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Summary

This video lesson delves into the concept of tokens on the TON platform, highlighting their importance in creating custom assets. It explains the distinction between fungible and non-fungible tokens, with the latter being unique and used for collectibles, utility tokens like TON DNS records, and financial agreements. The scalability of fungible tokens is emphasized, with TON's architecture allowing for independent contracts to manage token balances, ensuring performance and scalability. The video also touches on using tokens to represent various states of funds, showcasing their versatility in app development.

Takeaways

• 🔑 Tokenization is the process of breaking down value stored in a system into transferable chunks, allowing for the creation of custom assets like currencies, stablecoins, tickets, and financial contracts.
• 📦 Tokens in the TON platform can be either fungible or non-fungible, with non-fungible tokens (NFTs) being unique and not interchangeable, while fungible tokens can be exchanged for one another and are used for currencies and shares.
• 🏷 Non-fungible tokens are used for collectibles, utility tokens, TON DNS records, and Telegram usernames, each having unique attributes and ownership.
• 🔗 NFTs can be organized into collections, such as the TON DNS system's top-level domain and subdomains, creating a hierarchy of unique tokens.
• 💼 Non-fungible tokens can also be used for financial agreements, allowing for the transfer of businesses or control over financial transactions through token ownership.
• 💡 Fungible tokens in TON are implemented in a scalable manner, with multiple independent contracts known as token wallets, each communicating directly with users' wallets.
• 🔄 Scalability of tokens in TON means that transactions between users do not interfere with each other, thanks to the decentralized storage of token balances in individual contracts.
• 🌐 The architecture of TON allows for full scalability of custom assets without any limitations, ensuring performance and scalability for all users.
• 💰 Tokens can represent various states of funds, such as intermediate states with conditions applied, without necessarily being displayed as separate tokens in a user's wallet.
• 🛠️ Tokens, along with contracts, serve as building blocks for app developers, enabling the creation of scalable and performant systems for users at any scale.
• 🧠 Understanding how tokens work in TON is crucial for developers to implement assets that can be transferred directly and used as low-level building blocks within their applications.

Q & A

What is the significance of tokens in the TON platform?

Tokens in the TON platform represent any sort of value that can be transferred within an application, such as currencies, stable coins, tickets, receipts, and financial contracts. They are crucial for creating custom assets and implementing various features within the ecosystem.

What is the process called when you break down the value stored in a system into transferable chunks?

The process is called tokenization. It involves dividing the value stored in a system into individual, transferable units known as tokens.

What are the two main types of tokens mentioned in the script?

The two main types of tokens mentioned are fungible and non-fungible tokens. Fungible tokens are interchangeable units, while non-fungible tokens are unique and cannot be split or merged.

What are non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and how are they used in the TON ecosystem?

Non-fungible tokens are unique tokens with distinct attributes and owners. In the TON ecosystem, they are used for collectibles, utility tokens like TON DNS records, and for specific financial agreements, where each token represents a unique entity with its own set of attributes.

How are TON DNS records implemented as non-fungible tokens?

TON DNS records are implemented as non-fungible tokens where each domain name is a unique token with its own owner and attributes. They can be transferred between users and organized into collections representing different levels of the domain hierarchy.

What is the difference between non-fungible tokens used for Telegram usernames and TON DNS records?

While both are implemented as non-fungible tokens, Telegram usernames do not have hierarchies and are part of a single collection of independent tokens. In contrast, TON DNS records can be arranged in a hierarchical structure with collections for top-level domains and subdomains.

How can non-fungible tokens be used for financial agreements?

Non-fungible tokens can represent specific financial agreements, such as a subscription system where all payments are collected in a single token with an owner or manager. This token can be used to control financial transactions and can be transferred to change ownership or management of the agreement.

What is the role of fungible tokens in the TON platform?

Fungible tokens in the TON platform are used to implement currencies, cryptocurrencies, and any situation where there are interchangeable units of value. They have multiple units that can be transferred between users and are a key component in scalable token implementations.

How does the TON platform implement fungible tokens differently from other blockchains?

Unlike some blockchains that use a single contract to track all token accounts, TON uses multiple independent contracts called token wallets, each with the same code but different owners. This allows for direct communication between a user's wallet and their specific token wallet, enhancing scalability.

What does scalability of tokens mean in the context of the TON platform?

Scalability of tokens in TON means that transfers of tokens between users do not interfere with each other, even when multiple transactions are happening concurrently across the network. This is achieved by splitting the storage of token balances into individual contracts, allowing for high performance and unlimited scalability.

How can tokens represent different stages or states of value in a system?

Tokens can be used to represent various states of funds, such as intermediate states where money is delayed or subject to certain conditions. Fungible tokens can be used for this purpose, allowing the system to maintain scalability and performance without the need to track user accounts in a single, large list.