TON Community

08 March 2023 20:41

Hack-a-TONx DoraHacks Update (7 Mar 2023):

- Total submissions: 169

- Total accepted BUIDLs: 93

- 10 Mar 2023 11:59PM GMT is the deadline for accepted BUIDLs to post a GitHub / GitLab link with either 1. open-source repo, or 2. closed-source w/ access to the 4 technical judges (see Judges section and names with *).
- 4 technical judges' GitHub / GitLab accounts will be posted on DoraHacks page by 8 Mar 2023 EOD.

- 17 Mar 2023 11:59PM GMT is the deadline for all final repo commits/changes.

- T-10 team announcement and BUIDL judging session times will be announced in the near future.

TON Community

06 March 2023 21:37

📡 Most Common DeFi Terms

⚫️ As more decentralized exchanges become available on The Open Network, an increasing number of users are encountering various terms from the DeFi sector. To assist newcomers to TON, we have decided to investigate this topic.

⚫️ To start with, the main difference between decentralized exchanges and centralized ones is the absence of an intermediary in the form of any company (such as Binance or OKX). All transactions on DEX occur through a smart contract, which acts as a guarantor of the successful transaction.

⚫️ When discussing decentralized exchanges, we come across concepts such as liquidity and price impact. In contrast to conventional centralized exchanges, the price of tokens on a DEX is determined by the amount of tokens and TON available in the liquidity pool. For instance, if there are 10 TON and 100 MEGA tokens in the liquidity pool, the price of 1 MEGA would be 0.1 TON. Note: TON is not mandatory in trade pairs, so you can create pairs like BOLT/MEGA or AMBRA/BOLT.

⚫️ The token price on decentralized exchanges does not stand still — it changes after each transaction. Therefore, the larger the number of tokens present in the liquidity pool, the less impact transactions will have on the price. A month ago, Megaton.Finance was launched on TON Blockchain, which from the start became a leader in terms of the number of tokens in liquidity, or total value locked (TVL).

⚫️ We are eagerly waiting for the other exchanges on TON — DeDust.io, STON.fi — to catch up with their competitor and continue to develop the DeFi sector on The Open Network.

@thedailyton

TON Community

05 March 2023 16:46

🏆TON has been nominated!

The Open Network has been nominated for two awards: “Blockchain Protocol of the Year” and “Developer Community of the Year” for the AIBC Eurasia Awards 2023.

The AIBC Eurasia Awards is a major event at the AIBC Eurasia conference, which hosts summits for the fields of artificial intelligence, blockchain technologies, and quantum computing. The awards are meant to promote the best representatives of these industries and draw attention to their achievements.

Let’s show the power of unity of our blockchain community and make our vote count😏

→ Vote for your favorite blockchain here

Your competitive @DeepTonEng

TON Community

03 March 2023 18:02

Azbit Lists Toncoin (TON)

Thanks to support from the Tegro team, the Toncoin, Tether tokens (TON/USDT) trading pair is now available on Azbit, a top-50 centralized exchange. Azbit is a next-generation exchange supported by Roger Ver, CEO of Bitcoin.com. The platform's daily trading volume exceeds $260 million and it serves more than 500,000 clients worldwide.

This represents yet another important milestone for The Open Network (TON) as we continue to expand our reach in the Web3 space.

TON Community

01 March 2023 21:00

💎 Survey for TON developers

Hey, TON devs! You can improve TON with your experience right now! Especially if you have experience with TON Documentation. Your experience could help us improve it! 💪

The TON Onboarding team aims to create a next-generation onboarding experience for everyone: beginners and experienced developers. We can do that together.

That’s why we’ve created a feedback form. We kindly ask all community members to share their experience with development with TON through the survey.

A survey consists of 10 questions and will take no more than 5 minutes.

Share your experience here:
👉 https://tondocs-survey.paperform.co/

TON Community

27 February 2023 18:36

Top-10 pieces of advice for TON developers

We highly recommend all developers take a look at our top-10 tips for smart contracting programming in TON. Experts at Certik have prepared a dedicated article specifically tailored to FunC programmers seeking to enhance their skills.

Certik is a highly reputable audit firm within the blockchain industry that conducted a comprehensive study of the TON core last year. The audit, which concluded that TON's smart contracts were both secure and reliable, was instrumental in the development of these 10 FunC tips designed assist developers in their smart contract programming.

TON Community

25 February 2023 17:47

​TON is on Cointelegraph’s Top 100 list!

It was only two short months ago when we were celebrating The Open Network’s accomplishments of 2022, but the leaps and bounds TON made last year caught the attention of Cointelegraph, the crypto and blockchain industry’s No. 1 media news resource.

Cointelegraph releases an annual Top 100 list of the most influential and impactful people in the industry. This year, not only did it include TON on its list, but it ranked the TON blockchain 29th overall (and it was only one of three blockchains to make the list).

The article touches on TON’s history and highlights some of its biggest milestones, such as the launch of TON Storage and TON DNS and a trio of African nations adopting the TON blockchain on a government level.

When your blockchain gets recognition from the industry’s most prominent news site, you know you’re doing something right—it’s a testament to TON’s vision and philosophy for a decentralized Web3 internet.

Of course, we have to give credit where credit is due. TON is home to some of the brightest programming minds in the blockchain industry, and without them, TON’s landscape could have turned out vastly differently.

And last but not least, no network or blockchain would succeed without a supportive community, and the TON community is the life force driving our ecosystem, so pat yourselves on the back—we salute you!

Here’s to another fruitful year at TON; let the good times roll.

Read the write-up here.

TON Community

23 February 2023 16:23

First Stage Labs publishes exclusive status report on The Open Network (TON)

First Stage Labs, a venture studio based on The Open Network (TON), has given an authorative overview of the current standing and future direction of TON.

The report, published in a comprehensive Medium post, consists of a retrospective analysis of comparable blockchains and concludes with FSL making forecasts for how the TON ecosystem can develop and grow.

The analysis represents a significant contribution to the ongoing dialogue about TON's future development. At the same time, it provides valuable insights for TON users about the many community-driven projects that can develop on TON.

We hope that this report inspires others while contributing to an ongoing dialogue, providing valuable research that is important for TON's future growth.

TON Community

21 February 2023 16:00

@wallet's P2P Market now allows for much faster and easier crypto buying and selling.

@wallet users are now able sell their crypto through the P2P Market by choosing from available user purchase advertisements.

To access these offers, enter @wallet's P2P Market and select “Sell” on the main page of the bot interface.

Likewise, users can now create purchase advertisements on the trading platform from the P2P Market by selecting "Create Ad" and "Buy" in the new window.

@wallet has also announced, alongside these updates, a special deal — they have drastically reduced service fees on crypto sales until the end of the month to as little as 0% per trade.

Subscribe to the Wallet News channel to receive the latest news and announcements.

TON Community

20 February 2023 14:00

The community vote on TON's tokenomics ends in just over 1 day.

All Toncoin holders are eligible to vote on the TON tokenomics proposal that will end in just over 24 hours.

We urge all TON holders to cast their vote for or against the temporary freeze of inactive early miner wallets, proposal details can be found here.

Over 1300 members have taken part so far and over 90% of votes cast have been in favor of freezing the early miner wallets.

The vote breakdown as it stands:

Yes - 90.85% (1.21M TON)
No - 8.97% (119.74K TON)
Abstain - 0.18% (2.4K TON)

This is an important moment for TON's future, and your participation is essential to help shape it in a community-centric way.

Don't miss the opportunity to vote.

TON Community

18 February 2023 18:18

WhoWhere — a new service offering TON-based 'NFT magnets' for visiting new countries.

A new Telegram bot called WhoWhere allows you search for link-minded people all over the world.

How does it work?

Users (such as travellers or expats) are able to find each other on a Telegram map, chat with one another and arrange live meetings.

For example, you can join the TON Community group here and you'll be able to see other TON enthusiasts nearby on a map.

After visiting a new country, you will have the opportunity to mint the Web3-equivalent of a souvenir magnet, a unique TON Soulbound NFT. This is one of the first applications of 'non-transferable token' technology to the wider TON Ecosystem audience.

If you are planning to travel and want to get your own NFT magnet, check out this guide!

TON Community

15 February 2023 17:41

TON is now compatible with Atomic Wallet

Toncoin (TON) holders can now store their holdings using Atomic Wallet, a non-custodial decentralized wallet with +5M users.

This provides TON holders with the opportunity to easily buy a variety of digital tokens and exchange them for TON.

Atomic Wallet's private, encrypted keys, and absence of account verification or KYC requirements aims to provide users with privacy and complete and unimpeded control of their TON holdings.

Being compatible with Atomic Wallet expands the usability of the TON network.

This latest adoption is another step forward on TON's path towards mass adoption.

TON Community

15 February 2023 11:51

Abu Dhabi’s Launch of ‘Hub71+ Digital Assets’ Opens up TON Foundation Ecosystem to $2 Billion Start-Up Hub

Today Hub71 is hosting a special event in Abu Dhabi to mark the launch of its new Web3 accelerator.

The new accelerator, Hub71+ Digital Assets, is designed to support Web3 projects working with a select group of blockchains, including TON.

This exciting partnership presents a unique opportunity for TON to collaborate with Hub71 on Abu Dhabi's digital asset ecosystem, mutual start-up funding support, marketing assistance, and more.

The launch event features keynote speakers from the cryptocurrency world, as well as leading Web3 organizations from the United Arab Emirates and beyond.

Discussion topics include the future of cryptocurrency in the Middle East and North Africa, the UAE's role in regulating Web3, to name a few.

TON Community

13 February 2023 18:56

January 2023 TON Developer Community Report

January saw numerous breakthroughs for development, including: the introduction of new coding services and tools for the ecosystem, the publication of fresh tutorials, the global launch of Hack-a-TONx DoraHacks, the completion of the first stage in Toncoin’s integration with TrustWallet, and many other notable events.

We invite you to read the TON Developer Community Report that has been published on the TON blog on the official website.

We would also like to remind you that software engineers have and will remain one of the top priorities for The Open Network’s ongoing development. If you want to contribute to TON’s development, please submit your ideas to TON’s social media (Twitter, Telegram, LinkedIn, etc.) or visit the TON Dev Telegram channel.

TON Community

11 February 2023 19:09

​TON Awards 2022

TON Foundation is proud to annouce the launch of TON Awards 2022, a competition initiated by core developer team designed for the developers of non-commercial, TON-based projects:

"Hey Devs!

In 2022, the incredible TON developer community has made loads of open source, non-commercial projects including; development tools, apps and services, and more.

Frankly, you have all been so productive that we don't even know about all the developments.

We wanted to gather all such developments and reward the most useful, non-commercial projects in our ecosystem.

This initiative runs in tandem with our grant program, which focuses on a different kind of project.

Please, send us your project to be considered!"

To participate in TON Awards 2022, your project must:

▪️ have been created for TON during 2022.
▪️ be active and working.
▪️ use open-source code under a free license.
▪️ be completely non-commercial with no monetization other than donations or grants.

Apply on the TON Awards 2022 page here!

TON Community

07 March 2023 17:35

​Two new games unveiled by The Open Network (TON) that offer unique opportunity to win special rewards, showcase skills

TON Chess is a classic chess game now available on TON Play. Players can challenge friends or random opponents for the chance to win exclusive NFT skins for their board and pieces. Tournaments offering special prizes are also held for players.

Lost Dogs is an innovative NFT collection exclusive to TON featuring 2,222 unique and generative NFT dogs. Each dog has a unique set of attributes that determine its appearance and rarity, making every Lost Dog a one-of-a-kind collectible. Lost Dogs has also implemented a special, cross-breeding game mechanic implemented directly on the Getgems marketplace. For more information, check out this post.

TON Community

05 March 2023 19:20

​TON Community Weekly Digest

Here’s a roundup of the ecosystem’s most exciting news over the past seven days.

Network stats update:

▪️ The number of new accounts created on TON from Feb. 26 to March 4 grew from 2,214,612 to 2,243,572 (+1.3%).

News:

▪️ Auditing platform CertiK published an article called “Secure Smart Contract Programming in FunC: Top 10 Tips for TON Developers” for FunC developers.

▪️ TON Rocket launched a P2P market. Read more.

▪️ Toncoin was listed on the Azbit.com crypto exchange. Read more.

▪️ The TON blockchain was nominated for two awards at AIBC Awards Eurasia 2023 in the “Blockchain Protocol of the Year” and “Developer Community of the Year” categories. You can vote for TON by visiting this link. Read more.

▪️ The GAGARIN launchpad launched on-chain staking based on smart contracts. Read more.

Stay up-to-date with the latest developments brewing in the TON ecosystem by turning on the notifications for this channel. You won’t want to miss a thing!

TON Community

04 March 2023 17:36

GAGARIN has launched a decentralized token staking service

The GAGARIN launchpad now offers on-chain staking powered by smart contract. Users can access 5 different options for fixed, TON-based token staking for different time periods.

This is second such DeFi solution available in the TON Ecosystem, following the recent release of a similar service by Fanzee.

As the ecosystem continues to grow, we specifically want to highlight solutions such as this that operate with limited human involvement and adhere to the core philosophy of Web3.

However, we would also like to remind users that TON Foundation and TON Community are not affiliated with the projects mentioned above, and any interaction with them is done at your own risk.

TON Community

02 March 2023 18:43

TON to Launch First Artist NFT marketplace Playmuse

We are delighted to announce the launch of Playmuse, an NFT platform for music, film, video, serials, animations, blogs, streams and podcasts on the The Open Network (TON).

Playmuse gives artists the freedom to securely share their NFTs on TON without being endorsed by the established industry brands.

The marketplace is scheduled to launch this month, with more than 100 high-profile artists and brands poised to go live on the platform.

Stay tuned for the launch of TON’s newest and most innovative NFT platform.

TON Community

28 February 2023 17:45

TON Rocket launches P2P Market

TON Rocket, one of the largest cryptocurrency Telegram bots in the TON ecosystem, has launched a P2P trading platform.

You can now buy and sell TON without leaving the bot!

TON Rocket is one of the most intuitive ways of interacting with the TON ecosystem, enabling users to perform a variety of tasks, including:

▪️Trade using a variety of global fiat currencies including: USD, EUR, RUB, UAH, DYN and KZT.
▪️Conveniently store Toncoin in a custodial Telegram wallet.
▪️Create checks, invoices and subscriptions.
▪️Earn rewards using its referral program.

Along with the P2P Market on TON Rocket, the TON ecosystem now hosts a wide range of platforms, including @wallet and @Cryptobot.

TON Community

26 February 2023 16:20

​TON Community Weekly Digest

Here’s a roundup of the ecosystem’s most exciting news from the past seven days.

Network stats update:

▪️ The number of new accounts created on TON from Feb. 19 to 25 grew from 2,157,752 to 2,208,226 (+2.3%).

News:

▪️ Network validators voted on optimizing TON’s tokenomics. Over 75% of the validators voted in favor of the proposal to freeze inactive wallets dating for 48 months. The TON community also supported the proposal. Read more.

▪️ The TON Thread Challenge ends today at 18:00 (UTC). Read more.

▪️ @wallet bot added a new kind of ad to its suite of features. Users can now buy cryptocurrencies more quickly on P2P Market. Read more.

▪️ First Stage Labs published an extensive report called “TON: DeFi Landscape” dedicated to the rapidly expanding TON DeFi market. Read more.

▪️ The multi-blockchain explorer 3xpl.com from the team at Blockchair added support for TON. Read more.

Stay up-to-date with the latest developments brewing in the TON ecosystem by turning on the notifications to this channel. You won’t want to miss a thing!

TON Community

24 February 2023 18:30

3xpl, the open-source blockchain explorer, has now added support for TON

3xpl has announced the launch of their new, ad-free TON explorer that allows you to search according to block number, transaction ID, addresses and more. TON now joins a select group of supported blockchains that includes Bitcoin and Ethereum.

This makes TON more accessible to casual users than ever before and marks another step towards mass adoption for the ecosystem.

TON Community

22 February 2023 12:26

The validators have voted

Yesterday, the validator vote about optimizing TON's tokenomics ended.

More than 75% of all validators voted in favor of temporarily freezing dormant early mining wallets — these addresses were not activated before the end of the voting period and now will not be able to be activated until 09:00 (UTC) on February 21, 2027. This decision was supported by both the validators and the wider TON community.

171 wallets were deactivated with a total balance of 1,081,389,417 Toncoin (more than 20% of the total supply).

For the next 48 months, network users can be sure that these tokens will not cause market turmoil or be used for any kind of manipulation.

TON Community

21 February 2023 09:30

​Games based on the TON blockchain

The GameFi sector on TON has been bustling with activity lately, which has prompted us to write a post about three games you can play right now.

▪️ FANTON

Fanton is a football-based play-to-earn game on TON. Players collect cards depicting their favorite football stars, assemble teams, and compete in tournaments for Toncoin and NFT prizes.

In just two months, Fanton has onboarded over 40,000 users from 137 countries, with its NFT Fanton entering the top 15 collections in sales on the TON network.

▪️ Escape From Zeya

Escape From Zeya is the TON ecosystem’s first-ever game, with users able to play it in an internet browser. The game begins when you emerge from a spaceship after crash-landing on an uninhabited planet — Zeya. You’re tasked with building a base and extracting the planet’s resources before setting off to find your way home. However, resources are finite, meaning there may not be enough to go around.

Every so often among the colonists are tournaments where players can win Toncoin and in-game items.

▪️ TON CAPS

Another play-to-earn game, TON Caps pits players against one another in battles for NFT “caps.”

Players can collect these caps and other NFTs and compete to win the caps of other players.

TON Caps is played directely within Telegram’s web app and has high-quality animations and deep gameplay mechanics.

The TON GameFi industry is brimming with projects and activity, so you can be sure we’ll be keeping a close eye on things to keep you up-to-date on the biggest developments.

TON Community

20 February 2023 11:44

​TON Community Weekly Digest

Here’s a roundup of the ecosystem’s most exciting news over the past seven days.

Network stats update:

▪️ The number of new accounts created on TON from Feb. 12 to Feb. 18 grew from 2,118,405 to 2,151,798 (+1.6%).

News:

▪️ The community vote has been launched to optimize TON tokenomics. We urge all holders of Toncoin to vote for or against the temporary freezing of inactive early miner wallets. Voting will end soon. Read more.

▪️ Registration is open for live events held as part of Hack-a-TON x DoraHacks in St. Petersburg, London, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Melbourne and Lisbon. We invite developers and all TON builders to meet offline!

▪️ The non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet Atomic Wallet now supports the main TON network. It is now possible to store your Toncoin using one of the most popular cryptocurrency services in the world. Read more.

▪️ The TON Developer Community Report for January 2023 was published. Read more.

▪️ The TON Thread Challenge was launched, a competition with a budget of $10,000 for active participants in TON Ecosystem. The competition will end soon, but you still have a chance to take part.

▪️ The TON project has started to cooperate with a UAE state Web3 startup accelerator from Abu Dhabi, Hub 71+. Read more.

▪️ TON Blockchain entered the top-100 most influential players in the crypto industry according to Cointelegraph, finishing in 29th place. Read more.

▪️ Through the efforts of the Tegro team, Toncoin was added to TokenInsight, a popular cryptocurrency aggregator rating system in the US and China.

▪️ A report was published about live events from Prague, Taipei, Bangkok and Seoul. The events were held as part of Hack-a-TON x DoraHacks. Read more.

▪️ WhoWhere, a service for finding for like-minded people throughout the world, has adopted TON Soulbound NFT technology. Read more.

Stay up-to-date with the latest developments brewing in the TON ecosystem by turning on notifications for this channel. You won’t want to miss a thing!

TON Community

17 February 2023 18:48

Hack-a-TON x DoraHacks: Live Event Report

The Hack-a-TON x DoraHacks global hackathon, offering a $300,000 prize fund, is currently underway. So far, offline sessions have already taken place in four cities around the world, and today we'd like to share with you some of the intermediate results.

Please follow the link below to see out how productive, exciting, and fun it was for TON enthusiasts in Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and the Czech Republic!

https://telegra.ph/Hack-a-TON-x-DoraHacks-Seoul-Taipei-Bangkok-Prague-02-17-3

We also invite you to read a new article by TON key dev contributor Tal Kol about asynchronous smart contracts.

TON Community

15 February 2023 15:04

A new TON India group chat has just been launched.

A new group chat designed to bring together individuals from India interested in exploring and discussing TON Ecosystem has been set up.

Join the chat now to connect with like-minded individuals in the TON Indian community and keep up-to-date with all the latest developments.

Click here to get involved!

TON Community

14 February 2023 17:54

​A community vote on optimizing TON tokenomics.

Voting day has arrived. We invite all Toncoin holders to take part in the community proposal of tokenomics optimization on ton.vote.

Ton.vote is a voting platform created by a community contributor, Orbs team, led by Tal Kol. This platform is open for all Toncoin holders, regardless of the size of their holdings or whether the person is a validator or not. While the result of this voting does not have a binding effect on the network itself, it empowers all Toncoin holders to cast a vote and let their voice and opinion on important matters be heard in the community.

The community vote will last for seven days from February 14 13:00 PM UTC to February 21 13:00 PM  UTC. Once this vote is completed, the network vote – the vote casted by validators with their staked Toncoin – will take place from approximately February 21 to February 24.

After both votes are concluded, ton.vote will count and display a combined result along with various analytics to help better understand the demographics of voters.

It is important to note that the community vote cannot result in changing the blockchain configurations like the network vote can. However, the collective voice of the community is indeed of critical importance for the validators in making a decision that truly reflects the opinion of all types of Toncoin holders. We encourage every single Toncoin holder to take advantage of this opportunity.

Since the proposal was published, the community engaged in discussions through various avenues, both private and public.

On the one hand, advocates of the proposal argue that it does not break the tenets of decentralization if only the inactive early miners’ wallets are impacted. On the other hand, those who are against the proposal argue that such a move may be viewed as setting a negative precedent, especially to those who are not fully aware of all the circumstances.

We are encouraging everyone to read the two different arguments set forth by vocal members in the TON community, below, in order to make an informed decision.
Tal: https://blog.ton.org/adding-vesting-to-unclaimed-mining-rewards.
Vudi: https://blog.ton.org/freezing-inactive-accounts-of-the-first-miners.   

Finally, on behalf of the community, we would like to thank those who made it possible to allow everyone to vote on the ton.vote platform and all of those who are voluntarily participating in this consensus process together.

TON Community

12 February 2023 20:59

​TON Community Weekly Digest

Here’s a roundup of the ecosystem’s most exciting news from the past seven days.

Network stats update:

▪️ The number of new accounts created on TON from Feb. 5 to 11 grew from 2,065,212 to 2,112,609 (+2.3%).

News:

▪️ Tonstarter launched its Community Incentives loyalty program whereby users can receive rewards for completing tasks. Read more.

▪️ Tegro launched the TON ecosystem’s first-ever referral program for its DEX, which runs on smart contracts. Moreover, Tegro.Finance’s crypto exchange now has a page on CoinMarketCap. Read more.

▪️ The TON Foundation released its schedule of offline events happening at Hack-a-TONx DoraHacks. Dev teams are encouraged to join our offline meetups! Read more.

▪️ Registrations for offline events at Hack-a-TONx DoraHacks are open for Tokyo, Singapore, Dubai, and Tel Aviv.

▪️ The TON Foundation announced TON Awards 2022, a contest for non-commercial projects based on TON. Read more.

▪️ Fanzee’s FNZ token got listed on Gate.io and MEXC, marking the first TON-based altcoin to appear on prominent centralized exchanges beyond the TON ecosystem.

▪️ The Tonstarter launchpad made a TON ecosystem map. You can view it here.

Stay up-to-date with the latest developments brewing in the TON ecosystem by turning on the notifications to this channel. You won’t want to miss a thing!

TON Community

10 February 2023 17:09

​We are inviting TON developers and builders to offline meetups across the world!

We want to take this opportunity to remind you that, as part of the new Hack-a-TON x DoraHacks launch, a number of LIVE events will be held in different cities globally.

If your team wants to take part in one of these events, you just have to choose the city and fill in a form (see the list below).

Event Schedule:

11-12 February

Taipei, Taiwan (TONx Studio)
Seoul, South Korea (Boom Labs)
Bangkok, Thailand (TON Contributors)
Prague, Czech Republic (Tonana)

18-19 February

Istanbul, Turkey (Patika.dev)
Tokyo, Japan (SmartDeer)
Singapore (SmartDeer)
Dubai, UAE (TonTech)

19-20 February

Tel-Aviv, Israel (Orbs)

24-25 February

St. Petersburg, Russia (TON Play)

25-26 February

London, Great Britain (Orbs)
Hong Kong (SmartDeer)
Hyderabad, India (TON Contributors)
Melbourne, Australia (SmartDeer)
Lisbon, Portugal (TON Contributors)

We look forward to seeing you all, buidling in action!