For authors of digital content, a 70% payment of compensation from subscriptions will be introduced, and it will be possible to buy goods on the messenger.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced changes to the messenger, including payments to content authors and tokenization of stickers and emojis. This was reported by Mezha on Friday, April 19, in connection with Durov’s speech at the conference on cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies TOKEN2049 in Dubai.
It is noted that Telegram intends to compete with the crowdfunding platform Patreon and the OnlyFans service.
“The reason we love blockchain is the technology of freedom. We strongly believe in giving people the freedom to create their own tools, their own applications, their own businesses on Telegram,” Durov said. from the event stage. in Dubai.
According to Durov, soon a 70% payment of compensation from subscriptions will be introduced for authors of digital content.
As another upcoming step, the founder of the messenger announced the tokenization of stickers and emojis.
“Stickers are very, very popular More than 700 million times a month, stickers are shared on Telegram,” explains Pavel Durov “… Emojis can also be NFTs.
Also during the TOKEN2049 event, it became known about the integration of the USDT stablecoin with the TON blockchain, and directly on Telegram it is possible to buy goods or subscribe to content authors.
Earlier it was reported that Ukraine has the tools to influence Pavel Durov so that he restricts the work of certain channels on the territory of Ukraine.
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