How to create a token on TON
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Like every blockchain, The Open Network has its own native coin — TON, which is used to pay fees, validator and nominator rewards, as well as transactions between users through standard wallets.
However, many are interested in the question: is it possible to create your own token on The Open Network, like on the Ethereum or Binance Chain blockchains? Of course you can!
Only here, tokens are called jettons. Simply put, a jetton is a full-fledged cryptocurrency that operates on the TON blockchain, and the smart contracts published by developers allow you to construct any coins based on the existing blockchain.
Let's take a look at the brief process of creating your own cryptocurrency (jetton) on The Open Network (TON) blockchain.
The first thing you need to do is go to the website minter.ton.org.
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We land on the page where we will create our own digital asset. There is also a brief instruction on creating your own jetton.
Download MyTonWallet.io and create your own address, then you need up to 10 TON coins to pay a fee for creating your own coin.
All wallets are available through the link — https://ton.org/en/wallets. After downloading, we replenish the wallet. We recommend buying TON with a card or cryptocurrency on Crypto Bot, after which the coins can be withdrawn to your address. After creating the jetton, we can verify the transaction using the TON explorer Tonscan.
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Now we can start creating the jetton.
Let's create a meme token called Elon Musk jetton (ELON): we enter the name, ticker, the number of decimal places, upload a logo, specify the amount to be issued, and optionally add a comment. That's it! Then we click the "Connect Wallet" button - the site connects to the wallet, and then we confirm the creation by clicking the "Deploy" button.
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You need to wait a few seconds, and your jetton is ready! Now you can send the jettons to your friends or acquaintances directly from the minter.ton.org/jetton.
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You can check the presence of your jettons via the TON explorer Tonscan. In the Jettons tab, you can see your newly created digital asset.
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