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This is Pavel Durov, the founder of the famous social platform Telegram.
The blockchain project he created Ton is worth hundreds of billions of dollars, and Telegram has also developed into one of the world’s largest social communication letter APP.
Now he is arrested by the French government and faces many allegations such as money laundering and terrorism.
The currency circle is huge!Related token $ TON market value evaporated 2.7 billion US dollars on the same day …
Why did the technology giants end like this?
Where should Telegram, Ton go from?
Here are the stories about his peak and trough.
01Childhood Education: Enlightenment of Knowledge
In 1984, Pavel Durov was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. His parents are university professors. The family environment is full of knowledge.
Father Valery Durov is a famous linguistic professor, and his mother Albina Durova is a linguist.Durov’s family background provided him with a good educational environment.
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When he was four years old, the Durov family moved to Turin, Italy, and his father taught at a local university.Durov spent most of his childhood in Italy, received education in Italy, and learned a variety of languages.
This experience not only enriched his cultural vision, but also cultivated his sensitivity to different languages and culture.In 2001, Durov returned to Russia, entered the experimental school of St. Petersburg, and then admitted to the linguistic major of St. Petersburg National University, obtained a degree.
During college, Durov had a strong interest in computer programming and began to learn programming language.He also participated in a number of scientific and technological projects during the school, showing his talents and love for technology.It was these experiences that laid a solid foundation for his later entrepreneurial road.
02Early entrepreneurial: the rise of vkontakte
In 2006, Durov and Corcle found the social network VKontakte (VK).This platform has quickly achieved great success in Russia and has become the main channel for young people to communicate.
VK’s design concept is to allow users to easily share photos, videos and music, attracting a large number of users.Durov has attracted millions of users with its unique management style and the emphasis on user privacy.
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Vk’s profile on Pavel Durov above
In the early stage of VK, Durov adopted many innovative market strategies.For example, he introduced the concept of “wall” in the social network, allowing users to leave a message on the page of friends and increase interaction.In addition, he also launched the music sharing function, making VK one of Russia’s largest music platform.
By 2013, VK’s valuation had reached $ 3 billion, becoming the iconic platform for the Russian Internet.Durov’s success has attracted widespread media attention, and even known as “Zuckerberg in Russia.”
However, with the rapid development of VK, the relationship between Durov and the Russian government has gradually become tense.
In 2014, the Ukrainian crisis broke out, and Durov refused to provide the private data of Ukraine users to Russian security agencies, further intensifying conflicts with the government.
The Russian government’s supervision of social media is increasingly strict and requires VK to delete some pages involving political sensitive content.Durov resolutely rejected the request and said: “I would rather close VK or compromise with the government.”
This persistence made him reputation in the public, but also deepened his contradiction with the government.In April 2014, Durov was forced to resign from the position of CEO of VK and sold his shares in the company in the same year.
His departure marks the complete break with VK. Durov used “goodbye, thanks all the fish” to say goodbye when he left, quoting Douglas Adams’ classic works, expressing his longing for freedom.
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After leaving VK, Durov chose to live in exile.He obtained the nationality of St. Kitz and Nevis by investing at $ 250,000 and began to travel to the world.
During this time, he had lived in Europe, the United States, and the UAE and accumulated rich international experience.
03Create Telegram: Pursuit of Privacy and Security
In 2013, Durov and Gornullai jointly founded the real -time communication application Telegram, which aims to provide users with a safe and private communication platform.
The launch of Telegram marks Durov’s second entrepreneurial success. It has quickly attracted global users with its strong privacy protection and security, especially in areas where privacy is high.
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Telegram’s design concept is to allow users to communicate freely in an unconventional environment.Durov introduced end -to -end encryption technology in the application to ensure that the user’s news will not be stolen or monitored by a third party.
In addition, Telegram also allows users to create anonymous chat and self -destructive messages, which further enhances user privacy protection.
In 2018, the Russian government blocked Telegram because Durov refused to provide user data, and it was not until 2020 that the ban was lifted.
Despite many difficulties, Telegram has continued to expand globally, becoming one of the most popular communication applications.
According to statistics, in July 2023, Telegram’s global active users exceeded 800 million, and more than 2.5 million new users registered Telegram every day, becoming the third largest instant communication application in the world.
04From Telegram to TON: The pursuit of decentralized Internet
The story of TON (The Open Network) is full of innovation and challenges.
Ton was originally developed by the Telegram team in 2018 to build a high -performance blockchain platform and support decentralized applications and digital assets. Its design concept is to provide a fast, secure and user -friendly blockchain foundationFacilities allow everyone to use it easily.
The launch of the project, accompanied by ICO (first token issuance), successfully raised more than $ 1.7 billion in funds, attracting the attention of global investors.
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However, Ton’s road is not flat.In 2019, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against Telegram, arguing that its ICO constituted unregistered securities sales.
This legal challenge forced Durov to announce the suspension of Ton’s development in 2020, which disappointed many investors.Nevertheless, TON’s open source code has attracted the attention of global developers, and the project has not died.
With Durov’s support, the Ton community has gradually grown, and developers have begun to continue to promote projects based on the original code.
In 2020, TON’s control was transferred to the community, and developers actively discussed and collaborated on Telegram to promote the restart of the Ton ecology.
With the efforts of the community, TON has gradually developed a series of ecological projects, including Ton Wallet, Ton DNS, etc., supporting users to conduct services such as cryptocurrency transactions and domain name registration.Ton’s ecosystem has begun to form, attracting more and more users and developers to participate.
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In 2024, the Ton ecosystem broke out completely,The total locking value (TVL) exceeded $ 600 million, an increase of 1,000 times since 2024.The establishment of the Foundation has further promoted the development of the project and provided many services such as developer support, user education and brand cooperation.
In the future, TON plans to launch functions such as GAS transactions, official cross -chain bridges, and new generation of wallets to further enhance its competitiveness.With Telegram’s huge user base, TON is expected to make breakthroughs in the fields of decentralized finance (DEFI), intangible homogeneous tokens (NFT).
05Recent incident: arrested storm
However, Durov’s success was not smooth. Recently, he was arrested for being suspected of spreading illegal content on Telegram.The French authorities said that the reason for the arrest was that the platform lacked supervision, which led to a large number of criminal activities including the spread of false information and hatred remarks.This incident has aroused widespread attention from global media.Many people expressed concern about Durov’s future, thinking that this may be the suppression of his stance on privacy protection.
After the arrest news came out, Toncoin, Toncoin, plummeted by more than 20%. The market value evaporated at $ 2.7 billion.
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Durov’s supporters began to speak up, thinking that he was a hero who struggled to maintain freedom of speech and privacy.They called on the international community to pay attention to Durov’s situation and hope that he can be released as soon as possible.Although facing legal challenges, Durov still insists on his beliefs and believes that protecting user privacy and freedom of speech is his mission of his life.
06Conclusion
Pavel Durov’s story is a legend about innovation, freedom and persistence.He grew up from a young entrepreneur to defending privacy and freedom, and experienced glory and challenges.In the future, how Dorov’s story will develop is worthy of our continuous attention.
As he firmly believes, true freedom and privacy are the rights that everyone should pursue.
