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You're missing that the founder also founded VK and thus has a net worth of $260 million (according to Wikipedia)

• fabulist 10y ago
  What is the relevance of VK's net worth to Telegram's decision?
  • ascorbic 10y ago
    Because it's Pavel Durov's money that's paying for this.
    • fabulist 10y ago
      No, that doesn't explain anything. Durov has a lot of money to throw around. Okay. Why did he throw it at something silly when Telegram has real problems? NCC Crypto Services would do a lot of good work for a million dollars.
      • ascorbic 10y ago
        The original comment asked why a non-profit would splurge $1M on this. It's not the non-profit's money though, it's Durov's own, so his net worth is totally relevant.