HOW TO SECRETLY ONBOARD 1B TELEGRAM USERS INTO CRYPTO

Summary from the TLDR Crypto newsletter

Hybrid dApps solve the fundamental problem of TON's 1 billion Telegram users being locked out of EVM's rich application ecosystem by running Solidity smart contract logic behind native TON user experiences, allowing users to interact through familiar TON wallets and Telegram interfaces without knowing complex EVM machinery operates behind the scenes. The three-layer architecture consists of standard TON/Telegram frontends, TAC infrastructure with distributed sequencer networks and automatic asset bridging, and existing Solidity contracts running on TAC EVM with full access to battle-tested DeFi primitives and mature tooling. Users connect TonKeeper wallets using standard TON Connect patterns while the TAC SDK handles all cross-chain complexity, including token locking, bridging, and address translation, with native TON and jettons automatically working as ERC-20 tokens on the EVM side. The system enables developers to deploy once and serve both EVM and TON users from day one, leveraging proven Solidity contracts without rewrites while providing unified liquidity flows and network effects, with transactions feeling completely native to TON users despite complex cross-chain operations involving consensus, asset bridging, and smart contract execution happening transparently in the background.