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Telegram has raised an initial $850M for its billion-dollar ICO

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Re: Telegram has raised an initial $850M for its billion-dollar ICO

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Maybe I'm the last to join the party but if i understand correctly, is this money they are going to receive as investment?

I ask because as much as i can google I can't find any product they are selling or any ad they are displaying, so what is being bought here?

I'm not trying to be sarcastic, is there something i am missing?

Re: Telegram has raised an initial $850M for its billion-dollar ICO

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post #4

Maybe I'm the last to join the party but if i understand correctly, is this money they are going to receive as investment? I ask because as much as i can google I can't find any product they are selling or any ad they are displaying, so what is being bought here? I'm not trying to be sarcastic, is there something i am missing?

There's a private whitepaper floating around.

Re: Telegram has raised an initial $850M for its billion-dollar ICO

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post #4

Maybe I'm the last to join the party but if i understand correctly, is this money they are going to receive as investment? I ask because as much as i can google I can't find any product they are selling or any ad they are displaying, so what is being bought here? I'm not trying to be sarcastic, is there something i am missing?

Presumably they will use the tokens in the app for payments and a way to run decentralized applications (so paying for computation, storage, etc.) What's being sold is the potential for the token price to appreciate in value. It's definitely a worse deal for investors than an IPO as there is no equity being sold.

Re: Telegram has raised an initial $850M for its billion-dollar ICO

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post #4

Maybe I'm the last to join the party but if i understand correctly, is this money they are going to receive as investment? I ask because as much as i can google I can't find any product they are selling or any ad they are displaying, so what is being bought here? I'm not trying to be sarcastic, is there something i am missing?

Presumably they will use the tokens in the app for payments and a way to run decentralized applications (so paying for computation, storage, etc.) What's being sold is the potential for the token price to appreciate in value. It's definitely a worse deal for investors than an IPO as there is no equity being sold.

That certainly depends- Ethereum didn't sell equity and investors in the pre-sale did very well.
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