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Gm everyone! TON Society Intern here and I'm here today with another episode of “TON Society Intern Interview on TON Foundation Members”.
The member we will be introducing today will be Sarah, @sc_ton (TG), and she's in-charge of talent recruitment and BD here at TON Foundation!
- When did you join TON Foundation and what is your R&R?
I’ve joined around 3 months ago 🙂
I carry out recruitment and BD here at TF.
- Where did you work previously and in what R&R?
I was in Binance’s recruitment team. I was part of the team which scaled the legal team from 0-1.
When we first started hiring, the legal team was 5 people. When I left, the team was around 80 people.
I was also POC for Global Campus Recruitment, where we kickstarted the internship programme at Binance.
Other departments I recruited for included Finance Products (Futures, Social trading, Custody), BNB Chain, Binance Labs.
- Fun story: craziest candidate you’ve interviewed
The most crazy one would be a Taliban associated person. I honestly could not tell 😂 he was so smiley, calm and professional.
- How is it like working alongside with the individuals within TON Foundation?
Really great! We have a global team of over 15 nationalities. We have people from Asia, EU, America, even Latin America!
It is so international. This showcases the beauty of TON blockchain - true decentralisation and openness to differences.
- What are some of the challenges you've faced so far working at TON
Definitely picking up all this technical knowledge. Luckily we have members in the team who are proficient at this, very happy that we help one another 🙂
- What are the goals for yourself and TON as a whole?
Find a killer DApp. LFG 🙌
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Hi Everyone, TON Society Intern here,
We will be starting a weekly series called “TON Society Intern Weekly Interview on TON Foundation Members” and the purpose of this is to let the TON community get to know more about the people behind TON and what their roles are!
The first individual we have for this week will be @cryptoKorba (TG) @cryptoKorba (TW), aka Alec Korba the brains behind The Open Challenge (TOC).
- When did you join the TON Foundation and what is your current R&R?
I joined the TON Foundation in December 2022. I am responsible for building The Open Challenge, an open grant program for everyone based on performance metrics. I’m also responsible for strategic infrastructure partnerships.
- Where did you work previously and in what R&R?
Prior to TON Foundation I was a Director at Binance.com working in roles both on Central BD as well as BNB Chain during my tenure. Before Binance.com I was the VP of Strategic Partnerships for MIT founded Big Data & Analytics companies HeadQuartered in Boston. I launched three Bitcoin exchanges in 2013 and have held various advisory roles in the BTC community over the last nine years.
- What about the TON opportunity excited you the most?
The Community. TON is a unique project because it is crowd funded instead of venture backed. It’s got a vibrant and collaborative community unlike any other modern blockchain I’ve seen with so much room for growth.
- What is The Open Challenge and how will you work with the community to reach consensus on the key metrics across each verticals?
The Open Challenge is exactly that: It’s open. Working in L1 grants for a long time I’ve seen the way the industry has evolved and the model being used is inefficient. Founders spend a lot of time pitching for grants and oftentimes don’t get the capital they expect. We’re creating a way to make our grant figures public so that anyone can sign up and hit a few key metrics to unlock some capital. Given the complexity and diversity of Dapps we wish to attract we have to build a number of different programs for each vertical. We also need to base these grants on metrics that we can track. I rely heavily on community feedback to design these programs and that starts with listening to founders about what KPI’s they use to measure themselves.
- What advice do you have for founders / teams building on TON as it relates to funding needs?
Funding should always be diversified. Any founder needs a mixture of strategic partnerships, equity investors, advisors, community, and a relationship with the Foundation managing the community they are operating in. I have seen founders move between communities to get access to a little more capital and that oftentimes slows them down. The most important thing is to have operational funding in place, invest in a community you believe in, communicate with that community, find the right advisors, and build a relationship with the Foundation.. Giving back to the community is important so accepting that certain things you build should be Open Source will strengthen your position.
Hi Everyone,
We are announcing The Open Challenge for Liquidity Rewards this month. We welcome feedback and questions in the thread below and encourage you to reach out directly.
Please see the details here:
https://github.com/ton-society/grants-program/blob/main/announcements/TOC%20Liquidity%20Rewards%20GitHub%20Announcement.md
Please submit questions and feedback for discussion in this thread: https://github.com/ton-society/grants-program/issues/48
2023: Community in Action
https://twitter.com/DenisMatveevTon/status/1610570164831137792?s=20&t=7SQ9-sv7ysmUkj9M-x2Z6w
🫡 Grants Announcements: Sep/Oct/Nov Recipients
We have consolidated and announced the Sep/Oct/Nov grants recipients via GitHub Discussions. Please see therein for additional details about the project and the team.
- TONDaddy team and their efforts to elevate DNS service to the TON ecosystem (milestone 1)
- OpenMask and their team on their continued effort in building their website and upgrading of web extension (milestone 2 and 3)
- Rift (previously dBuilder) on enhancements towards deployment and testing (milestone 1.5 and 2)
- Web3 Campus and their team for building everything Web3 educational delivery with regards to the TON ecosystem (milestone 1)
- Smart Sign and their team for building new smart contracts use case and signatures portal for TON ecosystem (milestone 1)
Starting 2023 (early January), the grants submissions/feedback will fully migrate to Questbook 2.0 which will integrate TON Wallet. We will deprecate the old TypeForm application process.
Also a friendly reminder that we have added a Support Ticket system for any grants related questions.
If the project team has not heard back from grant committee, the application is not considered for the following reasons (but not limited to):
- Contact information is not included and/or application is missing critical information
- Milestones are not broken down into $5K increments
- Applications are a fit for investments stage than grants
- Applications are a fit for The Open Challenge, such as TON integration by other ecosystem players (see below)
The Open Challenge is a metric-based TON awarding system coming to TON ecosystem starting 2023. The first one up will be for DeFi vertical, whereby projects that achieve [xyz] TVL (total value locked) will be able to win TON. Other verticals such as NFT, media, social, gaming, and more can soon expect similar metric-based retrospective awarding of TON.
This will ensure that our ecosystem grows in a healthy manner whereby builders are encouraged to bootstrap and achieve goals, rather than up-front hefty grants which can lead to death spirals in the secondary market without good delivery of the intended grant use cases.
TON <> ChangeNOW
12/29/22 Update: TON sell (TON » [xyz]) is now available
TON (buy) was previously listed on ChangeNOW, allowing for KYC free/KYC lite swaps from 450+ other digital assets.
Please note that fees are embedded in the exchange price, so do your own research/analysis before any swaps.
It's always fun to see TON popping up in various mediums of exchange! 👛
Happy Holidays to our TON Society Fam!
Credit: @pactuf
New crypto native intern will take over our account 👀
Besides memes, TON alfa, and gm marathon, what else would you like to see?
The new dedicated blog is up and running. There is an opportunity for community members to submit blog posts for review and if selected, receive grants. Such was the case for Ivan who shared FunC Journey Part 1 - 3.
Submit your post to Blog Announcements category.
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The TON blockchain will be connected to the cross-chain Orbit Bridge.
Orbit Bridge is a multi-chain bridge service with token conversion between mainnets with current support of 19 blockchains and 84 tokens. The platform is by Ozys, a South Korean blockchain company with additional TON development roadmap, including a TON native DEX scheduled for release on early January 2023.
The service has over $12.3 billion worth of assets locked and undergoes a quarterly security audit. Since its launch in 2020, Orbit has not suffered a breach.
Supported tokens on Orbit Bridge to and from TON ecosystem will include:
Ethereum-based tokens (51): WBTC, ETH, USDT, USDC, DAI, etc.
Polygon-based tokens (4): MATIC, MESH, etc.
Klaytn-based tokens (10): KLAY, KSP, etc.
Orbit Bridge Validators include leading names in the crypto industry, such as First Stage Labs, TON Ecosystem Builders, Cosmostation, Neoply, DSRV, M-block, Despread, Move Labs, B-harvest, Ozys, and more.
Ozys is currently developing its own TON-based DEX, which will launch early January 2023.
Justin Hyun, Head of Incubation at the TON Foundation, shared his comments on the occasion:
“With the introduction of TON as the latest mainnet on the Orbit Bridge, a host of new users will be introduced to the TON ecosystem. Vice-versa, TON users will be excited for the opportunity to hold stablecoins on TON mainnet. While mainnet native minting is our ultimate goal, we believe that multi-chain solution unlocks new potential for the TON ecosystem. Users that port over to TON will experience the advantages that our blockchain holds over its peers.”
Note: It is important for users to access the authentic website. There are other sites with deceiving names designed to trick unfamiliar users and we encourage our community to employ good security practices.
A big Christmas NFT contest to win a carol NFT🥳
To celebrate this holiday season with the TON community, we have partnered up with Opulous to throw the Christmas NFT Contest!
Opulous is a blockchain-based platform that lets you invest in music and earn rewards every time it’s played.
Your task:
1. You are to find (or make) a family Christmas photo or image (format: JPG or PNG) that’s funny, thought-provoking, or simply a new take on taking such photos.
2. Submit your image to this chat or reply to one of the pinned tweets on the TON and Opulous Twitter accounts.
Awards:
1. NFT marketplace Getgems will select the best photo or image, mint it as an NFT on TON, and open an auction, with placing the first bid at $1,000.
2. All qualified submitters will get a chance to win a raffle and receive royalties from a special carol remixed by Star.One via MFTs with Opulous, plus some exclusive accompanying art NFTs (50 editions available).
* Star.One are a UK dance act who have just remixed the song 2 Step for Ed Sheeran.
Schedule:
1. The contest kicks off today, Nov. 28, and ends on Dec. 11 (Sun), 2022, at 23:59 GMT.
2. The winners will be announced on Dec. 16 (Fri), 2022.
Good luck to all participants!
You can find the contest rules on this website.
If you have any questions concerning the contest, drop them in the comments section of this post, and our moderators will answer them.
STON.fi DEX is live!
The moment you have all been waiting for has come.
STON.fi DEX on TON blockchain is working with full functionality! Follow this link to start making swaps and providing liquidity.
$FNZ jetton is listed and available for trading and liquidity provision.
Here you can find the instructions on how to buy/sell $FNZ and provide liquidity on STON.fi DEX.
DeFi is coming to TON and we are glad to stand at the roots of it! 👛 🪙
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We are one week away from the Hack-a-TONx DoraHacks - The Open Network’s 1st global hackathon and would like to call on talented teams to participate!
Hack-a-TONx DoraHacks will be a 2-month long challenge (teams are welcome to join at any time) that brings together Web2 and Web3 developers to prototype new blockchain-enabled products on TON which will power the Web3 adoption in Telegram.
Why should you join?
- $250,000 in prize pool
- Fast track to $250M TONcoin Fund, the premier Ecosystem Fund on TON
- Fast track to additional grants
- In-person hackathon portion during February in 14 different global cities (running in parallel w/ the online hackathon)
- Security audit subsidies from TON Foundation w/ our partners (Certik/Quantstamp/and more)
- Chance to meet TON Foundation and VC/Investors on TON with an all-expense paid travel to our operations in Dubai
When you are ready, please follow the BUIDL submission guidelines per the Hack-a-TONx DoraHacks webpage.
Partners will be hosting in-person portion of the hackathon (with TON Foundation members and community core developers joining) in the following cities:
11 - 12 February, 2023
- Taipei, Taiwan (TONx Studio)
- Seoul, South Korea (Boom Labs)
- Bangkok, Thailand (DevRel community)
- Prague Czech Republic (Tonana)
16 - 17 February, 2023
- Dubai, UAE (TON Tech)
18 - 19 February, 2023
- Tokyo, Japan (SmartDeer)
- Istanbul, Turkey (Patika Dev)
- Singapore (SmartDeer)
19 - 20 February, 2023
- Tel Aviv, Israel (Orbs)
25 - 26 February, 2023
- Hong Kong (SmartDeer)
- Melbourne, Australia (SmartDeer)
- Saint Petersburg, Russia (TON Play)
- Hyderabad, India (DevRel Community)
- London, UK (Orbs)
Best of luck and please do not hesitate to reach out if any questions.
https://twitter.com/Bybit_Official/status/1613830718412439553
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Sharing the exciting news that Hack-a-TONx DoraHacks upped the prize pool and adjusted the allocation as follows.
Detail & Registration: https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/hack-a-tonx/detail
In addition, winners and promising projects (even without placing) will be considered for:
1. Fast-tracked grants
2. Investment diligence & feedback from TON ecosystem funds
3. Outreach from TON Foundation business development/incubation team
4. Security audit subsidies
Starting next Monday, @hackatonx will share many exciting information leading up to the start of the global hackathon.
Keep building!
We back - new & improved
https://twitter.com/ton_blockchain?s=21&t=OYu0HZtXN63dI6c4mA0KuQ
December Grantee Short-List
Grant Committee is in review of the following applications and will be reaching out to teams in early January 2023.
Thank you.
TON <> Certik Partnership Clarification
In light of the questions surrounding what entails the audit firm partnership, we would like to provide the following clarification:
- Customer ("TON Foundation") agrees to have [Auditor] as one of the primary security assessment service providers to Customer referred projects ("Clients")
- [Auditor] agrees to apply a discounted rate for the "Clients"
- [Auditor] agrees to prioritize for the "Clients", with the best effort to maintain a [xyz] week lead time
- [Auditor] undertakes best efforts to reserve a team of engineers with previous FunC experiences for the "Clients"
Referred projects ("Clients") which can apply will be based on selection criteria including, but not limited to:
- Grant recipients (including Footsteps, discretionary grants, etc.)
- Smart Challenge, Hack-a-TONx, and other contest winners (i.e., placed in Top-xyz; optional subsidized audits on an ad-hoc basis)
- Ecosystem standout projects
- Teams that have showcased high contribution
For any questions and/or submissions (to the referral), please utilize the discussions section of TON Society Github.
TON Connect 2.0 Flash Grants & Questbook V2
- @toncoin announcement of TON Connect 2.0 launch is an exciting milestone for the ecosystem
- Wallets that complete TON Connect 2.0 implementation can apply for a flash grant of up to $5K
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- Apply HERE via TON Footsteps template
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Questbook V2 for TON Foundation grants is coming soon (January 2023). We heard the community loud and clear about turnaround time related to grants delivery. Questbook V2 will integrate TON Wallet and we will migrate the entire application process to therein. This will result in:
- Faster decision making and response (weekly delivery)
- Reduced potential grants scams (as we will no longer reach out to you via DM but only through Questbook)
- Standardized template for better benchmarking
Looking for TON Content Leaders
Dear TON Society residents,
We invite you to co-promote TON’s first global hackathon by writing a blog post.
Hack-a-TONx with Dorahacks will be held on Jan. 30 through March 31, 2023. We’re looking for people who will attract developers to the event with their insight and writing skills.
Topic
Any topic is fine if it can achieve the above goal. For example:
▪️Your prior TON hackathon or Smart Challenge experience
▪️What I wish I had known when first building on TON.
Please don’t forget to include the hackathon information and encourage participation at the end of your post.
Publishing
Please publish your article on a popular developer blog, Medium, or LinkedIn.
Email the article link to press@ton.org with the title <Hack-a-TONx article + your full name>
Period
We will gather and select 10 posts by Jan. 20, 2023, on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Rewards
Each qualified contributor will receive $300 in Toncoin.
The Open Challenge: DeFI - DEX & Tokens
We wrote a CT thread on reflection of TON Fam event and introduction of The Open Challenge (TOC).
In short, TOC is designed to incentivize the best teams to develop on TON and be awarded Toncoin for achieving community-driven milestones.
TLDR for all you time-strapped builders:
- TOC DeFi - DEX & Tokens go live by 1/1/23
- Format and rules are currently being updated in light of the news that Telegram will be building a DEX (likely additional tiers added)
- We are considering shorter-term time-weighted average and shorter vesting to award teams faster
- TOC for other verticals will be drafted and shared with the community for open comments, with the goal of 1 TOC release per month starting Jan 2023 (we know all you NFT builders are anxiously waiting)
For any questions, comment and we'll get on it!
Things Brewing For TON & TON Society 🌐👛
Hey fam, we've been absent for a bit. Mea culpa.
For us, absence = working hard on initiatives 🏋️♀️
So what's in the works?
- Multichain bridge (matter of days)
- New and improved ton.app (team in discussion re: grant)
- Recap of private community meetup w/ high IQ discussions
- Crypto community rescue plan
- Audit firm partnerships
- The Open Challenge programs to support major verticals (and teams therein) on TON - way for teams to achieve amazing milestones and be rewarded for their efforts
... and many more!
Tal Kol on Technology at TON
«We talk a lot about what we are building. I want to dedicate a few minutes to speak about the why. So why are we using this marvelous technology? What is its grand purpose?
I have friends who lost as much as 7 figures in the recent FTX collapse. Who would have dared to imagine that the second most trusted custodian in our industry would gamble with your money behind your back?
People in our community turn to me and ask me “Tal, I feel so vulnerable, I never expected this, what can we do to make sure this doesn’t happen to me next?”
There are only two answers here. One - to double down on trust and increase regulation, or two - to take trust out of the equation.
To those who choose trust and seek regulation, I say beware. Regulations are rarely drafted with the best interests of the common man at heart. We are a global community but there is no global regulator. We see self-serving local politics in the decisions that they make.
And after a while, we find ourselves in a status quo that we no longer even question. The fractional reserve in banking is an organized form of fraud, not different in principle from what FTX was doing. But legal. Every bank is allowed to gamble with your money, like with FTX - you receive no part of the profit, yet you take on the risk. And if they take their greed too far, and your money is in jeopardy, you will be the one bailing them out.
So what about the second approach? Taking trust out of the equation. Is this even possible?
This is exactly what our infrastructure was designed to do! This is the whole point of what we’re building here. The architects that designed TON created a fully decentralized platform for our benefit. They allow us to build trustless apps in only 200 lines of code.
Systems where you can trade like on FTX but not be required to trust anyone. Systems where nobody can gamble with your money behind your back. Systems where you will not be vulnerable but not because the other actors are honest - but because vulnerability itself is impossible! And you will not need to take my word for it, you will be able to prove it for yourself.
Don’t be cynical. It is our duty to create an ecosystem with an alternative to the FTX mindset. It is our duty to break the status quo.
You in the audience are the builders. You will have moments of weakness when you will have doubt. And question if the ideals I speak about are practical. In those moments of weakness remember that the path is simple. To create a fully trustless app you only need to follow three simple rules:
1. Backend is smart contracts only (no servers)
2. No special admin roles in the contracts
3. Frontend runs on client only and is open source
Having said that, we must also remember that there is room for custody in our ecosystem. There is no mass adoption without custody. But custody services can be designed with transparency in mind with strong guarantees to users showing exactly where their funds are at any given time.
To conclude, I will ask you one thing. If you see an app that does not follow these principles don’t stay silent. Eject it from our midst. Demand that its founders do better. Or else, we will find ourselves with another FTX built within our walls.
Thank you.»
@investkingyru
@investkingyru_en
Ston.Fi DEX is live! $100K TVL and counting. They are on track to achieve the TVL milestones per The Open Challenge: DEX
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