💡 “The aesthetics of an utility vehicle”: Oleg Andreev on Tonkeeper Pro

📡 We have already written about the Tonkeeper Pro wallet, which is more “advanced” than the regular Tonkeeper. And now we interviewed its creator Oleg Andreev: why did two wallets appear, and how do their approaches differ? Here are fragments of his answers, and we separately published the full version: so to speak, we got “Interview” and “Interview Pro.”

⚫️ On how Tonkeeper Pro came about:
“We realized that sometimes we needed ‘advanced’ features and a place to test new technologies. Innovations are not just ‘coming up with an idea’; they require iterative work: invent, try, evaluate, refine...… And in Tonkeeper Pro, we can add new features before releasing them to mass users. That’s why we first added W5 support, TRON support with gasless, and two-factor authentication to Tonkeeper Pro. 2FA is still only available there."

⚫️ On the difference between the two wallets:
“Tonkeeper is made for the mass user: how do we make it as comfortable as possible? And Tonkeeper Pro is designed around technological needs that must be met: its users need a variety of tools, so how do we implement all of them conveniently?

Roughly speaking, Tonkeeper is like a Mercedes, and Tonkeeper Pro is like an utility vehicle, a giant haul truck — in the best sense. Its dashboard has every button visible, nothing hidden behind ten clicks. But still with air conditioning and backlighting.”

⚫️ On the mobile and desktop versions of Tonkeeper Pro:
“In essence, mobile Tonkeeper Pro is really desktop Tonkeeper Pro, just in another format. Sure, you'll scroll more on the phone. But conceptually, the navigation should feel close to desktop. And we came up with the idea that since the screen is smaller, we would put the three columns of the application into the screen using ‘pedals’ on the sides, thanks to which the user is always one click away from them.”

⚫️ On the fact that Tonkeeper Pro is used by people with very different tasks:
“Traders need one thing, CFOs another, founders something else, developers too. Like in Adobe Photoshop, where each user needs only about 5% of the features, but the product satisfies the entire variety of people with their different 5% needs. And it is professional; it won’t hold your hand to explain what crypto is.”

⚫️ An example of the differences between Tonkeeper and Tonkeeper Pro:
“In the basic Tonkeeper, there is a bottom menu of four items. In Tonkeeper Pro, the current wallet is always visible, since you switch often and mustn’t get lost. And navigation instead of the bottom menu is done using ‘pedals.’ It turns out that Tonkeeper brings everything to the surface, while in Pro, functions are a bit hidden, but there are many more of them.”

💡 We remind you that the full version of the interview is available via the link, where there are many more details.

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⚫️ We are publishing a second #opinion this week, which disputes the first. Yesterday we published a post stating that that TON lacks advanced DeFi tools, which is why users are leaving for other blockchains. And today we publish a text with a different view. Who is right - you tell us in the comments.

⚫️ The fact that TON lacks some advanced DeFi tools is true. But if you focus on it, it will only hinder solving the problem, not help. Why?

⚫️ The real problem of TON is not the absence of "advanced tools". Well, yes, cool degens may indeed lack some. But the idea of TON is not to be a blockchain for cool degens. Its idea is to be "a blockchain for everyone, even your aunt." An aunt most likely will not be a "cool degen". And a billion users will not come for advanced tools. 95% of them don't need these tools.

⚫️ And the real problem of TON is the opposite. Some tools already exist, DeFi like Ethena. But there is no other: a clear explanation of "why does my aunt need all this?" She doesn't need complex things like Ethena. What does she need? Well, off-chain gifts might be useful to her. But where in TON's on-chain is there anything that would sound understandable, attractive, and solve some of her problems? The ability to choose which Indian will fly into space, are you serious? She never had the problem "I'm not allowed to choose an Indian astronaut."

⚫️ And if the lack of advanced tools were solved, hypothetically, this could attract a layer of "advanced degens." But this is still a narrow layer. This is not mass adoption.

⚫️ But if the problem "we offer nothing to auntie" were solved, so that a billion users would come to TON... This billion would bring liquidity with them. Degens would flock to this liquidity. And then any advanced service would be made for these degens. Because then, with liquidity and degens, these services would become profitable, unlike now.

⚫️ So, if you want to solve the problem of TON, you should not make cool advanced tools. On the contrary, you should make the simplest possible tools for aunts. And if that works, the advanced stuff will follow.

🖊 As usual, the opinion is subjective. So which is more correct, yesterday's or today's - it's up to you to decide. Maybe you don't agree with either and see everything differently? Tell us exactly how.

@thedailyton