The true reason for blocking the Telegram messenger is revealed
The topic of active discussion in recent days was the attempt by Roskomnadzor to block the Telegram messenger. Despite millions of blocked IP addresses, including services of Amazon and Google, the regulator has not yet been able to achieve a convincing victory over the creation of Pavel Durov. What is the reason for such fierceness of Roskomnadzor?
The official reason for the blockage was the creator’s refusal to transfer keys to decrypt the correspondence of the messenger users. According to the representative of the regulator, the information transmitted via Telegram may violate the law and be used by extremists and terrorists to threaten the Russian Federation and its citizens. However, for some reason other popular instant messengers remained outside the brackets.
However, information about the true reasons for the state’s attack on Telegram began to leak into the light. According to some reports from the Russian special services, it’s not at all the keys and the fight against terror, but the fact that Pavel Durov decided to take the place of Sergei Mavrodi, creating his own financial system uncontrolled by state bodies.
We are talking about a cryptocurrency project called Gram, which Durov plans to implement as part of his messenger. The developers intend to launch their own blockchain platform, which will be able to conduct a million transactions per second, for comparison, the popular Visa is capable of only thousands of operations in the same period of time. The platform is called Telegram Open Network (TON). At the beginning of the year, a successful initial placement of so-called tokens was carried out, which gave the project $ 1,7 billion of investments.
The success and scope of the new cryptocurrency became the trigger after which the state began to roll on Telegram. Unlike the promoted bitcoins, which are essentially an ordinary financial pyramid, Gram will become a really working anonymous payment system, which will be accessible to various users, including those with criminal intentions. The FSB’s fears are that through a non-state-controlled settlement system, cashing out funds, trafficking in drugs and human organs, and other criminal acts will go on.
At the same time, Pavel Durov seeks to create a global and decentralized blockchain, which, if legalized in other countries, will be almost impossible to drive into the gray zone in Russia. It is precisely with this that the activity of Roskomnadzor can be connected, which waves its saber in an effort to eradicate Telegram so violently that chips fly around.
The official reason for the blockage was the creator’s refusal to transfer keys to decrypt the correspondence of the messenger users. According to the representative of the regulator, the information transmitted via Telegram may violate the law and be used by extremists and terrorists to threaten the Russian Federation and its citizens. However, for some reason other popular instant messengers remained outside the brackets.
However, information about the true reasons for the state’s attack on Telegram began to leak into the light. According to some reports from the Russian special services, it’s not at all the keys and the fight against terror, but the fact that Pavel Durov decided to take the place of Sergei Mavrodi, creating his own financial system uncontrolled by state bodies.
We are talking about a cryptocurrency project called Gram, which Durov plans to implement as part of his messenger. The developers intend to launch their own blockchain platform, which will be able to conduct a million transactions per second, for comparison, the popular Visa is capable of only thousands of operations in the same period of time. The platform is called Telegram Open Network (TON). At the beginning of the year, a successful initial placement of so-called tokens was carried out, which gave the project $ 1,7 billion of investments.
The success and scope of the new cryptocurrency became the trigger after which the state began to roll on Telegram. Unlike the promoted bitcoins, which are essentially an ordinary financial pyramid, Gram will become a really working anonymous payment system, which will be accessible to various users, including those with criminal intentions. The FSB’s fears are that through a non-state-controlled settlement system, cashing out funds, trafficking in drugs and human organs, and other criminal acts will go on.
At the same time, Pavel Durov seeks to create a global and decentralized blockchain, which, if legalized in other countries, will be almost impossible to drive into the gray zone in Russia. It is precisely with this that the activity of Roskomnadzor can be connected, which waves its saber in an effort to eradicate Telegram so violently that chips fly around.
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