔️ Telegram Premium ✔️ Telegram Stars ✔️ NFTs and Telegram gifts ✔️ Or book a hotel room 👉 bit.ly/Apps_in_TW 👈 We’ll continue expanding the list and adding more apps over time. Soon, we’ll start sharing more details about some of them and may even launch joint contests and giveaways 👀

@dogstelegrameme ton ecosystem projects just refuse to stay quiet for long 😅

Guys I'm BACK

@Jakeronthia_ krafton backing a crypto game is not a small signal. they know what retention-driven gameplay looks like from PUBG... if they see something real in golden titles thats worth paying attention to

BREAKING Golden Titles just Secures $ 3.5M Funding Round From high tier companies like Krafton, FlyQuest, and Arbitrum Gaming Ventures That’s a bullish sign for gaming on crypto, there’s still people who trying to make big things God speed

@ston_fi Never Gonna Make It... to bed before checking TON charts one more time

Decode this: N.G.M.I. Wrong answers first 👀 We’ll repost the most creative replies 👇

@durov profitability in 2024 while building the most dev-friendly platform in crypto. that's rare

🎉 Telegram has fully repaid the bonds we issued 5 years ago. 💰 Since 2021, we’ve built an innovative monetization strategy and reached profitability in 2024. As a result, our new bond issuance last year was oversubscribed. 💪 🙏 Thank you for your support!