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

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

In TON blockchain, when implementing my dapp smart contract in FunC, my contract can accept both internal messages handled by recv_internal() and external me...

I found online mentions of projects using Solidity to build for TON instead of using FunC and Fift. Is this really possible to do? I already know Solidity an...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Currently TON blockchain consists of only one workchain and the masterchain. All the smart-contract code in masterchain and basic workchain is executed by TV...

Suppose I need to store 50 000 objects and have the ability to sort them (e.g., find an object with the minimal value of some parameter). Is it possible and ...

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...

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...

Is there a size limit for bocs? I've heard values such as 64kb, but I don't know where this limit is defined. --- > This question was imported from Telegram ...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 ...

Currently it is debated whether or not it is a good idea to temporary freeze the inactive mining wallets. Regardless of the discussion outcome, how exactly s...

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...

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...

Usually new blocks on TON blockchain are formed every new seconds so there's no reason to worry about waiting too long. But I've heard that under some circum...

One of the primary differentiators of TON is the fact that it is an asynchronous block chain. This introduces concepts such as lamport time and crazy orderin...

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

It is known that TON is designed for scalability and can potentially withstand mass adoption in the future. But since it has not reached its full potential y...

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...

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 ...

So, is there no way to speed up the rate of confirmations? Are you saying that the exchanges are simply asking for too high a number? Also, is there any way ...

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? >...