The TON blockchain team announced the launch of a new program, TON Nest, the main goal of which is to provide resources and help projects at an early stage. Developers will be able to attend closed seminars, participate in competitions with other teams for rewards. Any new project launched on the TON blockchain can become a participant in TON Nest.

The new program is billed as an initiative of TON Society Worldwide, a network of blockchain enthusiasts who aim to accelerate the growth of the TON ecosystem on Telegram. To this end, TON Society partnered with AI company HumanCode in April 2024 on a digital identity project.

To implement the project, more than $5.9 million was allocated to members of TON Society Worldwide to implement the recognition system in the TON ecosystem in Telegram. This is quite a large-scale initiative, considering that the number of active users in the messenger has already crossed the mark of 950 million people per month.

Recently, Telegram itself has been actively attracting its users to the use of blockchain and cryptocurrencies, in particular through numerous clicker games Notcoin, Hamster Kombat and Catizen.