---
title: "Product — t0ns Blog"
description: "Guides, product updates, and analysis on the TON blockchain, DeFi, and trading — from the team behind t0ns, the gamified DEX on TON."
url: "https://t0ns.com/blog?category=Product"
type: "website"
lang: "en"
image: "https://t0ns.com/og-image.png"
feed: "https://t0ns.com/feed.xml"
---

# t0ns Blog

Categories: [All](https://t0ns.com/blog) · [DeFi](https://t0ns.com/blog?category=DeFi) · [TON](https://t0ns.com/blog?category=TON) · [Product](https://t0ns.com/blog?category=Product) · [Web 3](https://t0ns.com/blog?category=Web+3) · [Security](https://t0ns.com/blog?category=Security) · [AI](https://t0ns.com/blog?category=AI)

Product · April 26, 2026

## [How t0ns Plans to Connect Referrals, NFTs, and Learning](https://t0ns.com/blog/inside-t0ns-how-referrals-nfts-and-learning-come-together-in-one-system)

How t0ns is designed to link referrals, evolving NFTs, and in-app learning into one system in which each action is meant to add to a user’s progress.

Product · December 31, 2025

## [Quiet Work, Long Vision: t0ns Year One](https://t0ns.com/blog/quiet-work-long-vision-t0ns-year-one)

t0ns year one in review: how the product direction took shape, how an early community formed, and the pre-launch work on swaps, routing and Earn.

Product · December 17, 2025

## [Faces Behind t0ns: CEO Alex Horbov and the Team](https://t0ns.com/blog/faces-behind-t0ns-the-people-building-the-future-of-defi-on-ton)

Who is building t0ns: CEO Alex Horbov on why DeFi still feels hard, and how the engineering, marketing and operations teams approach pre-launch work.

Product · November 9, 2025

## [t0ns Roadmap: What Is Planned Next](https://t0ns.com/blog/t0ns-roadmap-whats-coming-next-after-mainnet-launch)

t0ns is in pre-launch. This roadmap sets out what is being built for decentralized finance on TON, inside Telegram, and what is planned next.

Product · October 19, 2025

## [How Smart Routing Is Designed to Work on t0ns](https://t0ns.com/blog/how-we-use-smart-routing-to-find-the-best-swap-on-ton)

Smart routing compares the paths a swap can take across DEX pools. t0ns is designed to rank those routes by net output after fees and slippage.

Product · August 17, 2025

## [What Makes t0ns Different?](https://t0ns.com/blog/what-makes-t0ns-different)

t0ns is a gamified, Telegram-native AMM DEX being built on TON, designed to offer swaps and quests in a Mini App. It is in pre-launch and not yet public.

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