The encrypted messaging app had already been taking and pawning off popular usernames, but this would allow users to access the platform without a SIM card.
, Telegram said it was making it possible to access the app by “using blockchain-powered anonymous numbers” that it was now auctioning off for crypto on the company’s own Fragment crypto platform. Though users could access Telegram with an encrypted phone number, it now gives the app’s users a way to do it even more anonymously, as long as they’re willing to open up their crypto wallets.
It should be noted that the Fragment marketplace isn’t available in the U.S. After connecting to the service with a VPN, it showed some numbers were going for just under $40 with six days left to bid, while other numbers, such as 888-8-888, were selling upwards of $61,850 with two weeks still left on the bidding process. The thing is, you can’t use those numbers for anything other than signing up for Telegram, which makes the idea of an “auction” even more bonkers.
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