Telegram’s cryptocurrency wallet may require a slight change depending on the exclusive partnership with the Messenger and Open Network (Ton) Foundation.
Telegram’s third -party encryption wallet should now use Ton Connect as an exclusive wallet connection protocol, told Ton Foundation a spokesman for Ton Foundation.
The new requirements are part of the partnerships of Tongram and Ton Foundation, making ton the only support blockchain network for messenger services.
The CEO of the Foundation said that the existing mini app operated by other blockchains should be converted to Ton by February 21, including existing asset bridging, smart contract migration and monopoly ton connect.
Telegram pauses the wallet that cannot integrate the Ton Connect.
Telegram’s wallet, a third -party password wallet provided by the basic Telegram’s wallet service, is not affected by new requirements.
A spokesman for Ton Foundation said, “Because the wallet of Telegram is tone -based, it is not affected and only supports the ton connect for the distributed application interaction.
“A third -party wallet that has not adopted Ton Connect is not supported after the migration period.”
Some third -party wallets of Telegram integrated Ton Connect before Telegram announced an exclusive partnership with Ton.
Bitget Wallet Live, a multi -cheat wallet released in October 2024, said on January 16 that it integrated the Ton Connect, which “improve user and developer experience.”
Alvin KAN, the chief operating officer of Bitget Wallet, said, “Bitget Wallet is dedicated to developing telegram and tone ecosystems.
“By integrating the ton connect into the Bitget Wallet Lite, the user can now simplify the access to the blockchain service by directly interacting with the ton ecosystem in Telegram.”
What is Ton Connect?
Ton Connect is used as a communication protocol between an open source toolkit that acts as a “universal application authorization standard” or a wallet in the ton ecosystem.
The toolkit allows users to log in to applications and services using tone wallets instead of more commonly used logins and passwords.
Ton Connect is a communication protocol between wallets and apps. Source: docs.ton.org
According to Telegram’s updated service terms, the messenger only supports interfaces with password wallets connected by Ton Connect.
Excerpt from Telegram’s service terms and conditions related to Ton Connect. Source: docs.ton.org
The Service Terms and Conditions are “tokens and NFTs (non -slandered tokens) of other blockchains such as Ether Leeum and BNB are not allowed.
Implied Exodus of telegram mini app?
TON’s decision to limit TONGRAM’s Mini App Ecosystem has decided to monopolize Ton’s anger exclusively, and there is also the ability of Ton to maintain stably by pursuing decentralization of Telegram and even network activities. .
Some telegram mini apps, such as Grin Di Wallet, have considered leaving the Telegram ecosystem after changing.
relevant: Telegram ‘s ton monopoly’ restrictions, not necessities’ -Steve Yun
Grindery’s co -founder and CEO Tim Delhaes told Cointelewraph, “Telegram is monopoly and follows the footsteps of Big Tech. He said.
“The fact that I gave a partner to a partner in a few days to Telegram will have a little difficulty in a few days. This can greatly weaken the trust in Telegram and the trust of what was once supported. ”
Grindery emphasized that it is a multi -cheat wallet with the primary tokens and continues to support and build “inevitable multi -kin future external telegrams.”
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