TON blockchain claims sub-second finality with Catchain 2.0 upgrade
Transactions on the Open Network layer-1 blockchain protocol previously took about 10 seconds to settle, before the Catchain 2.0 consensus upgrade.
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Transactions on the Open Network layer-1 blockchain protocol previously took about 10 seconds to settle, before the Catchain 2.0 consensus upgrade.
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