ℹ️ Introduction To TON APIs and RPC Nodes
Developers have several ways to interact with the TON Blockchain, each offering different tradeoffs between ease of use, reliability, and data depth.
- RPC Providers & APIs: Quick and easy access to the blockchain, but requires trust in the provider's reliability and data integrity.
- ADNL (Lite Server): Connects directly to TON Lite Servers. While these may be temporarily inaccessible, data is cryptographically verified and cannot be falsified.
- Tonlib Binary: A dynamic library that also connects to Lite Servers. Offers the same data security as ADNL, but requires compilation and external dependencies.
- Offchain-Only SDKs: Ideal for creating and serializing TON cells locally, which can be submitted via APIs. Useful for signing or composing transactions off-chain.
