Telegram CEO Says New Toolchain Makes TON Smart Contracts 10x Faster

Pavel Durov unveiled Acton, a unified development toolchain for The Open Network (TON). The Telegram founder says it makes smart contract building 10x faster than the previous fragmented stack. The all-in-one command-line tool guides developers through every stage of building on TON. It covers writing, testing, deployment, and on-chain verification in a single environment. Acton launches with the tagline “Built for humans. Perfect for AI.” A Single Workflow for TON Smart Contracts Acton is built around Tolk, TON’s newer smart contract language. Before Acton, developers had to juggle multiple different tools to build on TON. Now one tool handles the entire process, from creating a project to deploying and verifying a smart contract. 🛠 Developing for TON just became 10x faster. The new toolchain makes smart contracts easy to create, test, and deploy. Most importantly, fully AI-ready.It replaces TON’s fragmented tooling stack with one dev flow. Start building! https://t.co/6Amgo2hW2S— Pavel Durov (@durov) May 11, 2026 Speed is one of Acton’s biggest selling points: tests run about 50 times faster than before. The tool works with the most popular code editors and comes with built-in debugging and testing features out of the box. Developers can also simulate real blockchain conditions locally before going live. Acton is also built with AI in mind from the ground up. It includes dedicated guides for AI coding agents and directly supports tools like Codex and Claude. That makes Acton more than a developer tool; it can serve as a backend for fully autonomous AI-driven development on TON. Telegram founder @durov just reminded everyone why @ton_blockchain is built differently.He shared data showing that TON finalizes transactions in just 0.6 seconds – making it the fastest L1 out there.Compare that to $BTC – it's a staggering 6,000x faster.And @telegram is… pic.twitter.com/6SRIO8NHX2— BeInCrypto (@beincrypto) May 7, 2026 Telegram Tightens Its Grip on TON The release lands ...