As far as I understand, usually there is just one shard, but where can I check to see if if changed? --- > This question was imported from Telegram Chat: htt...

For many applications it's not reasonable to put all their data on the blockchain. So they need separate hosting for the things like a database, but they mig...

What is the purpose of the Election contract on the TON blockchain, and why does it have a balance greater than the total stake of all validators combined? >...

TON testnet went down for some time. Since it's the testing network (not the main one) and it was temporary, it's obviously not a critical issue. But what's ...

I'd like to know more about emission on TON blockchain. Where can I read about it? Or maybe instead of reading I should use an explorer to check some special...

Hierarchical Deterministic wallets (HD wallets) allow you to use one secret mnemonic and generate many different wallet addresses for the same user. Is this ...

I don't fully understand the masterchain/workchain distinction yet. If someone sends me Toncoins, what chain does it send it in? Do I need to use the same ch...

Given a frontend that lets users upload files to a server, is there a way to manage uploaded files with a TON smart contract? For example, make the uploaded ...

Hey all - does anyone know why ther are different addresses between the PoW giver contracts listed here: https://ton.org/docs/#/howto/pow-givers and the ones...

Currently I'm using wallet contract v3 - it was deployed for me automatically when I was using TonKeeper wallet. I saw that the core team released a new wall...

The cell structure on TON has strict limitations, it can contain up to 1023 bits and up to 4 references to other cells. But where does this reference limitat...

On TON blockchain there are special highload wallets that can send out multiple transactions at once. But they also have a limit — 255 transactions at once. ...

While building a dApp some questions arise such as "where to store static files for UI" and "where and how to cache data for the app to be responsive". Is th...

I want to develop different things on TON, like: * Smart contracts * Telegram bots * Dapps What programming languages can be used for building these things? ...

I probably need to use an off-chain backend for my project, but then my app would not be as decentralized as I want it to be. In the EVM ecosystem there is a...

I want to create a new wallet on TON blockchain - the wallet is defined by its 24 secret words (the mnemonic phrase). How can I generate this phrase securely...

Suppose there is a mutex that locks some operations in the smart contract waiting for some other execution chains outside of the smart contract to finish. Is...

It's said that TON blockchain is capable of processing millions of transactions per second. That sounds like it only needs to spend a small fraction of a sec...

I want to deploy a new smart contract that I've written. Where can I read how the gas cost of deploying the smart contract in TON is calculated? Is there a c...

When working with TON blockchain, I need to provide a network config file, for example when using the lite client: lite-client -C global.config.json -c 'send...

I read in the TON Whitepaper that TON blockchain supports sharding. How does this mechanism work? How does it allow the network to scale to billions of trans...

Where can I read details about BOC flags, including CRC ? ------- > This question was imported from Telegram Chat: https://t.me/tondev_eng/26701 https://t.me...

TON configuration parameters can be changed by an election. What does that mean for people running the nodes? In the case such a change happens, all the node...

Fully on-chain services are hard to find. I've seen the opinion that business isn't interested in making them because it's much easier to put a part of the s...

How is the gas fee for a transaction on The Open Network calculated?

I'm currently using wallet contract v3. It was deployed for me automatically when I was using TonKeeper wallet. I saw that the core team released a new walle...

Suppose there is a web3 blog platform where people follow specific writers. Each follower has its own smart contract. Usually data such as "X follows Y" woul...

TON uses logical time (also known as Lamport time) in messages to track the order of events. But how exactly that time is generated? --- > This question was ...

Web3 aims to be decentralized, but it's not always so in reality. Sometimes there is a "higher power" that can intervene to some degree, such in the case of ...

According to TON whitepaper, the TON blockchain network supports multiple chains. What's the differences between these and which workchain should I use when ...