Why has TON accelerated only now, and who was the brake?

The TON blockchain seems to be coming to life after gaining momentum, but what held it back before? The answer lies not in what, but in who.

In TON Core, there's the well-known Anatoly Makosov, who took over ton.org after the Telegram lawsuit and continued the blockchain's development alongside Kirill Emelyanenko. A valuable person, no doubt, but he has been one of the main blockers of the ecosystem's growth.

Anatoly became so entrenched in his role as the leader that he wouldn't let anyone near the code and almost always said "no" to new ideas.

He forbade TON Core employees from communicating with others without his knowledge, cutting off all interactions. The RSQuad scandal also went public because of him. The team devised ways to speed up the blockchain, change node code, and implement other optimizations, but he publicly dismissed them, claiming the code was in beta and that there would be penalties for using it.

At the beginning of the year, Pavel Durov realized something was amiss with Anatoly, leading to a developers' meeting to figure out what was happening. When Pavel saw solutions and proposals from other teams that could genuinely speed up the blockchain, he gave Anatoly time to implement them himself. Otherwise, the task would be handed over to others.

That's why Anatoly sprang into action. He didn't want to lose his position or significance. In no time, an update was implemented to accelerate the blockchain, which we are witnessing now.

So, Anatoly should be developing the blockchain, but in reality, he's been severely hindering its progress, affecting us all. Ideally, such people should be shown the door. Rumor has it that Anatoly has long wanted to leave, yet he remains a key developer of TON.

I think that meeting also influenced Pavel to take matters into his own hands. For the first time, he truly engaged in what was happening with his praised blockchain and realized that many were just sitting idle, earning huge sums for doing nothing.

The main reason for TON's price drop was simple inaction from both the leader and the developers. Once they started taking action, the results were evident, with increased volumes and activity. If they continue, TON could indeed become great again.

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