Blockchain-platform Telegram TON ready at 70% and will be launched in test mode this fall. This is with reference to two of the investors reported today, “Vedomosti”. The source names are not called.
In the letter, the Telegram team announced that has successfully completed the development of critical elements of the platform that will provide its test version. Just “development status TON” consists of three stages; at the beginning of September TON virtual machine (TVM) is ready at 95% and fully tested. The element third tier — the blockchain TON, is under active development. For verification of new units ready for 10%; a Toolkit for smart contracts 50% complete. Vedomosti did not report the exact percentage of the elements of the second echelon (protocols written to create a network of TON), but note that the work “substantially completed”.
According to a third source, an anonymous person familiar with the details of development TON, written a part of the system represents “a new way of communicating, almost completely decentralized”. Theoretically, the network will be ready for full launch as soon as the blockchain will be integrated with data from low-level protocols.
Experts interviewed by Vedomosti, estimated the exit to the test mode skeptical. Developer of the commercial decentralised applications insolar.io Ivkosic Kirill stressed that the core competencies of a team of programmers Telegram are not associated with virtual machines. In addition, white paper project TVM was described not too detailed; it is therefore likely that its functionality will be limited compared to the same machine Ethereum, believes Vkusnen.
Head of development of blockchain-a consortium of R3 in the CIS countries Alexey Blagirev recognized that the command Telegram “obviously did a great job”, but in fact, the development of blockchain is “still only at the beginning”. He also believes that after launching a test version of the “developers may encounter unforeseen difficulties and challenges with the scalability of the network.”
The previous major announcement related to the Telegram, was the implementation of an internal “digital ID”, Telegram Passport. Later, the specialists Virgil Security company, providing various services in the field of cybersecurity, is found in identifying the number of vulnerabilities.
