Free TON has more than 400 validators and 15 fully-developed geographical sub-governances.
Per TON Labs’ CTO, decentralisation will also depend on the number of issued tokens.
The Free TON project, a community-operated blockchain network that came to be after a fork of Telegram’s attempt to launch a blockchain, has announced the launch of a mainnet. A report unveiled this news on December 22, noting that the announcement was a formality, seeing as there wasn’t a network launch. Reportedly, the project’s developers chose a date to mark ample decentralisation of the network and an effective mainnet start.
According to the report, the Free TON community held a livestream ceremony to commemorate this milestone. The ceremony, allegedly, featured a Declaration of decentralisation in the blockchain network, which anyone can sign. To reach this feat, the community held consecutive validator contests over four weeks in Q3, 2020. These contests tested the capability of validators ac