{"id":90423,"date":"2025-10-29T16:16:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=90423"},"modified":"2025-10-29T15:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:20:18","slug":"telegram-to-launch-decentralized-ai-network-on-ton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/telegram-to-launch-decentralized-ai-network-on-ton\/","title":{"rendered":"Telegram to Launch Decentralized AI Network on TON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A decentralized network, <span data-descr=\"Confidential Compute Open Network\" class=\"old_tooltip\">Cocoon<\/span>, will be introduced on the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-ton\">TON<\/a> blockchain for private AI query processing. This was announced by Telegram founder Pavel Durov at the Blockchain Life conference in Dubai 2025.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a1\ufe0f Pavel Durov <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/durov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@durov<\/a> just announced Cocoon \u2014 the Confidential Compute Open Network<\/p>\n<p>a decentralized AI layer where GPU owners earn <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24TON&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$TON<\/a> for powering private inference<\/p>\n<p>launching this November \u2014 can\u2019t wait to see it boost <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/telegram?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ton_blockchain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ton_blockchain<\/a> \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4QEZB9zEcU\">pic.twitter.com\/4QEZB9zEcU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MyTonWallet (@mytonwallet_io) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mytonwallet_io\/status\/1983513427164475573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Application developers will be able to pay for computational resources to process requests using Toncoin tokens, while <span data-descr=\"graphics processing unit\" class=\"old_tooltip\">GPU<\/span> owners will earn cryptocurrency for providing their computing power.<\/p>\n<p>Participants need to specify the type of model architecture used (such as DeepSeek, Qwen), daily request volume, and average token size.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cAll data is encrypted, so participants cannot see which specific requests are being processed. This can be called \u2018private AI on the TON blockchain\u2019,\u201d<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/cocoon\/10\"><em>states<\/em><\/a><em> the official Telegram channel of the project.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The messaging service will be the network&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Durov first <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/durov-launches-ai-lab-in-kazakhstan\">mentioned<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the messaging service added that the platform will allow over one billion people to use AI functions confidentially, transparently, and efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Telegram <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/telegram-to-integrate-grok-across-its-services\">partnered<\/a> with Elon Musk&#8217;s startup xAI to distribute the Grok chatbot among platform users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A decentralized network Cocoon for private AI query processing will be introduced on the TON blockchain, as announced by Telegram founder Pavel Durov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Telegram to launch decentralized AI network Cocoon on TON blockchain.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,25,1423,723,1422],"class_list":["post-90423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-blockchain","tag-pavel-durov","tag-telegram","tag-toncoin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"1632","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Telegram to launch decentralized AI network Cocoon on TON blockchain.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90425,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90423\/revisions\/90425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}