Exploring the TON ecosystem (Part 2)
Telegram Mini Apps, Meme Coins on the TON, and The Outlook for the TON.
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This is mitsui from web3researcher.
Today is the second part of our "Exploring the TON Ecosystem", so we will discuss "Telegram Mini Apps", "Meme Coins on TON", and "The Outlook for TON".
📱What is Telegram Mini Apps?
✨Introducing the famous Telegram Mini App
🐶What is the position of meme coins in TON?
🪜What is the outlook for TON?
📱What are Telegram Mini Apps?
As the name suggests, "Telegram Mini Apps" are mini-applications that run on Telegram.
Telegram has set out to grow Telegram into a super app platform with the launch of Mini Apps in 2023 and a strategic partnership with TON Foundation and Tencent, the parent company of WeChat.
Mini Apps can be developed in JavaScript and can implement a wide range of experiences, from simple chatbots, to trades such as DeFi, simple gaming experiences such as GameFi, and news curation. The design is open to the developer, but Telegram provides guidelines for platform and design consistency, so apps with a relatively similar UI to Telegram are noticeable.
Mini Apps are mini-applications on Telegram, so they are not necessarily web3, but since Telegram itself is preferred by web3 users and is affiliated with TON, there are a large number of Mini Apps that involve web3 elements.
Mini Apps immediately became a hot topic immediately after its release and expanded rapidly. The following data is through June of last year and shows the rapid growth.
Transaction volumes are also rising, and revenues for Telegram Mini Apps producers are growing.
The most important advantage is the access to Telegram's nearly 800 million users. In addition, it is very easy to reach web3 users because of its viral spread through sharing in Telegram and seamless payments through its natively integrated web3 wallet.
TON is also offering grants and marketing support for these Mini Apps, which is great for developers who are entering the market. In addition, not only new apps, but also existing crypto exchanges such as Bitget are supporting Mini Apps, and it may become the standard for future Dapps, protocols, and crypto exchanges to support Telegram Mini Apps.
✨Introducing the famous Telegram Mini App
Here are some specific Mini Apps.
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