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"Today starts a new era of privacy. You can have a Telegram account without a SIM card and log in using blockchain-powered anonymous numbers available on the Fragment platform."

What does the hn crood think about it?



My bet: the people behind Telegram got massive stakes in this cyber coin and now (ab)use their power to attract some of their users into this ecosystem. I guess the intersection of users with "advanced privacy needs" and those open to any sort of crypto scheme is significant.


"Hey here's this really useful thing you've wanted for a long time. We're tying it to our FTX-replacement to kickstart us in the race for the next leader in that space"


If you can pay with Monero, it adds a new real use case for the public Blockchain technology.




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