Telegram sends notifications 5 new competitions with a total prize Fund of more than $1,000,000

This year Telegram had paid about $1,000,000 to the winners of competitions on programming and design. Today we announce new contests with a total prize Fund of more than $1,000,000:

🏆 A contest for developers to create smart contracts on blockchain platform ($200,000–400,000 / C++/FunC, 24.09–15.10).
🏆 A contest for designers to create animated stickers and color schemes ($50,000, 05.10).
🏆 Competition to improve voice calls ($200,000, C++, 15.10).
🏆 A competition to create a web version of messenger ($200,000, JS, 01.11).
🏆 Competition for the creation of clustering algorithms and ranking content ($200,000, C++, 15.11).

Details of the competitions are published in the channel @contest. To participate in the contests we invite you to register via @jobs_bot.

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The Telegram lock in Russia almost polator year

In addition to blokirovki IP addresses of the messenger and proxy servers blocked links like t.me. Many do not consider and lose traffic advertising their projects on other platforms.

To 100% of the audience came to your channel you need to use redirect services because they provide the opportunity to move to Telegram channels without a VPN.

Here are some of these services:

telega.rip
tgo.one
teleg.ink
teleg.win

And if you need statistics of clicks on your link, use a redirect telestata.ru

#lock

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In the alpha version of Telegram for iOS appeared Gram-purse. 💎

At the moment it works in test network, but after the test will appear in the core network.

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Telegram Desktop has been updated to the stable version 1.8.9

Fixes:
— Incorrect restart animated Emoji.
— Tick "All users and admins" in the filter log of recent actions have not removed the tick with the other admins.
— Possible departures of pending notifications and messages.
— User avatar shows up in the notification when the specified local password.
Fields the names of groups/channels, and name, surname allowed more characters than necessary.
— The stickers podbrasyvanii, and even they were banned in chat.
— When you remove chat favorites was shown the option "Delete chat"

Download: from the official website or from GitHub.

#update #desktop #stable

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Telegram team launched bot for «create smart contracts» contest — @test_ton_bot.

Bot offers few Grams (from 5 to 20). They are given from special test crane that has ~5 million Grams. These tokens are using in testnet and couldn't be transferred to mainnet.

Wallet can be created with third-party @gram50bot.

1. Create wallet in bot.
2. Send word info with reply to message.
3. Select third option, it's in «for init» item.

Wallet must be 48 symbols long, for example: EQBQHN+ZLUWH/gHjhTDvYQQ2McD74cJeq3O94hA7SMSDcCnk

#TON #crypto

More info unfolding as Telegram Open Network release closing on

Unigram, unofficial TDLib-based client, started testing TON wallet integration.

It means that TON wallet integration is not limited to official apps, and can be integrated in other apps like TDLib-based client Telegram X.

#TON #crypto

Telegram Desktop has been updated to the stable version 1.8.10

What's new:
— Fixed problem where GIF went the first time.
— Minor bug fixes and improvements.

Download: from the official website or from GitHub.

#update #desktop #stable

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The European Court of Human Rights has registered 15 complaints from the Telegram to block messenger

Users believe that lock has violated several paragraphs of the European Convention on human rights, including the right to respect for private life and to a fair trial.

"The first 15 complaints were filed to the ECHR and has been registered. They will probably be merged with the complaints of other users, only appeal against a lock of about 30 people. We also expect that the Strasbourg court will combine them with the complaint of the messenger and complaints of the journalists Oleg Kashin and Alexander ivy, which had been filed earlier. Likely, complaints will be communicated to the court in a period from two weeks to several months," said Sarkis Darbinyan, who represents the interests of the users of Telegram in the Strasbourg court.

tass.ru/obschestvo/6946588

#courts

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Run TON in October confirmed!

Investors of the first wave received a letter from the command Telegram.

Main points:
1. Following the successful initial test period the start TON is planned in the second half of October.
2. Investors are provided with the application to generate keys TON: generator.ton.org
3. Investors will be required to provide public Telegram key to get your grams up to October 16. This key is confirmed, using the credentials specified in the purchase agreement tokens.
4. TON full source code is available at: github.com/ton-blockchain/ton.
5. Investors should choose the validators. Neither Telegram nor TON Foundation will not validators after launch.

According to the leaked Treaty investors and Telegram, to run is to run the core network and the results grams of investors. The launch of additional services previously identified in the roadmap, will be a little late.

Source: t.me/tonboard/111

#TON #crypt

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A document called TON Investor checklist posted.

He warns investors about the main risks associated with the
— privacy generation and storage of key phrases
— storage of large amounts of money on the hot wallet in the app Telegram, which has not yet tested a large number of users.
exchange transactions on the stock exchanges

#TON #crypt

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The Swiss company Gram Vault claiming the title of one of the largest investors in ICO from Telegram plans to sell Grams.

It is reported that Gram Vault third-party company, which plans to serve more than 70% of the investors of the second round and about 40% of the investors of the first round;

The total amount of assets kept in custody, could reach $ 3 billion if the price of Gram $ 3,00;

Gram Vault is positioned as the only highly reliable storage, for maintenance investors Telegram Open Network.

In addition to storing crypto-currencies, investors will be able to send and receive tokens and see reports on all the movements GRAM.

It is reported that Gram Vault is authorized and regulated in Switzerland as a member of the SRO, which is granted only to FINMA, and VQF. Bank accounts opened in Switzerland, Liechtenstein and the United States.

FINMA — Swiss financial market regulator.
SRO — self-regulatory organization in Switzerland.
VQF self — regulatory organization that is officially recognized by the Swiss regulator FINMA.

#TON #crypt

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Improved search

Beta-version Telegram for iOS received an improved search for chat messages. Clicking on the number of results will open a page with a list of all messages where the search word or expression is found.

#Beta #iOS

Improved Preview

Beta-version Telegram for iOS received updated screens by long clicking on the chat in the list of dialogs, the topic in the appearance settings, and the list of chat search results. Now all the elements are made in the updated style of iOS 13.

#Beta #iOS

Improved music player

Beta-version Telegram for iOS received an updated music player designed to conveniently listen to both music tracks and podcasts.

The player has the opportunity to speed up the playing audio file twice.

#Beta #iOS

Telegram for Android updated to version 5.12
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What's new: ⁠⁠
- Improved search. When searching for chat messages, you can click on the number of results to view all the results in one list.
- Various interface improvements.
• new animation when the archive appears with a gesture down;
• pop-up menu when selecting text received the theme color;
• the items “create secret chat” and “create channel” disappeared from the left menu, and “favorites” moved a little lower (you can now create a channel in the second way: the pencil button at the bottom right);
• changed font in some places;
• other minor cosmetic changes (for example: a pop-up menu for long tap on a sticker, links and in other places).
- Extended support for Android 10.
• correct work with the file system;
• correct processing of push notifications in the new version of Android.

Download from Google Play, from APKMirror or from APK from our channel.

#update #android

Telegram launched a competition to create animated stickers

The objective of the contest:
Create 3 vector animated sticker, as described here core.telegram.org/animated_stickers the to 01:00 Moscow time on 21 October 2019.

The authors of the best stickers can enter the pool of permanent artists of the Telegram.
Prizes for the winners of $1,000.

The contest budget: $25 000.

Detailed requirements for artists, see Animated Stickers Competition also do the submission for participation — @jobs_bot

#contest

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Telegram launched a competition to create the cloud

The objective of the contest:
Create a color theme for the Telegram that support at least 2 platforms (e.g., iOS and Android, or Android, and Desktop), as described here https://core.telegram.org/themes to 01:00 Moscow time on 21 October 2019.

Together with the competition platform was launched to build cloud-based TEM — themes.telegram.org

Using the service, you can create a theme from scratch and import existing files color themes.

The contest budget: $25 000.
Prizes for the winners of $1,000.

Detailed requirements for authors are in the Theme Design Contest, also do the submission for participation — @jobs_bot.

Users from Russia, it is recommended to use a VPN.

#contest

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Telegram Desktop has been updated to the stable version 1.8.15

What's new:
— By restricting the group the user is now shown to what number it was limited.
— Fixed possible crashes when the tooltip Emoji.
— Fixed message size restricting the user when using inline-bots.
— Fixed save dialog for video streaming on macOS.
— Fixed display of query results, inline-bot.

Download: from the official website or from GitHub.

#update #desktop #stable

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On the official website of Telegram messenger appeared rules for the use of the purse 💎

Highlights:
Wallet available inside of messenger as a separate app.
— Use wallet only to persons over 18 years (if this does not contradict the law).
Wallet allowed to use persons under sanctions or residing in the country, which imposed sanctions.
— The administration will not be able to recover the account, if the wallet is lost.
— Personal need for proxy authentication information, such as: redundant phrases, passwords, public and private keys are not collected by the company.
Company is not responsible for any damages to the user in excess of $ 10, and for any lost "grams" and funds in other currencies.
Company may at any time and for any reason suspend or disable a user account;
— All transactions are wallet will be checked and recorded in the blockchain.
Company denies control over bloccano TON. Telegram does not guarantee that transaction details verify and validate in the blockchain.
In operation in TON may impose a Commission, but its size and appearance the company does not control. The company indicated that the responsibility for payment of taxes are borne by the user.
— Third parties may provide services and content associated with the wallet. But the responsibility for damages Telegram will not be, moreover, "the use of blockchain TON is at your own risk".

telegram.org/tos/wallet

#TON #crypt

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After the appearance of the TOS Telegram Wallet, many media do not understand fully, began to write articles from the "headlines".

So RBC wrote: "Telegram will be able to block cryptocurrency users."

Why Telegram is not able to block the cryptocurrency users in our article: tginfo.me/tg-wallet/

#TON #crypt

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