$TON $NOT You know, the period from February to May in ton was a completely amazing time. The price of the ton itself grew not by the day, but by the hour, huge volumes were circulating on the dexes, tokens were released every 10-15 minutes. Every day there were several shields that flew away for 20-30-50-100 x. Every week huge projects were launched, the presales of which in several hundred thousand dollars were closed not even in minutes, but in seconds.
Closer to summer, all this began to fade away. Volumes became smaller and smaller every day, presales ended, large tokens disappeared. Owners of relatively well-known channels with signals began to switch from ton to solana. Summer ATH was already "dust in the eyes". People were waiting for ton at 8, so ton was artificially made at 8. But problems with the blockchain had already begun then. Then Durov was arrested. Then there were endless exits of failed, unpromising and often fraudulent projects that have not ended to this day. ton continues to be driven to the bottom.
Now let's try to figure out the what, how and why. First. What did Ton owe its success to? Notcoin. Yes, it did, and if you think about it, you'll understand that it is. Notcoin brought millions of people to the blockchain, Notcoin explained how to work with this blockchain and Notcoin made people stay on this blockchain. People brought money to Ton. The Ton Foundation got fatter and fatter, giving away hundreds of thousands of dollars every month through the open league and boosts in liquidity pools. The price of Ton increased.
Next. After the notcoin listing, the volumes started to fall, there was less money on the blockchain, there were fewer people. But there were still many times more of them than there were that winter. The hype started to fade, yes. But that's normal. It's natural and it couldn't be any other way. There's no big problem with that. The real problems started later.
I will not talk about how Durov's arrest affected the situation in the blockchain. I have a separate post about this. I want to talk about the "tapalki" that are now completely ruining the reputation of the blockchain. Hate towards Ton went after the listing of Hamster, which completely failed. But no matter how much they hated Hamster, after it, such a large-scale garbage began to appear that even Hamster seems like a good project against their background. The failure of CATS, the failure of X, the failure of several other projects that did not even enter major exchanges. All this garbage ruined Ton's reputation so much that people began to consider it a scammers' blockchain.
The point here is that the noT Foundation cannot influence the existence of these shit projects. Crypto is crypto, not a banking system, because it is decentralized. Here, everyone does what they want. But you know who can influence the situation? You yourself. If people stop supporting these hyenas who churn out new tapalki, collect huge amounts of money from advertising and donations, scroll and go into the sunset, then Ton will suddenly cease to be a “fraudulent” blockchain.
The tone already has everything it needs. There is already a NOT ecosystem that is developing and will continue to develop. There are already the necessary users, there are already the necessary projects. There is already a base on which it will be supported. People must end the era of tapaloks. Then the situation will stabilize. Then the tone will begin to revive.
I came to TON in winter and I can't say from my own experience what it was like before. But from what I've heard, it was a swamp. More or less, something similar is emerging now. Yes, crypto is not a straight line. It can be better, it can be worse, it can be better again. It is definitely worse now. But today there is one striking difference from what it was, say, a year ago. A base has already been formed on TON, the center of which is NOT, and a clear development plan has already been formed, which will gradually be implemented. The rest is in your hands.
My letters in bronze Pavel Durov - top1verunvnot.
