Arbitrum vs TON

Arbitrum One and Nova are optimistic rollups using Nitro fraud proofs that compress transactions into calldata submitted to Ethereum. The Orbit toolkit lets projects deploy their own Arbitrum Orbit chains with configurable permissions. ARB token governance manages the 3 000‑plus validator whitelist and a 1 billion‑dollar ecosystem grant fund.

The Open Network (TON) is a sharded Layer‑1 originally designed by Telegram, featuring dynamic workchains and instant cross‑shard consensus through the Vertical Blockchain mechanism. The TON Storage and TON DNS services extend functionality beyond payments, whereas the Tap‑to‑Transfer feature has onboarded millions of Telegram users. A 2025 governance vote approved jetton fee burns to make TON mildly deflationary.