Quick Start

Quick Start

This 5-minute tour gets you from a fresh install to browsing your first tonsite and creating a wallet.

1. Install

Download for your platform from Installation. Run the installer and launch TON Browser.

2. Your first tonsite

In the address bar, type foundation.ton and press Enter. No http:// prefix needed.

The browser resolves the domain through TON DNS (not your OS resolver), fetches the content over RLDP from the decentralized network, and displays it. No clearnet involved.

Other tonsites to try:

• ton.org
• decenter.ton
• dnslookup.ton

3. Create a wallet

Open Settings → Wallet or navigate to ton://wallet. Click Create wallet.

The browser generates a 24-word mnemonic, encrypts it via your OS keychain, and creates a W5 (v5r1) contract. Write the 24 words down and store them offline.

4. Send your first TON (optional)

With a funded wallet, navigate to ton://wallet, click Send, paste a destination address, amount, and approve. The transaction is signed locally, broadcast to a liteserver via the bridge, and confirmed in about 5 seconds.

5. Try anonymous mode

Open Settings → General → Anonymous mode and toggle ON.

The proxy restarts with a 2-hop ADNL tunnel (garlic routing via TON DHT). Your IP is hidden from destination sites. Startup takes ~10-15s extra while the circuit is built. See ADNL Tunnel for details.

What just happened

You browsed the decentralized web, created a self-custodial wallet, and routed traffic through an anonymous circuit. No centralized gateway touched your data.

Next steps

• FAQ — common questions
• Privacy Guide — maximize your privacy settings
• HTTP 402 Payments — try paid tonsites
• Internal Pages — all ton:// routes