INTERMEDIATE
Build on the blockchain with 900M users — TON's actor model and infinite sharding, FunC and Tact smart contracts, the Jetton token standard, and Telegram Mini Apps with TON Connect for in-chat payments and DeFi.
TON's actor model, infinite sharding paradigm, cell-based data structures, and the TVM execution environment — the mental model shift from EVM to TON.
Writing TON smart contracts in FunC (low-level, assembly-adjacent) and Tact (high-level, Typescript-inspired) — storage, message handling, and the Jetton and NFT standards.
The TON ecosystem: Jettons (fungible tokens), NFTs on Getgems, STON.fi and DeDust AMMs, and the mechanics of DeFi on a sharded actor-model chain.
Building web apps inside Telegram — the TWA SDK, user authentication, TON Connect for wallet integration, and payment flows that reach 900M potential users.
Testing with Blueprint and Sandbox, deploying to mainnet, Mini App distribution and bot setup, and a capstone to build a complete TON-powered Telegram Mini App.
