Forwarded from Telegram Info English (>_run)
Telegram revokes inactive names
In the last couple of days, Telegram has revoked the public addresses of hundreds of public chats without warning their owners.
In the most of the cases, the affected chats where those which had no content, or no content for over a year.
A close source to Telegram reported that this is a common practice, and that it won't be possible to reoccupy the revoked addresses for a while.
Furthermore, according to the same source, there are plans to reform the public usernames system.
In the last couple of days, Telegram has revoked the public addresses of hundreds of public chats without warning their owners.
In the most of the cases, the affected chats where those which had no content, or no content for over a year.
A close source to Telegram reported that this is a common practice, and that it won't be possible to reoccupy the revoked addresses for a while.
Furthermore, according to the same source, there are plans to reform the public usernames system.
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Your public channel usernames were gone? You’re not alone. 💩
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Forwarded from Pavel Durov
I'm really impressed by the success of the auction TON recently conducted for their domain/wallet names. Wallet.ton was sold for 215,250 Toncoin (~$260000) while casino.ton was sold for ~$244000.
If TON has been able to achieve these results, imagine how successful Telegram with its 700 million users could be if we put reserved @ usernames, group and channel links for auction. In addition to millions of catchy t.me addresses like @storm or @royal, all four-letter usernames could be made available for sale (@bank, @club, @game, @gift etc).
This would create a new platform where username holders could transfer them to interested parties in protected deals – with ownership secured on the blockchain via NFT-like smart-contracts. Other elements of the Telegram ecosystem, including channels, stickers or emoji, could later also become part of this marketplace.
When it comes to scalability and speed, TON probably has the best technology to host such decentralized sales. Our team can write bullet-proof smart contracts for TON (since it was us who invented its smart-contract language), so we are inclined to try out TON as the underlying blockchain for our future marketplace.
Let's see if we can add a little bit of Web 3.0 to Telegram in the coming weeks.
If TON has been able to achieve these results, imagine how successful Telegram with its 700 million users could be if we put reserved @ usernames, group and channel links for auction. In addition to millions of catchy t.me addresses like @storm or @royal, all four-letter usernames could be made available for sale (@bank, @club, @game, @gift etc).
This would create a new platform where username holders could transfer them to interested parties in protected deals – with ownership secured on the blockchain via NFT-like smart-contracts. Other elements of the Telegram ecosystem, including channels, stickers or emoji, could later also become part of this marketplace.
When it comes to scalability and speed, TON probably has the best technology to host such decentralized sales. Our team can write bullet-proof smart contracts for TON (since it was us who invented its smart-contract language), so we are inclined to try out TON as the underlying blockchain for our future marketplace.
Let's see if we can add a little bit of Web 3.0 to Telegram in the coming weeks.