the provider firm and independent developer community, has announced the creation of a solution to send and receive cryptocurrencies toncoin for free via . However, this this is not an official Telegram integration.
The news was spread by TON through his official Twitter account, along with a . The tweet indicates that “you can now send #toncoin directly within Telegram chats. It is a new way to send toncoin without transaction fees to any Telegram user. With this service, you no longer have to enter long wallet addresses and wait for confirmations”.
The cryptocurrency has achieved a investment of more than 1,700 million dollars (more of €1.6 billion) and is now available to the 550 million users that make up Telegram worldwide.
TON, formerly known as Telegram Open Network, is an open source platform that allows cryptocurrency trading. It was created and developed in 2017 by Nikolai and Pavel Durovco-founders of Telegram.
During May 2020, Telegram was seen forced to leave Telegram Open Network and its gram cryptocurrencydue to pressure exerted by the Securities and Exchange Commission of (SEC for its acronym in English), an entity equivalent to the National Securities Market Commission in Spain. Shortly after, a group of independent developers picked up the project by renaming it The Open Network (TON) and renaming the gram cryptocurrency toncoin.
How to make payments through Telegram
First of all, it must download and install the wallet bot, the virtual wallet. The wallet will allow users to buy cryptocurrencies using credit cards, exchanges and transfers between other virtual wallets.
Once the bot is installed, users will be able to send toncoin to different users touching the wallet icon present in direct messages. The sending of the cryptocurrencies works as if it were an attachment to the message.
At the moment, it is only possible to operate with toncoin in the app, however, in the near future, users they will also be able to use the tool to buy bitcoin. The TON platform has also announced that the feature can be used by consumers to purchase goods and services.
Other paid features of Telegram
Although this is not a feature developed by Telegram, the platform has always been at the forefront of online payment tools. In 2017, it released an update that allowed users to users safely buy products and services from the application using a payment bot.
Later, in 2021, it incorporated a function so that businesses without requiring the use of bots or leaving the platform. Thanks to this, any business, whether or not it has a digital presence, can collect payments for their orders digitally.
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