Telegram has now implemented a way to create an account by using a fucking NFT instead of a real phone number.
This is official. This is not some cryptobro-made UI Mockup.
And this comes hot off the heels of a cryptobro-made UI Mockup for NFT profile pics getting mass-downvoted.
Telegram blog announcing the update: https://telegram.org/blog/ultimate-privacy-topics-2-0
The NFT site itself (geofenced, US IP addresses won't work, but confirmed with VPN): https://fragment.com/numbers
re: PSA re: Telegram, NFTs, boosts requested
@Felthry Yup. I am disappointed/impressed (depressed?) that they came up with something worse than requiring a phone number.
The phone number requirement, while something I could work around with some effort, has been a stalling point for me for years.
@foxposting