# KTON: Institutional-Grade Liquid Staking on TON

Welcome to the official GitBook for **KTON**, the institutional-grade liquid staking protocol built for **The Open Network (TON)**.\
This documentation provides a comprehensive, technical and business-oriented reference for users, developers, node operators and institutional partners who wish to understand, integrate, or contribute to KTON.

> "Our mission is to unlock the full potential of TON by delivering secure, capital-efficient staking for everyone — from individual holders to the world's largest institutions." — **TONX**

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## What You Will Find Here

* A deep dive into the design principles that power KTON's LST V2 architecture.
* Detailed explanations of smart-contract roles, upgrade and risk-management mechanisms.
* Tokenomics, governance and revenue-sharing models.
* Integration guides for wallets, DeFi protocols and institutional custodians.
* Security audit results and ongoing compliance strategy.
* Community links and contribution guidelines.

Whether you are staking your first TON, building a DeFi protocol, or assessing KTON for institutional deployment, this GitBook intends to be your single source of truth.

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## Quick Links

* **App:** <https://app.kton.io/>
* **Website:** <https://kton.io/>
* **Telegram Bot:** <https://t.me/ktonio_bot> - KTON Telegram Mini App
* **GitHub:** <https://github.com/KTON-IO>
* **Medium:** <https://medium.com/kton-io>
* **DefiLlama:** <https://defillama.com/protocol/kton>

Proceed with **Introduction to KTON** or jump directly to any chapter above.

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## GitBook Deployment

This documentation is set up with GitHub Actions to automatically deploy to GitHub Pages when changes are pushed to the main branch. See .github/README.md for more details on deployment.


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