About Toncoin and GRAM
Toncoin is now the former name of Gram (GRAM), the native coin of The Open Network (TON). The June 2026 rebrand changed the token name, ticker, and branding, but not the blockchain itself. Existing balances, wallet addresses, staking positions, smart contracts, NFTs and apps continue to work as before.
What is Toncoin?
In older articles, exchange interfaces, and search results, you may still see Toncoin or TON. In current official documentation, the native asset is Gram. It powers transaction fees, validation, voting, transfers, and application activity across the TON ecosystem.
Technology and consensus mechanism
TON is a proof-of-stake blockchain designed for fast finality and large-scale application use. Its architecture combines a masterchain, workchains, and dynamically split shardchains, while smart contracts run inside the TON Virtual Machine. Current TON documentation also points to Catchain 2.0 as part of the network’s modern consensus design.
Unique features and services
TON is more than a payment coin. The network supports Telegram-linked apps and services, smart contracts, wallets, payments, and human-readable naming through TON DNS. It also keeps a broader Web3 tooling layer that includes storage, sites, and privacy-focused services covered in our TON Proxy and TON Sites guide.
Toncoin use cases
GRAM is used to pay network fees, move value on-chain, support validators and staking, and participate in a growing range of wallets, decentralised apps, and Telegram-native experiences. If you want to explore passive participation, see our guide to staking.
Toncoin security
TON is secured by validators in a proof-of-stake model, and the ecosystem’s developer-facing materials emphasise open-source code, wallet standards, formal documentation, and ongoing security work. For users, the main practical rule after the 2026 rebrand is simple: there is no claim page, no bridge step, and no migration for old TON holders, so any site asking you to “convert” Toncoin into GRAM is a scam.
Educational resources
To dive deeper, use the official TON documentation, the whitepapers, and current ecosystem resources. Good starting points include the TON whitepapers overview, the main TON website, and the token landing page at gram.org.