The association of Telegram with TON do insure the future for this coin. The telegram platform is using it as the default advertising currency and in future the default currency of telegram messenger. The Durov brothers from telegram are well respected people in the field of mathematics and programming. They were behind the huge social network VK, which they have now left and telegram has became one of the most popular messaging app around the world. Though it don't insure that it would give Solana a run for money. If it were to challenge solana head on, we would have already seen some activities but I believe ton wants to take a different approach than taking head on competition with Solana. They would be another relatively successful coin alongside with others like Solana.