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title: GRAM and TON: names, tickers, what your wallet shows
description: Toncoin became Gram (GRAM) on 15 June 2026; the network is still TON. What wallets, explorers and exchanges show, and which fee token you need.
url: https://sablebolt.io/blog/gram-and-ton-names-tickers-wallets
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# GRAM and TON: names, tickers and what your wallet shows

Sablebolt Team 28 October 2026 9 min read

Contents

1. What changed on 15 June 2026, and what did not
2. Three things, three names
3. What you see during the transition
4. Addresses: UQ… and EQ…
5. Fees after the money arrives: GRAM, always
6. What the three routes do on this site
7. Checklist
8. FAQ

A reader who opens a TON wallet today can meet three names in one screen: **TON** , **GRAM** and **USDT** . Six months ago the first two were one thing. This post sorts them out: what was renamed, what was not, what wallets, explorers and exchanges show, and which of the three you must hold to move the other two. The rename was checked at t.me/gram on 12 October 2026; the explorer and token facts the same day at tonviewer.com and tether.to.

## What changed on 15 June 2026, and what did not

On 1 June 2026 the channel t.me/gram (post 2384) published a proposal to rename the native coin of The Open Network from Toncoin to Gram. The proposal said in so many words that the blockchain stays TON / The Open Network and that only the coin's name and ticker change. A community vote ran from 1 to 8 June 2026. The result (post 2385): 81.22 % in favour, the coin is renamed from Toncoin to Gram, the ticker changes from TON to GRAM, and the change takes effect at 12:00 UTC on 15 June 2026.

The same announcement said, and it deserves the same weight, that there is **no swap, no bridge, no claim and no migration** . Balances, addresses, contracts, NFTs, staking and DeFi positions are the same before and after. Nobody has to do anything. Any site, bot or message that asks you to "claim GRAM" or "migrate TON" is a scam, and the announcement said so itself.

|  | Before 15 June 2026 | After 15 June 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| The network | TON (The Open Network) | TON — unchanged |
| The native coin's name | Toncoin | Gram |
| The native coin's ticker | TON | GRAM |
| Your address | UQ… / EQ…, 48 characters | The same address |
| Your balance | n coins | The same n coins |
| The fee token for every transaction | the native coin | the native coin, now called GRAM |
| USDT on TON | a jetton issued by Tether | the same jetton, same contract |

The one genuinely confusing consequence is that **"TON" now names the network only** . When somebody says "TON" to you about money, ask whether they mean the network or the coin. On this site the coin is always written GRAM and the network TON.

## Three things, three names

**TON, the network.** A blockchain with its own addresses (48 characters, starting with UQ or EQ), its own explorers (tonviewer.com, tonscan.org) and its own fee rules. Every transaction on it pays a fee in the native coin.

**GRAM, the coin.** The native coin of TON. It has no issuer and no contract: it is not a token on the network, it is the network's own unit, and it is what wallets subtract when you send anything. On this site it has its own page, [Gram](https://sablebolt.io/coin/gram) , and two routes: [USDT TRC-20 → GRAM](https://sablebolt.io/swap/usdt-trc20/gram) and [GRAM → USDT TRC-20](https://sablebolt.io/swap/gram/usdt-trc20) .

**USDT on TON, the token.** A jetton — TON's word for a token issued by a contract — issued by Tether. Tether's supported-protocols page lists it under "Ton Jetton via Ton Blockchain" with the contract address EQCxE6mUtQJKFnGfaROTKOt1lZbDiiX1kCixRv7Nw2Id_sDs (checked 12 October 2026). On tonviewer.com that contract is a jetton master named "Tether USD" with the symbol USD₮. It is a dollar token that lives on TON; it is not GRAM, and holding it gives you no GRAM. The route into it is [USDT TRC-20 → USDT on TON](https://sablebolt.io/swap/usdt-trc20/usdt-ton) , and it is described with the other USDT networks on the [USDT page](https://sablebolt.io/coin/tether) .

**The rule that follows.** A wallet with USDT on TON and no GRAM cannot send the USDT. The transfer is a TON transaction and its fee is paid in GRAM, never in USDT. If you are about to receive USDT on TON into a fresh wallet, get a little GRAM into the same wallet first, or right after.

≈ 2–5 min 1 confirmation on TRON

[Swap USDT TRC-20 to GRAM](https://sablebolt.io/swap/usdt-trc20/gram)

## What you see during the transition

The rename changed labels, and each wallet, explorer and exchange updates its labels on its own schedule. Four months after the change, this is what the sources showed.

| Where you look | What it showed on 12 October 2026 | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| tonviewer.com, front page | A price widget titled "Gram Price"; amounts written as "450 GRAM", "15,000 GRAM" | Explorer fully switched to the new name |
| tonviewer.com, the USDT jetton page | Native coin balance labelled "GRAM (prev. TON)" | The transition label: new ticker first, old one in brackets |
| t.me/gram | Channel renamed "Gram of TON" (post 2386) | Both words: Gram the coin, TON the network |
| Your wallet | Depends on the wallet and its version | See below |

"GRAM (prev. TON)" is the pattern to expect wherever a service has updated but wants to help users who remember the old name. If a page shows "TON" alone next to a balance, it has not updated its label; the balance is still GRAM.

### Wallets

A wallet shows whatever name its developers shipped in the current version. Three states are possible, and all three are fine: **updated** (the balance line reads GRAM, with the new logo), **half updated** ("GRAM (prev. TON)" or "Toncoin → Gram") or **not updated** (still TON or Toncoin). The coin behind the label is the same in every case, and nothing about your balance depends on the label. Updating the app usually fixes the display. Do not install a "new GRAM wallet" that a message tells you to install; the scam warning applies to wallets as much as to claim pages. A wallet that showed 12.5 TON and 40 USD₮ before the update shows 12.5 GRAM and 40 USD₮ after it; only the label on the first line moves.

### Exchanges

Exchanges renamed the trading pair and the deposit page on their own schedules, and the announcement asked platforms to carry the old name alongside the new one for a transition period. Expect any of the three label states on a deposit page as well. What to check there, in this order:

1. **The network field says TON.** The network kept its name, so this is the one thing that cannot have been renamed by mistake.
2. **The asset is the native coin** , whether labelled GRAM, TON or Toncoin — not USDT, which is a different asset on the same network with its own deposit page.
3. **The memo.** Exchanges on TON usually give all customers one address and tell deposits apart by a memo (also called comment or tag). If a memo is shown, it is part of the address.

## Addresses: UQ… and EQ…

TON's documentation (docs.ton.org, "Internal address formats", checked 12 October 2026) describes the user-friendly address as a 48-character string encoding a flag byte, the workchain, the 32-byte account ID and a checksum. The first two characters show the flags:

| Prefix | Meaning | Network |
|---|---|---|
| UQ… | Non-bounceable | Mainnet |
| EQ… | Bounceable | Mainnet |
| 0Q… | Non-bounceable | Testnet |
| kQ… | Bounceable | Testnet |

UQ… and EQ… written for the same account are two spellings of **one address** ; the documentation says the two representations are equivalent and refer to exactly one address. It recommends the non-bounceable form (UQ…) for wallets, so that funds are credited even when the receiving wallet contract is not yet initialised, and the bounceable form (EQ…) for smart contracts with their own logic. Modern wallets show UQ…; older displays and contract pages show EQ…. The form on this site accepts both for a GRAM payout. A 0Q… or kQ… address is a test-network address and must not be used for real funds; the form's address check for a GRAM payout accepts UQ… and EQ… only.

## Fees after the money arrives: GRAM, always

Whatever arrives in a TON wallet — GRAM, USDT on TON, any other jetton — the next transaction out of that wallet pays its fee in GRAM. There is no exception for tokens and no way to pay a TON fee in USDT. This decides the order of operations when you set up a wallet from nothing:

1. **You want to hold USDT on TON.** Send the USDT via [USDT TRC-20 → USDT on TON](https://sablebolt.io/swap/usdt-trc20/usdt-ton) . Then put GRAM into the same wallet via [USDT TRC-20 → GRAM](https://sablebolt.io/swap/usdt-trc20/gram) , or ask whoever is paying you to add a little GRAM. Until the GRAM is there, the USDT is visible and immobile.
2. **You want to pay someone with a TON wallet.** Ask which asset they want. If the coin, the route is USDT TRC-20 → GRAM. If dollars, the USDT route — and they will need GRAM of their own to spend it on.
3. **You hold GRAM and want dollars on a cheaper-to-spend network.** [GRAM → USDT TRC-20](https://sablebolt.io/swap/gram/usdt-trc20) sends USDT to a T… address on TRON; the fee token there is TRX, as [USDT network fees compared](https://sablebolt.io/blog/usdt-network-fees-compared) explains.

**Worked example.** Someone owes you 150 USDT and your wallet is on TON. They pay via the USDT-on-TON route to your UQ… address; 150 USD₮ minus the payout network fee arrives. Your wallet shows the USD₮ and 0 GRAM. You try to send 50 USD₮ onward and the wallet refuses: no GRAM for the fee. You open USDT TRC-20 → GRAM with a small amount, paste the same UQ… address, and minutes later the wallet shows GRAM next to the USD₮. Now the 50 USD₮ goes out. "GRAM first, then USDT" would have saved the second step.

## What the three routes do on this site

| Route | Deposit side | Confirmations waited | Typical time to the rate being set | Extra field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [USDT TRC-20 → GRAM](https://sablebolt.io/swap/usdt-trc20/gram) | USDT on TRON | 1 on TRON | ≈ 2–5 min | None: the payout goes to a TON address only |
| [GRAM → USDT TRC-20](https://sablebolt.io/swap/gram/usdt-trc20) | GRAM on TON | 2 on TON | ≈ 2–5 min | None |
| [USDT TRC-20 → USDT on TON](https://sablebolt.io/swap/usdt-trc20/usdt-ton) | USDT on TRON | 1 on TRON | ≈ 2–5 min | "Payment ID" for the TON side, used when an exchange is receiving |

The GRAM payout route has no memo field, so a GRAM payout should go to a wallet you control, not to an exchange deposit address that requires a memo: without the memo, the exchange cannot match the deposit to your account. The USDT-on-TON route does have the field; the form calls it "Payment ID", and whatever the exchange calls it — memo, comment, tag — its value goes there. [Memo, destination tag, payment ID](https://sablebolt.io/blog/memo-destination-tag-payment-id) covers the mechanics.

## Checklist

- You know which of the three you are dealing with: TON the network, GRAM the coin, USDT on TON the jetton.
- The receiving address is 48 characters and starts with UQ or EQ — not 0Q or kQ.
- If an exchange is receiving USDT on TON, its memo is in the form's "Payment ID" field. A GRAM payout goes to your own wallet.
- The wallet that will hold USDT on TON has, or will shortly have, GRAM for fees.
- A label that still says TON or Toncoin next to a balance is an old label, not a different coin. You have not clicked anything that promised to "migrate" or "claim" GRAM.
- The status link is saved.

## FAQ

Is GRAM a new coin?

No. It is the native coin of TON, called Toncoin until 12:00 UTC on 15 June 2026 and Gram since. The rename followed a community vote and changed the name, the ticker and the logo; balances, addresses and contracts were untouched (t.me/gram, posts 2384 and 2385).

Do I have to swap my TON for GRAM?

No, and anything that offers to is a scam. The announcement itself said there is no swap, bridge, claim or migration. Your old balance is your GRAM balance.

Why does my wallet still say TON?

Its label has not been updated. The coin behind it is GRAM; updating the app normally fixes the display.

Is USDT on TON the same as GRAM?

No. USDT on TON is a dollar token issued by Tether as a jetton (contract EQCxE6mUtQJKFnGfaROTKOt1lZbDiiX1kCixRv7Nw2Id_sDs, listed on tether.to). GRAM is the network's own coin and pays the fee for sending the USDT.

UQ… or EQ… — which do I give?

Either, for the same account; they are two spellings of one address. Wallets show UQ…, which TON's documentation recommends for wallets. Avoid 0Q… and kQ…, which are testnet.

Can I receive GRAM on an exchange through this site?

The GRAM payout route has no memo field. If the exchange's deposit page shows a memo, pay out to your own wallet and send to the exchange from there.

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