Telegram releases it's own blockchain capable of millions of transactions / sec

I fail to understand the actual value-add of this crypto currency. Ok, so we will have "Grams" that will be integrated into Telegram and their users can use. Now what? What will I be able to do with it? How will "grams" gain value over time ? Who will be mining ?

Re: Telegram releases it's own blockchain capable of millions of transactions / sec

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Post by aaron-lebo » Sat, Dec 23, 2017, 12:08 PM UTC

anotheryou wrote: post #4

source? this is no official channel edit: "likely a scam": https://twitter.com/durov/status/944360557318205440 edit2: or a leak: https://www.facebook.com/id77777/posts/10154846872521076?pnr...

I hope it's fake. Hilariously goofy and a poor man's John Oliver narrating. Did someone pay money for that?

The parodies on Silicon Valley are better.

Re: Telegram releases it's own blockchain capable of millions of transactions / sec

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Post by MildlySerious » Sat, Dec 23, 2017, 12:12 PM UTC

aaron-lebo wrote: post #8

anotheryou wrote: post #4

source? this is no official channel edit: "likely a scam": https://twitter.com/durov/status/944360557318205440 edit2: or a leak: https://www.facebook.com/id77777/posts/10154846872521076?pnr...

I hope it's fake. Hilariously goofy and a poor man's John Oliver narrating. Did someone pay money for that? The parodies on Silicon Valley are better.

That sounds a lot like the narrator from Kurzgesagt. Not sure what to make of that

Re: Telegram releases it's own blockchain capable of millions of transactions / sec

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Post by zihotki » Sat, Dec 23, 2017, 12:47 PM UTC

Even if it's fake and they are not going to release a blockchain they won't directly tell that. Why? Why stop all this free PR? But it seems to me that it's unlikely, given that in some countries with a lot of users they are on shaky grounds due to encryption. Releasing a currency will only lead to more active blocking