TON Core has released Acton, a new tool for building smart contracts that relies on artificial intelligence to automate key parts of the development process. The platform is designed to speed up creation of automated contracts within the TON ecosystem, but the move also raises questions about new security risks and potential fragmentation of liquidity.
What Acton Brings to Developers
Acton is a smart contract development tool with AI baked in. According to TON Core, the AI can handle tasks like generating contract logic and identifying common patterns, letting developers focus on more complex parts of their projects. The tool is aimed at teams building on TON, the blockchain network originally associated with Telegram.
The company says Acton could “revolutionize automation” in the ecosystem. Instead of writing every line of code manually, developers can describe what they want in plain language and let the AI suggest or even generate the contract. That could cut down development time significantly — at least in theory.
Potential Upside for the Ecosystem
If Acton works as promised, it could attract more developers to TON by lowering the barrier to entry. Smart contracts are the backbone of decentralized finance and other blockchain apps, so any tool that makes them easier to build tends to boost activity on a network. More contracts could mean more users and more value flowing through the system.
Automation of contract creation also reduces the chance of simple human errors. But it introduces a new set of unknowns. AI models can produce code that looks correct but contains subtle flaws, especially when they’re trained on limited or biased data.
Security Risks and Liquidity Concerns
TON Core itself acknowledges that Acton may heighten security risks. AI-generated smart contracts could have vulnerabilities that traditional audits miss. If a contract with a hidden bug gets deployed at scale, the damage could be serious — lost funds, exploited protocols, or worse.
Another worry is liquidity fragmentation. With an AI tool that makes it easier to spin up contracts, the TON ecosystem could end up with many small, isolated pools of liquidity rather than a few large, efficient ones. That can make trading harder and increase slippage for users. Fragmentation has been a problem on other blockchains that saw a surge of new tokens and contracts.
Developers and auditors will need to adapt their practices. Relying on AI to write contracts doesn’t replace the need for thorough testing and formal verification. The tool is new, and the community is still figuring out how to trust its output.
What Comes Next
Acton is available now from TON Core. Developers can start testing it on testnets before deploying on mainnet. The real test will come when the first batch of AI-generated contracts goes live and the community sees whether they hold up under real-world conditions. No one knows yet if the benefits of faster development will outweigh the risks of automated code.
