TON Awards 2022
TON Awards 2022 was a significant event for developers and participants of TON community. The primary goal of TON Awards was to recognize developers who actively contributed to the development of TON Ecosystem by creating applications and implementing new technological solutions. During the event, TON community was introduced to projects and developers who made the most significant contributions to the creation of open-source projects for the Ecosystem. TON Awards 2022 was held online and attracted many participants from around the world.
The purpose of the awards was to highlight the best non-commercial projects developed within TON Ecosystem over the past year. This event complemented the existing grant programs from TON Foundation.
Organizers and Sponsors
TON Awards 2022 was organized by TON Foundation team with the support of developers from TON and leading partners such as Orbs Network. The sponsors of the event awarded prizes in the form of TON tokens to the winners in various categories, motivated developers and teams to continue working on projects that contribute to the growth of the decentralized network.
Participants and Winners
The total prize pool amounted to 301,920 TON, which was distributed among the winners. Among the awarded projects were both development tools and blockchain applications:
| Project | Description | Prize |
| TON Kotlin SDK | A multiplatform SDK in Kotlin for interacting with TON network | 20,000 TON |
| Orbs Minter | A useful dApp for minting token in one click, hosted on ton.org | 25,000 TON |
| Orbs Verifier | A contract verification system also hosted on ton.org and integrated into the explorers tonscan.org and tonapi.io | |
| ton3.js and ton-adnl | Implementation of a low-level API for TON Blockchain, written in TypeScript, and TypeScript implementation of the ADNL protocol for Node.js and browsers | 20,000 TON |
| TON Proxy Client and TON Reverse Proxy | Cross-platform software enabling secure access to TON websites without special knowledge | 5000 TON |
| tonutils-go | A Go library for working with TON, focusing on usability, performance, and functionality, interacting with the blockchain and key TON network protocols: ADNL (TCP+UDP), RLDP, DHT, DNS, RLDP-HTTP, Proxy | 20,000 TON |
| OpenMask | A browser extension similar to MetaMask, supporting multiple features like NFTs, Jettons, and biometric authentication | 4481 TON |
| MyTonWallet | The most functional web wallet and browser extension in TON network | 4500 TON |
| ton-contract-executor | A library for running TVM in a JavaScript environment, enabling local contract execution and testing | 5000 TON |
| TONHouse | A network monitor for TON | 3000 TON |
| Multisig dApp | A dApp for interacting with Multi-Signature wallets on TON | 550 TON |
| re:doubt | A tool for exploring TON blockchain, equipped with comprehensive tools for discovering, researching, and visualizing vast blockchain data | 5000 USD |
| Tonhub wallet | A mobile wallet for iOS and Android | 6000 TON |
| WebDeployer | A simple web page for fast contract deployment with QR codes, no authentication required | 100 TON |
| Tact | Development of a new alternative programming language for TON smart contracts | 17,000 TON |
| Blueprint and Sandbox | A development environment for writing, testing, and deploying TON smart contracts. This award acknowledges that Sandbox and Blueprint were funded by TonTech | 7000 TON |
| Open Contracts and WTON | A collection of open-source, autonomous contracts and FunC code snippets for TON blockchain. The first wrapped TONCOIN Jetton on TON network | 1500 TON |
| TON Domains Bot | Helps users win auctions and become the owner of a TON domain without staying up all night. Also the first convenient interface for TON DNS in Telegram | 2000 TON |
| Python TON Connect library | A script implementing TON Connect (v1) in Python | 200 TON |
| Port of TON Tools to adJ | A distribution of the secure OpenBSD operating system | 200 TON |
| XTON browser extension | A crypto wallet browser extension for TON | 1000 TON |
| Ton inspector | A JavaScript code containing useful functions for processing TON payments | 100 TON |
| JUSTON iOS wallet | A wallet supporting multiple accounts, onmainnet and testnet, TON DNS (browser and wallet routing), dApp authentication, proxy, and biometric authentication | 6000 TON |
| SwiftyTON | A library written with a new Swift parallelism method around an Objective-C wrapper for C++ Tonlib APIs | 2000 TON |
| Rift | Allows developers to develop, test, and deploy contracts on TON using pure Python | 22,000 USD |
| Tonscan+ browser extension | A Google Chrome extension providing a better user experience on tonscan.org. Users can add their own names to TON addresses locally and contribute to a user-driven address database | 200 TON |
| NFT contract in Tact | Used for working with NFTs in Tact | 200 TON |
| ton.js | A TypeScript library for TON | 20,000 TON |
| Scaleton | The first Jetton dApp wallet | 750 TON |
| Bicycle | A service for processing payments (TON and Jetton) and making withdrawals on TON blockchain | 10,000 USD |
| TonTools | A high-level OOP Python library for working with TON; creating, deploying, and scanning wallets; scanning NFT collections, items, buy-sell contracts; scanning Jetton, Jetton wallets, transferring TON, Jetton, NFT | 2000 TON |
Anatoly Makosov personally allocated 112,000 USD to tonscan.org team. Additionally, Anatoly Makosov and Kirill Emelyanenko donated 112,000 USD to the Disintar team from their own funds.
All of these projects were chosen for their contributions to the Ecosystem, innovations, and impact on TON community.
Impact on the Community
TON Awards 2022 event demonstrated the importance of supporting innovation within the blockchain community. The winners and participants laid the foundation for further TON development, and the event itself can be considered a key milestone for the entire Ecosystem.