Pavel Durov Cuts TON Transaction Fees Sixfold, Promises Feeless Transactions

• TON fees drop sixfold to 0.00039 TON, fixed regardless of network activity.
• Durov confirmed most TON transactions will become completely feeless shortly after.
• The fee cut is step two of MTONGA, following the Catchain 2.0 speed upgrade on April 9.

Telegram founder Pavel Durov said on Thursday that transaction fees on the TON blockchain will fall sixfold within one week, dropping to 0.00039 TON per transaction, roughly half a tenth of a cent, and will stay fixed regardless of how busy the network gets.

He then went further. Most transactions, he said, will become completely feeless shortly after. “Zero commission. MTONGA,” Durov wrote in a post on X, referencing the multi-step roadmap guiding TON’s development.

What Is Actually Changing

TON’s previous fee sat at around 0.00234 TON per transaction. The new rate of 0.00039 TON is not an estimate or a target. It …

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