A decentralized network, Cocoon, will be introduced on the TON blockchain for private AI query processing. This was announced by Telegram founder Pavel Durov at the Blockchain Life conference in Dubai 2025.
⚡️ Pavel Durov @durov just announced Cocoon — the Confidential Compute Open Network
a decentralized AI layer where GPU owners earn $TON for powering private inference
launching this November — can’t wait to see it boost @telegram and @ton_blockchain 👀 pic.twitter.com/4QEZB9zEcU
— MyTonWallet (@mytonwallet_io) October 29, 2025
Application developers will be able to pay for computational resources to process requests using Toncoin tokens, while GPU owners will earn cryptocurrency for providing their computing power.
Participants need to specify the type of model architecture used (such as DeepSeek, Qwen), daily request volume, and average token size.
“All data is encrypted, so participants cannot see which specific requests are being processed. This can be called ‘private AI on the TON blockchain’,” states the official Telegram channel of the project.
The messaging service will be the network’s first client and will invest in its global promotion. Cocoon is set to launch in November, following the collection of applications from potential participants.
Durov first mentioned the new product during a trip to Kazakhstan in October, where he introduced an AI laboratory. At that time, the Telegram founder stated that the company had been working for months on technology at the intersection of blockchain and artificial intelligence.
The head of the messaging service added that the platform will allow over one billion people to use AI functions confidentially, transparently, and efficiently.
In May, Telegram partnered with Elon Musk’s startup xAI to distribute the Grok chatbot among platform users.