帕维尔·杜罗夫的被捕吓坏了很多人。但“新闻周期仍在继续”

周末，Telegram 创始人兼首席执行官帕维尔·杜罗夫 (Pavel Durov) 精神饱满地出现在迪拜。在区块链 TON 年会上

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 创始人帕维尔·杜罗夫 (Pavel Durov) 精神饱满地出席了 TON 的年度会议，TON 是一个与消息应用程序密切相关的区块链，尽管由于法律问题而位于法国。

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.

与会者看到了一块大黑板上的涂鸦，上面插着一款受杜罗夫启发的视频游戏，一个展位上有一张真人大小的首席执行官纸板剪纸，另一个展位上有一张杜罗夫的卡通形象的广告，为一款健身应用程序做广告。

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.

杜罗夫被指控不配合执法部门在 Telegram 上传播儿童性虐待材料和毒品，他被要求每周两次向当局报到，并被禁止离开法国。

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.

杜罗夫被捕后声称，指控首席执行官在第三方使用智能手机时代之前的法律管理的平台上犯下的罪行是错误的。

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

法国检察官办公室发言人周一表示，杜罗夫的案件没有新进展。

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，杜罗夫的被捕似乎对世界上最受欢迎的消息应用程序之一 Telegram 以及加密货币领域的关键项目 TON 构成了生存威胁。

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 的原生加密货币，跻身全球最有价值的加密货币之列，总价值达 123.2 亿美元。虽然与 Telegram 分开，但该消息应用程序选择 TON 作为其首选协议。

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

如果 Telegram 由于当局的打击而关闭，TON 的一大卖点就会崩溃。

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，在杜罗夫被捕一个半月后，Telegram 和 TON 仍然进展顺利。今年在迪拜君悦酒店参加 TON 会议的人数比去年增加了四倍，达到 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."

一辆 TON 品牌的特斯拉 Cyber​​truck 停在会场前，与会者平静地聊天、抽烟、用俄语交谈。当被问及 Telegram 创始人时，一位与会者说道：“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 作为加密货币的首选消息应用程序，是该行业技术堆栈的关键支柱。它也对加密货币有自己的兴趣。

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 年通过 ICO 为其自己的加密货币筹集了超过 17 亿美元。但在 2020 年与美国证券交易委员会达成的和解中，Telegram 同意向投资者返还超过 12 亿美元，并支付 1850 万美元的罚款。

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.

虽然这款消息应用程序似乎不再使用加密货币，但 Telegram 之外的开发人员仍在继续开发该项目。 2023 年 9 月，Telegram 宣布已采用 TON 作为其选择的区块链。

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.

由于 Hamster Kombat 和 Catizen 等 Telegram 上的点击赚钱游戏席卷了加密货币，Toncoin 在 6 月份飙升至 8.17 美元的历史新高。

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

杜罗夫于8月24日被捕，标志着那次集会的结束。此后，Toncoin 已下跌超过 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.

当杜罗夫在法国等待法律诉讼时，Telegram 已开始实施变革，更新其隐私政策，表明将把用户信息移交给当局，并调整其适度立场。

Telegram did not respond to a request for comment.

Telegram 没有回应置评请求。

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.

组织 TON 会议的实体 TON Society 的联合创始人 Jack Booth 告诉 DL News，杜罗夫被捕后出现了一些焦虑。

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

“这几周的情况肯定有点糟糕，”他说。 “但新闻周期仍在继续。”

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 的首席技术官伊利亚·杜博夫 (Ilia Dubov) 是健身应用程序，在会上展示了卡通般的杜罗夫 (Durov)，他分享了布斯对杜罗夫法律问题对 TON 影响的看法。

"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."

“这是一个很小的威胁，”杜波夫告诉DL新闻。 “但只要人们对 TON 感兴趣并使用 TON，就不会显着影响 TON 生态系统。”

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

然而，TON 无法轻易摆脱与杜罗夫的联系。

"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 发生什么事，以太坊社区会做出某种反应吗？会以某种方式影响以太坊社区吗？” TON 基金会生态系统负责人 Alena Shmalko 告诉 DL News。 “当然会。”

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

什马尔科表示，但这并不意味着 TON 不应该试图进一步远离其亿万富翁的支持者。

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

“我们需要打破这种直接关系，”她补充道。

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

Ben Weiss 是 DL News 驻迪拜记者。请通过 bweiss@dlnews.com 与他联系。