On April 9th, Pavel Durov announced that TON completed step one of a seven-part roadmap he calls MTONGA — Make TON Great Again.
Most coverage focused on the speed numbers. But the more interesting story is the structure of the plan itself.
Here's what we actually know.
Step 1 — Done: Catchain 2.0 activated on mainnet April 10th. Block time dropped from 2.5 seconds to 400ms. Finality dropped from 10 seconds to approximately 1 second. Overall throughput up 10x.
Step 2 — Announced: Cut transaction fees by 6x. TON fees are already low at around $0.003 per transaction — compared to Solana at $0.002. After the reduction, TON becomes one of the cheapest chains for high-frequency use cases. No timeline has been given yet.
Steps 3–7 — Unknown. Durov has not publicly detailed the remaining steps.
But here's what the first two steps tell us about the direction.
Speed and cost are the foundation. Every step after this builds on a chain that is already fast and cheap. That pattern points toward the next logical priorities: scalability under load, deeper Telegram integration, and developer tooling.
There's also a signal in what TON launched in late 2025 — Cocoon, a decentralized AI compute network built on TON that lets GPU owners contribute computing power. That suggests the remaining MTONGA steps may extend into AI infrastructure territory.
The framing also matters. Durov didn't announce a wish list. He announced a sequential program where each step builds on the one before it. That's a different kind of commitment than a typical blockchain roadmap.
You don't need to know all seven steps to start building on what's already live. But it's worth paying attention to how this unfolds.
What do you think steps 3–7 will focus on?
