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Because Telegram's TON was a huge success, yeah,

• karlmcguire 8y ago
  I can't tell if this is sarcasm (and you know something I don't), or you're being serious. I would agree if you're being serious, despite the lack of news coverage, based on a few points: - $1.7B raised in ICO: This is far more than has ever been raised in any other ICO. I also think it says something about investor optimism. I'd bet that this was a data point in Facebook's decision to do something similar with WhatsApp. - Telegram's development team: Some of the best in the world. They've done a lot with a few highly talented programmers and mathematicians. - 200,000,000+ monthly active users as of March 2018.
  • floatboth 8y ago
    Of course it's sarcasm. It was cancelled, if you don't remember: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/telegram-ico-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-ton-a8334551.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/ne... > development team: Some of the best in the world Well, messaging isn't exactly rocket science. And they did a lot right (open source clients, bots, channels, proxies). But their secret chat implementation is weird (literally every crypto expert has the same question: "why did you pick these extremely unpopular barely known primitives to reinvent your wheel?")
    • karlmcguire 8y ago
      They cancelled the ICO, not the underlying blockchain.