Pavel Durov said building on The Open Network (TON) just got 10 times faster, citing a new unified toolchain that makes smart contracts AI-ready.
TON Core Ships Acton Toolchain
The Telegram founder posted the update Tuesday on his channel, framing the release as a clean break from TON's older, fragmented developer stack. According to coverage from Crypto Briefing, TON Core officially shipped the toolkit, called Acton, on May 8.
Acton replaces a scattered workflow with a single path for creating, testing and deploying contracts. The tool is built around Tolk, TON's newer smart contract language, and runs as one command-line interface.
The official documentation says the stack covers project setup, tests, debugging, dApp integration, deployment and verification. Its tagline reads "Built for humans. Perfect for AI."
Durov told followers that Acton replaces TON's "fragmented tooling stack with one developer flow."
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Why AI-Native Tooling Matters
Developer experience is becoming a competitive front for blockchains, not just speed or fees. Cryptoadventure noted that networks now compete on how quickly builders ship secure apps and whether tooling is clean enough for AI agents to read.
Acton lets builders pick a template and let the AI convert it into autonomous on-chain "robots" that execute multi-step actions without manual triggers.
The toolkit also ships with pre-built templates for rapid deployment of Jettons, TON's native token standard.
The launch follows Tolk 1.0, released in July 2025, which cut gas fees on TON by up to 40%. TON processed over 1 million daily transactions in the first quarter of 2026, and total value locked recently crossed $1 billion.
Anatoly Makosov, core developer at TON Core, called Tolk's launch a turning point for TON developers earlier this year. Acton extends that push by wrapping the language inside a single, agent-friendly runtime.
Toncoin Price Context
The toolchain ships during a turbulent stretch for Toncoin. The token traded near $2.31 on May 11, down roughly 9.7% on the day, after a sharp run-up earlier in the month.
That rally followed Durov's May 4 announcement that Telegram would replace the TON Foundation as TON's main driver and become the network's largest validator. Toncoin gained more than 100% in the week after that statement before easing back this week.
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