Yet another official (and another final one) confirmation of preparation to TON release was made 8 October 2019 by the Durovs’ team during publishing the main terms of Gram wallet use. It is hardly a secret that Wechat, the Chinese analogue of Telegram, has been using quite capable ecosystem of payment processing along with a set of other posh options for ages which, in fact, are only planned to be added to the updated Telegram.   

On the other hand, the Durovs have almost reached their line in the sand as all they need to is to launch TON officially or at least to launch the wallet beta test mode which should happen before October, 31. The pioneer investors have already  received the long-awaited keys from the Telegram team to gain their cryptocurrency. However, it is still unclear how an ordinary user will be able to gain their first Grams. At the initial stage Grams are likely to be gained by exchange to bitcoin although Visa\Mastercard support seems to be be rather useful.

 

The Developer, a famous blockchain developer and a user of the largest forum, in one of his recent entries, supposed, based on Terms of Use, that in case of Telegram interaction with Grams will be made through a new and separate part. Usage of bots for purchasing and exchange is also possible.