帕維爾·杜羅夫的被捕嚇壞了很多人。但“新聞週期仍在繼續”

週末，Telegram 創始人兼執行長 Pavel Durov 精神飽滿地出現在杜拜。在區塊鏈 TON 年會上

Telegram founder Pavel Durov was present in spirit at the annual conference for TON, a blockchain closely associated with the messaging app, despite being physically located in France due to legal troubles.

Telegram 創辦人 Pavel Durov 精神飽滿地出席了 TON 的年度會議，TON 是一個與訊息應用程式密切相關的區塊鏈，儘管由於法律問題而位於法國。

Attendees encountered doodles on a large chalkboard plugging a video game inspired by Durov, a life-size cardboard cutout of the CEO at one booth, and a buff, cartoonish depiction of Durov advertising a fitness app at another booth.

與會者看到了一塊大黑板上的塗鴉，上面插著一款受杜羅夫啟發的視頻遊戲，一個展位上有一張真人大小的首席執行官紙板剪紙，另一個展位上有一張杜羅夫的卡通形象的廣告，為一款健身應用程式做廣告。

Charged with not cooperating with law enforcement on distributing child sexual abuse material and narcotics on Telegram, Durov is required to check in with authorities twice a week and barred from leaving France.

杜羅夫被指控不配合執法部門在 Telegram 上傳播兒童性虐待材料和毒品，他被要求每週兩次向當局報到，並被禁止離開法國。

Following his arrest, Durov asserted that charging a CEO with crimes committed by third parties on a platform they manage using pre-smartphone era laws is misguided.

杜羅夫（Durov）被捕後斷言，向執行長指控第三方犯下的犯罪在他們使用智慧前時代法律管理的平台上犯下的罪行被誤導了。

There have been no new developments in Durov's case, according to a French prosecutor’s office spokesperson on Monday.

法國檢察官辦公室發言人週一表示，杜羅夫的案件沒有新進展。

Initially, Durov's arrest appeared to pose an existential threat to Telegram, one of the world's most popular messaging apps, and by extension, to TON, a key project in crypto.

最初，杜羅夫（Durov）的被捕似乎對電報構成了生存威脅，這是世界上最受歡迎的訊息應用程式之一，並擴展到了加密貨幣的關鍵項目。

Toncoin, the native cryptocurrency of TON, ranks among the most valuable cryptocurrencies globally, with a total value of $12.32 billion. While separate from Telegram, the messaging app has chosen TON as its protocol of choice.

Toncoin 是 TON 的原生加密貨幣，躋身全球最有價值的加密貨幣之列，總價值達 123.2 億美元。雖然與 Telegram 分開，但該訊息應用程式選擇 TON 作為其首選協議。

If Telegram were to shut down due to a crackdown from authorities, one of TON's big selling points would crumble.

如果 Telegram 由於當局的打擊而關閉，TON 的一大賣點就會崩潰。

However, over a month and a half after Durov's arrest, Telegram and TON were still chugging along. Attendees at the Grand Hyatt in Dubai for this year's TON confab quadrupled to 2,000 from the prior year.

然而，杜羅夫被捕一個半月後，Telegram 和 TON 仍在正常運作。今年在杜拜君悅酒店參加 TON 會議的人數比去年增加了四倍，達到 2,000 人。

A TON-branded Tesla Cybertruck was parked in front of the venue as attendees chatted calmly, smoked cigarettes, and conversed in Russian. When asked about the Telegram founder, one attendee remarked, "My hero."

一輛 TON 品牌的特斯拉 Cyber​​truck 停在會場前，與會者平靜地聊天、抽煙、用俄語交談。當被問及 Telegram 創始人時，一位與會者說：“我的英雄。”

Telegram, as crypto's messaging app of choice, serves as a key pillar in the industry's tech stack. It also had its own dalliance with crypto.

Telegram 作為加密貨幣的首選訊息應用程序，是該行業技術堆疊的關鍵支柱。它也對加密貨幣有自己的興趣。

Durov's company raised over $1.7 billion in an ICO for its own cryptocurrency in 2018. But in a 2020 settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Telegram agreed to return over $1.2 billion to investors and pay an $18.5 million fine.

Durov 的公司在2018 年透過ICO 為其自己的加密貨幣籌集了超過17 億美元。 但在2020 年與美國證券交易委員會達成的和解中，Telegram 同意向投資者返還超過12 億美元，並支付1,850 萬美元的罰款。

While the messaging app appeared to wash its hands of crypto, developers outside of Telegram continued working on the project. And in September 2023, Telegram announced that it had adopted TON as its blockchain of choice.

雖然這款訊息應用程式似乎不再使用加密貨幣，但 Telegram 以外的開發人員仍在繼續開發該專案。 2023 年 9 月，Telegram 宣布已採用 TON 為其選擇的區塊鏈。

Toncoin surged to an all-time high of $8.17 in June as tap-to-earn games on Telegram, like Hamster Kombat and Catizen, took crypto by storm.

由於 Hamster Kombat 和 Catizen 等 Telegram 上的點擊賺錢遊戲席捲了加密貨幣，Toncoin 在 6 月飆升至 8.17 美元的歷史新高。

Durov's arrest on August 24 marked the end of that rally. Since then, Toncoin has dropped over 27%.

杜羅夫於8月24日被捕，標誌著那次集會的結束。此後，Toncoin 已下跌超過 27%。

As Durov awaits his legal proceedings in France, Telegram has begun to implement changes, updating its privacy policy to indicate that it will hand over user information to authorities and tweaking its stance on moderation.

當杜羅夫在法國等待法律訴訟時，Telegram 已開始實施變革，更新其隱私權政策，表明將把用戶資訊移交給當局，並調整其適度立場。

Telegram did not respond to a request for comment.

Telegram 沒有回應置評請求。

Jack Booth, co-founder of TON Society, the entity that organized the TON conference, told DL News that there was some anxiety following Durov's arrest.

組織了Ton會議的實體Ton Society的聯合創始人傑克·布斯（Jack Booth）告訴DL News，杜羅夫（Durov）被捕後有些焦慮。

"It certainly was a bit bad for a couple of weeks," he said. "But the news cycle moves on."

「這幾週的情況肯定有點糟糕，」他說。 “但新聞週期仍在繼續。”

Ilia Dubov, CTO of Fitton, the fitness app that showcased the ripped, cartoon-like Durov at the conference, shared Booth's view on the impact of Durov's legal troubles on TON.

Fitton首席技術官Ilia Dubov是Fitness應用程序，展示了會議上撕裂的，類似卡通的Durov，他分享了Booth對Durov法律麻煩對Ton的影響的看法。

"It is a small threat," Dubov, told DL News. "But as long as people are interested in TON and using TON, it will not significantly affect the TON ecosystem."

「這是一個很小的威脅，」杜波夫告訴DL新聞。 “但只要人們對 TON 感興趣並使用 TON，就不會顯著影響 TON 生態系統。”

However, TON can't easily shake its perceived association with Durov.

然而，TON 無法輕易擺脫與杜羅夫的連結。

"If something happens to Vitalik Buterin tomorrow, would the community of Ethereum react somehow? Would it affect the Ethereum community in some way?" Alena Shmalko, ecosystem lead at the TON Foundation, told DL News. "Of course it would."

“如果明天 Vitalik Buterin 發生什麼事，以太坊社區會做出某種反應嗎？會以某種方式影響以太坊社區嗎？” TON 基金會生態系統負責人 Alena Shmalko 告訴 DL News。 “當然會的。”

But that doesn't mean that TON shouldn't try to further distance itself from its billionaire booster, Shmalko said.

什馬爾科表示，但這並不意味著 TON 不應該試圖進一步遠離其億萬富翁的支持者。

"We need to break this direct relationship," she added.

「我們需要打破這種直接關係，」她補充道。

Ben Weiss is DL News’ Dubai-based correspondent. Reach out to him at bweiss@dlnews.com.

Ben Weiss 是 DL News 駐杜拜記者。請透過 bweiss@dlnews.com 與他聯繫。