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Thanks! Validators can now remove -F 13991798:218126:7 from the launch command. MyTonCtrl users don't forget to do systemctl daemon-reload after removing the flag.

Validators please rebuild your ton to last commit of https://github.com/newton-blockchain/ton If you use mytonctrl just enter upgrade command Then please restart your nodes with flag -F 13991798:218126:7at 15:30 UTC / 18:30 MSK For mytonctrl users: 1. open /etc/systemd/system/validator.service 2. add flag -F 13991798:218126:7 to the end of ExecStart: thus full line will be as follows: ExecStart = /usr/bin/ton/validator-engine/validator-engine --daemonize --global-config /usr/bin/ton/validator-engine/ton-global.config.json --db /var/ton-work/db/ --logname /var/ton-work/log --state-ttl 604800 --verbosity 1 -F 13991798:218126:7 3. Run systemctl daemon-reload 4. make systemctl restart validatorat 15:30 UTC / 18:30 MSK For other users please restart your validator-engine instance with -F 13991798:218126:7 flag added at15:30 UTC

Bridge between TON and Ethereum networks launched on the mainnet. Now transfers of TON coins between networks are available for anyone at ton.org/bridge. There are no limits, except that the transfer must be more than 10 TON coins. You can find the address of the ERC20 TONCOIN token on ton.org/coin.

We are pleased to announce that testing of the ETH-TON bridge has been completed. Validators please vote for network config -71 (bridge config) with hash D855FFBCF813E50E10BEAB902D1177529CE79785CAE913EB96A72AE8EFBCBF47. You can get acquainted with the full information in TIP-35 and TIP-24. To vote via mytonctrl you need to use the command: vo 86288317131724994092252721964900886660334541228443687319705725361155044390570

If you have any problems with wallet connectivity - please check out https://ton.org/docs/#/howto/wallets

Mobile & desktop wallet users please update your wallet settings * Make sure your wallet is downloaded from ton.org/wallets * Make sure you have your recovery words backed up Open Settings: * In config url enter https://ton.org/global-config-wallet.json * Enter mainnet into blockchain ID Of course, your account and balance will be saved. Web wallets are updated automatically (no action required). If you cannot enter mainnet into blockchain ID - update your wallet from ton.org/wallets

In response to the publicletter from our open-source community, the Telegram team agreed to transfer the ton.org domain and the ton-blockchain repository to the community. While we are saddened that Telegram has been forced to withdraw its involvement from the TON project in 2020, community will continue to align ourselves with original intentions for TON as we further our work on its development. Welcome to ton.org!

Introducing TON documentation at toncoin.org/docs

Validators please update your software to the latest commit 4f0480b from the repo https://github.com/newton-blockchain/ton. This network update aims to improve stability, launch the TON-ETH bridge and nominator-pools (a system for lending stakes to validators). You can read more about the changes here. This update is required to take further steps.

Introducing the TON-ETH Bridge- a user-friendly decentralized bridge that allows transfer TON Coins between the TON network and the Ethereum network. The main development phase of the bridge has been completed and now you can test transfers between TON testnet and Ethereum Ropsten testnet. You can find out how it works and check out the technical documentation. Preparations have begun for the launch of the bridge on the mainnet.

We are impressed with the superior design and quality of the first third-party TON apps like @CryptoBot.

TON Services are one of the core parts of The Open Network. Introducing TON Store - a catalog of third-party TON apps and dapps. There are big plans for the development of TON Store - adding new functionality, such as app ratings and user reviews, as well as expecting a large number of new apps.