# Telegram


oct 2019 [TON: Lead Zeppelin - Telegram Open Network is Ready for Launch](https://medium.com/@HASHCIB/ton-lead-zeppelin-30234f250b59)
> The competitive landscape has substantially changed since Telegram’s 2018 placement raising questions about an investment thesis that Gram would become a general-purpose means of payments.


> The more recent launch of Hedera Hashgraph offers a scary example for other mega blockchain projects with high seed-round valuations. It was valued at usd6bn, raisingus120mn last year

#### TON

[Telegram Passport that is said to be launched by the beginning of the summer will be the first service of future Telegram’s blockchain platform](https://www.coinspeaker.com/2018/05/10/telegram-unveils-telegram-passpost-first-service-future-telegram-open-network-ton/)

- quite [technical paper about TON/gram](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/1569/TON%2BTechnology.pdf)

[Telegram plans multi-billion dollar ICO for chat cryptocurrency](https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/08/telegram-open-network/)

#### KIRIK from Novosibirsk
- soon more [technical papers about KIRIK](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/1571/KIRIK-en-pdf.pdf)

https://d0sl.github.io/en/vision/semantic_tech/

# Parents

* Financial services
* Payment Networks
* EMCUMBENTS⏎