TON Strategy Company Showcases 10x Network Throughput Upgrade, 6x Fee Cuts and 3.5x Staking Uplift
In April, TON Strategy Company supported the Catchain 2.0 upgrade that reduced block times from 2.5 to 0.4 seconds, boosted throughput tenfold and cut transaction fees sixfold to $0.0005. Gross staking rewards rose over 3.5x month-over-month as the company leveraged its governance position to capture increased yield.
1. Catchain 2.0 Performance Upgrade
TON deployed Catchain 2.0 consensus upgrade in April, cutting block times from 2.5 seconds to roughly 400 milliseconds and improving throughput by approximately 10x. Transaction finality also accelerated from around 10 seconds to about 1 second, enabling faster settlement for applications such as payments, DeFi, gaming, and AI integrations on the network.
2. Transaction Fee Reduction
The network lowered transaction fees roughly sixfold to an average of $0.0005 per transaction under a fixed-fee model. This fee reduction is intended to stimulate higher transaction volumes by making microtransactions more economically viable for developers and users within Telegram's ecosystem.
3. Staking Reward Surge
Gross staking rewards for TON rose by over 3.5x in April compared to March as validator efficiency improved post-upgrade. TON Strategy Company, with over 220 million TON staked, was positioned to capture this surge through its staking infrastructure and service provider partnerships.
4. Governance Role and Capital Deployment
TON Strategy supported the governance decision to reduce fees and continues to evaluate capital allocation across staking and infrastructure. The company aims to enhance long-term per-share value by balancing asset accumulation with ecosystem support and network resilience efforts.