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The Open Network (TON) just hit a massive milestone. On April 10th, the highly anticipated Catchain 2.0 upgrade was activated on mainnet. Telegram CEO Pavel Durov recently announced the upgrade which has effectively made TON 6× faster, bringing the network into a new era of performance.
As a validation leader on TON, Kiln is thrilled to see this infrastructure evolution. Here is the breakdown of what this means for the ecosystem and your digital assets.
The "Sub-Second" Revolution
The core of this upgrade is the implementation of Catchain 2.0. By optimizing the consensus engine, TON has achieved near sub-second finality.
- Speed: Block rates have increased by 6×.
- User Experience: Transactions are now virtually instant, a prerequisite for Telegram's 1 billion users.
- MTONGA: This is Step 1 of 7 in Durov's "Make TON Great Again" roadmap, with Step 2 aiming to cut transaction fees by another 6×.
Staking on a Faster TON: The Kiln Advantage
Historically, staking on TON was a high-barrier game. Running a traditional Single Nominator Pool (SNP) required a massive commitment of ~700k–1M TON.
Kiln is removing these barriers, ensuring that as the network speeds up, access to rewards scales too. Whether you are an institution or a retail provider, we offer the ability to help secure the TON ecosystem:
Pooled Staking
You no longer need a million TON to help secure the network. Kiln’s Pooled Staking integrates TonWhales architecture with institutional controls:
- Accessibility: Stake from as little as 10 TON to millions.
- Institutional Grade: Includes account segregation, allow-lists, and SOC 2 Type II certified infrastructure giving institutions complete control over their stake.
- Yields: Historically tracking in the ~4–5% APY range, staking yields have now increased to ~20% due to the increased block production.*
Integrate Your Way
As TON moves toward instant trades and lag-free Mini Apps, Kiln provides the tools to manage your stake with the same velocity:
- Kiln Dashboard: 1-click staking from your custodian or treasury account with built-in reporting.
- Kiln Connect API: Seamlessly embed TON staking into your own wallet or exchange. Pull reward accruals and historical distributions via API or CSV.
- Flexible Compliance: Choose between Enterprise (whitelisted/KYC) or Retail (open) pool classes to match your regulatory needs.
Sub-second finality moves TON from being a "fast blockchain" to a true competitor for traditional high-frequency financial systems. With Kiln, you can capitalize on this speed while benefiting from enterprise-grade staking.
*With 6x more blocks being produced, the inflation rate of the network has jumped from 0.6% to ~3.6% annually. The staking APY is likely to fluctuate while the network reaches a new equilibrium.
Ready to secure the future of TON? Contact the Kiln team to explore our Dashboard or SDK and start earning rewards.
About Kiln
Kiln is the leading staking and digital asset rewards management platform, enabling institutional customers to earn rewards on their digital assets, or to whitelabel earning functionality into their products. Kiln runs validators on all major PoS blockchains, with over $11 billion in crypto assets being programmatically staked and running over 5% of the Ethereum network on a multi-client, multi-cloud, and multi-region infrastructure. Kiln also provides a validator-agnostic suite of products for fully automated deployment of validators and reporting and commission management, enabling custodians, wallets, and exchanges to streamline staking or DeFi operations across providers. Kiln is SOC2 Type 2 certified.
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