What is a Chain Post?
A Chain Post is a Wall post that has been sealed on the TON blockchain. Once confirmed by the TON network, the post content is permanent — no one can edit it, delete it, or pretend it never existed. Not the author. Not Wall. Not a regulator. The record lives on TON forever.
It works through the same TON Connect wallet integration that powers tips and donations on Wall. You compose a post, select Chain Post mode, choose a stake amount (minimum 1 TON), and confirm the transaction in your wallet. The TON network confirms in ~10 seconds, and the post is on-chain.
Why it matters
Most social content is ephemeral — platform decides what stays, what goes. Chain Posts flip that. The platform (Wall) can hide a Chain Post from its own UI if it violates the Content Policy, but the on-chain record remains. Anyone can read it directly from a TON explorer (tonviewer.com, tonscan.org) without going through Wall at all.
This is censorship resistance by construction: the blockchain doesn't care about moderation policies.
The Chain Posts leaderboard
Chain Posts are ranked by stake amount. Higher stakes rank higher on the leaderboard, visible in Wall's TON tab. The leaderboard isn't about who posted first — it's about who committed the most to making their content permanent.
You can boost an existing Chain Post by adding more TON to its stake, which updates the on-chain record and improves leaderboard position.
What it costs
- Minimum stake: 1 TON (~$5 at current price, varies)
- Network gas: ~0.01 TON (standard TON transaction fee)
- Platform fee: none — Wall charges 0 on top
- Refundable? No — the TON is the cost of permanent storage, not a deposit
Non-custodial: Wall never holds your TON
Every Chain Post transaction is signed in your wallet app (Tonkeeper or MyTonWallet). Wall never sees your private key, never holds your funds, and cannot move TON without your per-transaction approval. If Wall disappears, your Chain Posts remain on TON, readable from any TON explorer.
Who Chain Posts are for
- Writers and journalists publishing things that should outlast any platform
- Artists minting digital graffiti as on-chain cultural artifacts
- Developers announcing releases or commitments they want the community to hold them to
- Anyone who wants a statement to be truly permanent rather than deletion-possible
Full technical deep-dive: wall.foundation/chain-posts
User how-to guide: wall.support/chain-posts