When creating the Telegram Mini app, it's very expensive to do everything beautifully from the start.

Username with a simple word - minimum $2k.
Attach it to a bot - $3k (1000 TON).
To register a company - $10k.

And that's without taking into account development 🍿 Now it's clear why projects are suffering.

Of course, you can do with a standard bot, a server for $12 and get a 10% commission from users (Hi, Mr. Freeman), but these are isolated cases.

If you want it done nice and right, you're going to have to pay.

900!

As long as there remain people willing to develop DeFi and other areas, the TON ecosystem has every chance to grow ⌨️

So, I promised to share everything that is happening with the project. Remember – openness equals trust.

Naming. Initially, we were called TONDe.fi, demonstrating that it was the entry point to all DeFi on TON, but experienced individuals advised us not to focus on TON in the name and to choose a more abstract name for the project. Now we are 🎨 Palette Finance (@Palette)

I’m looking at the development of AI in DeFi on other blockchains, not just TON, and I’m wondering: do we even need websites and design if everything can be done in a chat? You type “add liquidity” – the agent does it, you type “swap” – the agent executes the trade. Is design still relevant? 🎨

When deciding how to launch the project, I chose to start with a tried-and-true approach — a referral system and a simple onboarding.

We based it on the DOGS concept, where users earned points for the life of their Telegram account. But since we’re building a DeFi project, we had to focus on onchain wallet activity — and that’s exactly what we’ve done.

You open the app, connect your wallet — and you’re in. The higher your balance, the more points you earn.

t.iss.one/PaletteFinanceBot/palette

You might say there are already similar projects in TON, but trust me — not like this. If your balance changes — your points change. If your referrals’ balances change — your points also change. It’s all dynamic.

In DeFi, capital matters. This system helps us identify our core audience. Invite whales and get 10% of their balance as points — they’ll remain your referrals for the lifetime of the project.

Later on, this system will be phased out, and the points earned will be locked and rewarded for early adopters.

This is just the very first step of a much bigger product 🎨 @Palette.

Today I was once again reminded how people from EVM networks badly understand TON blockchain — and how much TON community enjoys teasing them for it 😁

It’s so hard to find SVG logos when you’re an aggregator. Some projects don’t publish any media kit, others combine their logo with text, and some only use PNG. Why make life harder for those who actually want to be closer to you? 😢

Bad projects: TON Hedge, KTON Protocol, TON Whales, Factorial
Good projects: DeDust, Tonstakers, Jvault, Symbiosis, Fiva