TON verification pledge threshold will rise to 1 million TON tokens

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According to an update released by TON for main network validators, the addition of new capital in the verification network has led to a simultaneous increase in the minimum and maximum pledge thresholds. The minimum and maximum staking thresholds for this round of verification are 824000 TON and 242 million TON, respectively, and are expected to increase to 1 million TON and 3 million TON in the near future. TON suggests that validators who cannot meet the requirements of dual round verification use staking services or configure 1-of-2 round verification modes to optimize the efficiency of fund utilization.

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