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@durov "👨💻 Telegrams looking for an Android dev wholl earn $1M / year after tax. 🥇 The only way in is to win our coding contest that ends on July XX. The task Implement the animation from this mockup in our open-source Android app. 🤖"
X Link @durov 2025-06-23T15:49Z 2.7M followers, 1.1M engagements

"20 days ago a developer launched a Telegram mini app. He built it over a weekend alone with no team budget or investors. His mini app already hit $1M in net profit. 💡 You dont need a team to become a millionaire #"
X Link @durov 2024-11-20T19:43Z 2.7M followers, 1.9M engagements

"@davidson00_1 Exactly. You either have the right to free speech or you dont"
X Link @durov 2025-09-29T10:13Z 2.7M followers, 67.3K engagements

"🎆 The sky over Dubai has never looked as good as it did today"
X Link @durov 2025-05-01T20:59Z 2.7M followers, 732.6K engagements

"@27khv A great summary of my Telegram post. I will reuse it 🙏"
X Link @durov 2025-01-29T21:09Z 2.7M followers, 120.1K engagements

"About a year ago while I was stuck in Paris the French intelligence services reached out to me through an intermediary asking me to help the Moldovan government censor certain Telegram channels ahead of the presidential elections in Moldova. After reviewing the channels flagged by French (and Moldovan) authorities we identified a few that clearly violated our rules and removed them. The intermediary then informed me that in exchange for this cooperation French intelligence would say good things about me to the judge who had ordered my arrest in August last year. This was unacceptable on"
X Link @durov 2025-09-28T11:34Z 2.7M followers, 38.2M engagements

"📚 If youre a student choosing what to focus on pick MATH. It will teach you to relentlessly rely on your own brain think logically break down problems and solve them step by step in the right order. Thats the core skill youll need to build companies and manage projects"
X Link @durov 2025-07-11T23:01Z 2.7M followers, 1.6M engagements

"Nicolas Lerner the head of Frances foreign intelligence who asked me to silence conservative voices on Telegram in Romania ahead of its elections (and later tried to deny it) visited Romania just two days before the vote official sources told journalist @tuca_ro"
X Link @durov 2025-05-23T23:19Z 2.7M followers, 1.4M engagements

"@chrispavlovski Thanks. Lets put up a good fight and be remembered as those who stood up ✊"
X Link @durov 2025-10-10T09:08Z 2.7M followers, 147.7K engagements

"Few WhatsApp users realize theyre using a copycat. Over XX% of its features were copied from Telegram years later"
X Link @durov 2025-05-18T22:09Z 2.7M followers, 560.8K engagements

"French foreign intelligence confirmed they met with me allegedly to fight terrorism and child porn. In reality child porn was never even mentioned. They did want IPs of terror suspects in France but their main focus was always geopolitics: Romania Moldova Ukraine"
X Link @durov 2025-05-19T16:18Z 2.7M followers, 1.7M engagements

"🧠 Its no surprise that Verb Technology to be rebranded as TON Strategy has chosen TON as its treasury asset. Its mirroring MicroStrategys bitcoin playbook which let it grow from $1B to $100B+ in X years. The half a billion $ Verb is investing into TON is just the start"
X Link @durov 2025-08-05T18:08Z 2.7M followers, 126.1K engagements

"@cz_binance 🤝 Fully aligned on countries. P. S. I look Chinese here. Your aura is too strong 😅"
X Link @durov 2025-10-02T20:23Z 2.7M followers, 106.2K engagements

"Trimming voice messages today on Telegram. In a few years everywhere else with the exact same UI 💅"
X Link @durov 2025-06-05T11:48Z 2.7M followers, 155.1K engagements

"🎤 @SnoopDoggs digital collectibles drop on Telegram sold out in just XX minutes today generating $12M in sales. Nearly 1M unique NFTs inspired by Snoops iconic style. Blockchain minting and the secondary market go live in XX days. Its going to be wild"
X Link @durov 2025-07-09T22:40Z 2.7M followers, 274.3K engagements

"Telegram sent this message to all its users in France regarding Chat Control. People must know the names of those who try to steal their freedoms: Today the European Union nearly banned your right to privacy. It was set to vote on a law that would force apps to scan every private message turning everyones phone into a spying tool. France led the push for this authoritarian law. Both former and current Interior Ministers Bruno Retailleau and Laurent Nuez supported it. Last March they declared that police should see French citizens private messages. The Republicans and Macrons Renaissance group"
X Link @durov 2025-10-14T17:09Z 2.7M followers, 4.3M engagements

"@beaniest Thanks Ill now insist all my Finnish friends call me Paavo. Ive just spent X amazing weeks in Finland where I go every pretty much every summer"
X Link @durov 2025-09-09T23:06Z 2.7M followers, 35.2K engagements

"When people have direct ownership over their digital assets magic happens like a tokenized Telegram handle soaring 70x in value. Telegram treats users as sovereign owners: no middlemen no confiscation all secured by TON smart contracts"
X Link @durov 2025-07-30T12:51Z 2.7M followers, 402.4K engagements

"Rare Telegram gifts once bought for just a few dollars can now sell for over $100K. But this surge in value has a dark side. Scammers are blackmailing users trying to force them to hand over these collectibles. If youve faced this lmk in my tg:"
X Link @durov 2025-07-21T14:10Z 2.7M followers, 255.7K engagements

"Ahead of us stands only WhatsApp a cheap watered-down imitation of Telegram. For years theyve tried to copy us while burning billions on lobbying and PR to slow us down. They failed. Telegram grew became profitable and unlike our competitor retained its independence🗽"
X Link @durov 2025-03-19T20:18Z 2.7M followers, 104.8K engagements

"@SeriousStuff42 Same as misinformation disinformation and all those other code words for CENSORSHIP used to silence us and take away our rights. Never forget how they fought conspiracy theories during Covid most of which turned out to be true"
X Link @durov 2025-10-10T09:16Z 2.7M followers, 120.7K engagements

"For years our moderation team removed as many as 1M+ channels and 10M+ users every month. Their hard work stayed behind the scenes until now. Weve launched a new page showcasing their efforts over the years: 🚫🧹"
X Link @durov 2024-12-12T21:48Z 2.7M followers, 306.2K engagements

"@DMog77100500 Id rather die no third party has access to private messages on Telegram"
X Link @durov 2025-08-24T23:14Z 2.7M followers, 319.6K engagements

"Im ready to come and testify if it helps Romanian democracy"
X Link @durov 2025-05-20T18:11Z 2.7M followers, 2.7M engagements

"Instagram considered the Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius dangerous"
X Link @durov 2025-05-24T20:55Z 2.7M followers, 6.2M engagements

"At this point any tech company can be declared a criminal gang in France. A decade of efforts to attract tech investment is being undone by a few bureaucrats advancing their careers and political agendas at the expense of the French people"
X Link @durov 2025-07-21T22:07Z 2.7M followers, 2.7M engagements

"Telegram is the only major social platform that treats users as free people with unalienable rights including the unbreakable right to own their digital identities"
X Link @durov 2025-07-30T12:54Z 2.7M followers, 110.5K engagements

"One year ago the French police detained me for X days because some people Id never heard of used Telegram to coordinate crimes. Arresting a CEO of a major platform over the actions of its users was not only unprecedented it was legally and logically absurd"
X Link @durov 2025-08-24T17:55Z 2.7M followers, 4.3M engagements

"As Telegram turns XX today I want it to keep following my fathers advice: X 🏆 Lead by example setting trends for the messaging world X 🚀 Be a positive force bringing joy to our users and X ❤ Prioritize conscience staying true to our principles"
X Link @durov 2025-08-14T16:55Z 2.7M followers, 291.9K engagements

"The 4th of July Telegram gifts sold out within minutes. It took just XX seconds for all 15000 🦅 Crystal Eagles (around $XXX each) to be claimed. The 300000 🗽 Statues of Liberty were gone in under X minutes. All 500000 🔥 Liberty Torches sold out in just XX minutes"
X Link @durov 2025-07-04T19:07Z 2.7M followers, 278.4K engagements

"Telegrams Affiliate Platform for mini apps is an instant hit In just XX days 15000 affiliate programs were created and X million users got referred to mini apps. Its transparent simple and guarantees commissions"
X Link @durov 2024-12-16T21:14Z 2.7M followers, 346.3K engagements

"@RogerJStoneJr Winners never quit quitters never win. - Vince Lombardi/Donald Trump"
X Link @durov 2025-10-10T10:06Z 2.7M followers, 85K engagements

"@juulcapital Enjoy"
X Link @durov 2025-09-26T16:21Z 2.7M followers, 186.6K engagements

"@Scaroleva Sad"
X Link @durov 2025-09-29T08:56Z 2.7M followers, 52.9K engagements

"Proud that Telegram is a tool for protests in France against Macrons failed policies. After X years of neglect people are done with empty PR and posturing - and theyre striking back"
X Link @durov 2025-09-09T22:14Z 2.7M followers, 778.7K engagements

"Verb a NASDAQ-listed company that has chosen TON as its primary asset has successfully raised $XXX million to begin buying and stockpiling TON immediately. Meanwhile Coinbase Ventures @cbventures has also started accumulating TON. Exciting times ahead 🚀"
X Link @durov 2025-08-12T20:09Z 2.7M followers, 410.7K engagements

"@rmedranollamas @nomuerdo Good idea. All politicians who are silently trying to steal our freedoms should pay a price and lose the support of the people"
X Link @durov 2025-10-14T22:25Z 2.7M followers, 60.7K engagements

"Telegram Collectible Gifts went up in price several times in the past XX days. TON is now the #1 blockchain by daily NFT trading volume (or #2 after Ethereum if off-chain trades are not counted). Data: and"
X Link @durov 2025-06-09T15:44Z 2.7M followers, 170.3K engagements

"📣 Such a media environment is alarming. This is why platforms like Telegram are so important we enable people to access all points of view and decide for themselves. We believe people are smart and can be trusted with the unfiltered truth. ✊"
X Link @durov 2025-06-16T18:30Z 2.7M followers, 71.7K engagements

"🏆 Yesterday marked a historic milestone: for the first time investors gained access to a TON-holding company listed on the US stock market (ticker: VERB). This company is deploying $XXX million to accumulate Toncoin never selling only buying more over time"
X Link @durov 2025-08-05T18:08Z 2.7M followers, 749.5K engagements

"@elonmusk The word slave comes from Old French esclave (which meant both Slav and slave) as Western Europeans (mainly the Franks) enslaved lots of Slavic people during the Middle Ages. No Slavic country ever invaded Western Europe unprovoked while the opposite happened many times"
X Link @durov 2025-09-03T23:42Z 2.7M followers, 190.1K engagements

"9+ months after I learned about the investigation against me in France I still dont understand why it began. At first the authorities claimed Telegram didnt respond to French requests but it turned out theyd been ignoring the EU and French law and hadnt sent us a single legally binding judicial request until last September. Then they argued that Telegram moderated content worse than other platforms a claim that was soon refuted by several hundred pages of forensic evidence proving the opposite. Why Im still unable to leave France a country where less than X% of Telegrams billion users reside"
X Link @durov 2025-06-09T21:41Z 2.7M followers, 918.9K engagements

"A Western European government (guess which 🥖) approached Telegram asking us to silence conservative voices in Romania ahead of todays presidential elections. I flatly refused. Telegram will not restrict the freedoms of Romanian users or block their political channels"
X Link @durov 2025-05-18T15:28Z 2.7M followers, 2.7M engagements

"@elonmusk Both World Wars started from a Western European countrys attack on a Slavic country: Austrias invasion of Serbia in 1914 and Germanys invasion of Poland in 1939. In the 19th century the West invaded the Slavic lands unprovoked during the Napoleonic Wars and the Crimean War"
X Link @durov 2025-09-04T17:08Z 2.7M followers, 86.3K engagements

"📈 Growth in the last XX days 🚀"
X Link @durov 2025-09-18T10:18Z 2.7M followers, 401.6K engagements

"Telegrams bday/summer NFT gifts sold out in under X minutes grossing over $11M. To make this round fairer we limited purchases of Durovs Sunglasses ($600 max X per user) and Resistance Dog ($100 max X per user) to Premium users only. Still both sold out in XX seconds"
X Link @durov 2025-08-14T22:52Z 2.7M followers, 208.9K engagements

"@chrispavlovski Strength and honor 🎖"
X Link @durov 2025-10-14T22:18Z 2.7M followers, 32.9K engagements

"NFTs are back reimagined. XX Telegram gifts bought for just $XX a few months ago were traded for a $350000 car"
X Link @durov 2025-08-27T16:48Z 2.7M followers, 472.3K engagements

"The new Telegram update is here with XX features added in one month: 🔒 E2E Comments & Reactions in Calls 📝 Notes for Contacts 🎂 Suggested Birthdays 🤖 Threads & Streaming for AI Bots 🐞 Bugs & Suggestions Mini App 👤 New Profile Styles 🎁 Improved Gift UI 🧬 On-chain NFTs on Profiles 🚫 Gift Signature Removal 💧 Liquid Glass Input Field & 🗂 Tabs All demos and details 👉"
X Link @durov 2025-10-10T19:13Z 2.7M followers, 435.1K engagements

"🎥 My first attempt at recording a video in French (at the request of @LePoint ). Forgive my French 😉"
X Link @durov 2025-06-18T20:22Z 2.7M followers, 820K engagements

"@nedhawley The RN fully opposed a similar surveillance law in the National Assembly in March. Similarly the AfD in Germany strictly opposes Chat Control. Ironically political parties labeled as fascist by legacy media are the ones standing up for freedom"
X Link @durov 2025-10-14T22:32Z 2.7M followers, 39.4K engagements

"If you want to reach your full potential and maintain clarity of mind stay away from addictive substances. My success and health come from 20+ years of abstaining from alcohol tobacco coffee pills and illegal drugs. Short-term pleasure isnt worth your future"
X Link @durov 2025-07-10T18:18Z 2.7M followers, 2.2M engagements

"@elonmusk @grok True. Agreed in principle but formalities are pending"
X Link @durov 2025-05-28T22:02Z 2.7M followers, 352.5K engagements

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for protected and handed on for them to do the same. Ronald Reagan"
X Link @durov 2025-06-10T20:09Z 2.7M followers, 493.7K engagements

"Thank you @ManuelStotz for bringing @ton_blockchain where it is today. Best of luck with @tonstrat"
X Link @durov 2025-08-21T16:10Z 2.7M followers, 288.1K engagements

"@NickSzabo4 Germany Poland Austria the Netherlands Czechia Finland Luxembourg and Belgium opposed Chat Control. EU lawmakers needed countries representing XX% of the EU population to pass it but Germanys last-minute opposition blocked it. They will attempt another vote in December"
X Link @durov 2025-10-14T21:48Z 2.7M followers, 133.4K engagements

"Charlie Kirk fought for open debate and enemies of truth hated him for it. Free expression is under attack everywhere. Once free speech is lost every other freedom soon follows. We must continue Charlies mission to defend it"
X Link @durov 2025-09-12T15:58Z 2.7M followers, 705.5K engagements

"🌎 On Telegram everything runs on TON: from payouts to creators and app developers to ad payments mini apps and collectibles like usernames numbers and gifts. As a result TON is now the #2 blockchain by daily NFT trading volume second only to Ethereum"
X Link @durov 2025-08-05T18:08Z 2.7M followers, 93.9K engagements

"🫡 X. Prioritize conscience. Studying and translating thinkers from Julius Caesar to Seneca my father saw that morals outlast talent. Moral compass unlike intelligence or creativity is the ultimate human quality that will not lose value even in the age of AI"
X Link @durov 2025-08-14T16:53Z 2.7M followers, 328.3K engagements

"One year after this strange arrest I still have to return to France every XX days with no appeal date in sight. So far the only outcome of my arrest has been massive damage to Frances image as a free country. One thing is certain: well keep fighting and we will win ✊"
X Link @durov 2025-08-24T17:55Z 2.7M followers, 1.2M engagements

"🎙 A week ago Tucker Carlson published an interview with me about what happened in France. It was covered by media in many countries except interestingly in France. 🤐"
X Link @durov 2025-06-16T18:30Z 2.7M followers, 961.1K engagements

"The biggest interview Ive ever done and the first Ive given to the French press. People deserve to be informed Im told an English version is also coming so stay tuned"
X Link @durov 2025-06-18T18:18Z 2.7M followers, 309.6K engagements

"Access to certain Russian media has been restricted in the EU under DSA/sanctions laws. Meanwhile all Western media Telegram channels remain freely accessible in Russia. Who would have thought that in 2025 Russian Telegram users would enjoy more freedom than European 🤔"
X Link @durov 2024-12-31T15:11Z 2.7M followers, 1.6M engagements

"In just the X weeks following my arrest in Paris Le Monde published XX negative articles about Telegram. In violation of journalistic ethics they did not ask us for a comment in XX of these XX articles and always ignored the factual corrections we sent them. 🤦♂"
X Link @durov 2025-06-16T18:30Z 2.7M followers, 108.7K engagements

"Crazy. TWITTER FILES FRANCE seem to expose Macrons attempts to stifle free speech in France for years"
X Link @durov 2025-09-03T23:55Z 2.7M followers, 870.4K engagements

"This spring at the Salon des Batailles in the Htel de Crillon Nicolas Lerner head of French intelligence asked me to ban conservative voices in Romania ahead of elections. I refused. We didnt block protesters in Russia Belarus or Iran. We wont start doing it in Europe"
X Link @durov 2025-05-18T19:38Z 2.7M followers, 40.1M engagements

"🔥 This summer Telegram users will gain access to the best AI technology on the market. @elonmusk and I have agreed to a 1-year partnership to bring xAIs @grok to our billion+ users and integrate it across all Telegram apps 🤝 💪 This also strengthens Telegrams financial position: we will receive $300M in cash and equity from xAI plus XX% of the revenue from xAI subscriptions sold via Telegram 💰 Together we win ❤📈🏆"
X Link @durov 2025-05-28T12:37Z 2.7M followers, 2.8M engagements

"@waleedbnb They are already trying to do that. The next attempt to vote on this authoritarian law is scheduled for December"
X Link @durov 2025-10-14T22:38Z 2.7M followers, 87.5K engagements

"👨🏫 A month ago my father a leading expert in Ancient Roman literature turned XX. I asked what advice I should pass to the next generation. He gave me 3:"
X Link @durov 2025-08-14T16:53Z 2.7M followers, 2.2M engagements

"🏆 Telegram and TON Core launched a new $200000+ coding contest. It ends on Feb X. The goal: to optimize blockchain validation and/or build a trustless bridge. Exceptional participants will be able to join the Telegram or TON teams"
X Link @durov 2025-01-16T21:49Z 2.7M followers, 405.6K engagements

"Im turning XX but I dont feel like celebrating. Our generation is running out of time to save the free Internet built for us by our fathers. What was once the promise of the free exchange of information is being turned into the ultimate tool of control. Once-free countries are introducing dystopian measures such as digital IDs (UK) online age checks (Australia) and mass scanning of private messages (EU). Germany is persecuting anyone who dares to criticize officials on the Internet. The UK is imprisoning thousands for their tweets. France is criminally investigating tech leaders who defend"
X Link @durov 2025-10-09T22:51Z 2.7M followers, 9.6M engagements

"Humans are hardwired to copy others by evolution for a good reason. Mimicking those around us has been the most efficient survival strategy for millions of years. However the world is different today. We now live in an age of rapid change what used to be efficient becomes a recipe for mediocrity and decay. 🥂 Let 2025 be the year we rely on our own opinions not imposed stereotypes and outdated thought patterns. Only by trusting our instincts and following our own unique paths can we fulfill our potential and make great contributions to the world. Have a happy and productive 2025 everyone ✨"
X Link @durov 2025-01-01T18:17Z 2.7M followers, 937K engagements