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According to the whitepaper (on page 18) it cost $70m to run Telegram just for 2017 and a total of $171m since 2014. Pavel Durov had a net worth of about $300m
by jakebasile 9y ago
According to the whitepaper (on page 18) it cost $70m to run Telegram just for 2017 and a total of $171m since 2014. Pavel Durov had a net worth of about $300m when he left VK in 2014 and as far as I know he's the only source of funding for Telegram. This seems like one way to change that and hopefully ensure financial stability, if it works out. I'm not sure it will though, which is unfortunate as I quite like Telegram.
There's always Wire, I suppose. As long as they stay afloat.
- dharma1 9y agoThat's what I thought too when I saw this. Telegram is nice but with no monetisation they will run out of cash. This could make Telegram profitable, or at least give it a longer runway.
- sAbakumoff 9y agoHow did you obtain the white paper? AFAIK it's not available publicly yet.
- kirillseva 9y agohttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1ucUeKg_NiR8RxNAonb8Q55jZha03WC0O/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ucUeKg_NiR8RxNAonb8Q55jZha0... Hopefully I'm not violating any rules by sharing this thing that looks like it might be TON's leaked whitepaper
- sAbakumoff 9y agoThanks! It seems that this paper is already in hands of TechCrunch(the currently discussed article) and CoinDesk[1] and now it's available for HN users :-) [1] https://www.coindesk.com/big-money-murky-governance-kicking-tires-telegrams-token-sale/ https://www.coindesk.com/big-money-murky-governance-kicking-...