Binance-listed The Open Network (TON), with a market cap of $12 billion, has announced its roadmap for the first half of 2025, introducing a number of key updates aimed at improving its ecosystem and expanding its capabilities.
Planned updates cover core infrastructure, user experience, and interoperability with other blockchains.
Key Highlights of the 2025 Roadmap
- Layer 2 Payment Network: A new Layer 2 solution focused on streamlining payment networks and increasing scalability.
- BTC Teleport Cross-Chain Support: Integration of cross-chain functionality to enable seamless interaction between the TON and Bitcoin networks.
- Enhanced Smart Contract Functionality: Introducing TOLK 1.0, featuring advanced constructs, pattern matching capabilities, and advanced smart contract tools.
- New Standards and Tools: Deployment of new transaction standards, including pending transaction identities, secure signatures, and multi-accounting.
- Optimized Validator Tools: Upgraded tools for validators to improve network efficiency, and a revamped Toncenter API that introduces new functionality such as actions, pending transactions, emulation, and space management.
- Accelerator Core Update: A major upgrade to the Mainnet core that aims to increase speed and performance.
- Sidechain Research: In-depth research of sidechains to promote scalability and specialized use cases.
*This is not investment advice.
