A system for reliably sending Telegram verification codes to users from certain countries, while reducing costs on Telegram. This works by sending SMS from a user’s phone to another user’s. In exchange to that, users receive Telegram Premium gift links. telegram.org/tos/p2pl

Any software that talks to the Telegram API. This can be an official Telegram app, or even a daemon that runs bots.

are used to organise stickers in one place, which can be assigned a unique link and name using Telegram's official Stickers Bot

an Italian software developer who built Unigram, a third-party Telegram client for Windows that was later officialized #people

an Italian software developer who works on to Telegram API’s documentation #people

a Belorussian software developer working at Telegram, ACM champion, the developer behind TDLib and Bot API #people

a Ukrainian software developer who used to work on Telegram X #people

another name for Dmytro Tarasenko #nickname

The name of a team from St. Petersburg State University that participated in ACM ICPC in 2010 and 2011 and won several gold and silver medals. Aliaksei Levin and Arseniy Smirnov were members of it.

a legacy web-based Telegram client that is now replaced by WebA and WebK #apps

A web-based Telegram client built as a result of the 2019-2020 JavaScript contests was later officialized along with its competitor WebA. Its core is based on Webogram. web.telegram.org/k #apps

A web-based Telegram client built as a result of the 2019-2020 JavaScript contests was later officialized along with its competitor WebK. It was previously known as WebZ. web.telegram.org/a #apps

The previous name of WebA. The "Z" at the end was based on the last name of its developer, Aleksandr Zinchuk. It is thought that the discard of this name was because of relation to the Russian military's Z symbol, considering that it was done when there was a war between Russia and Ukraine at that time. #apps

a sticker designer working at Telegram, author of the famous duck sticker pack

An ex-Telegram employee, and semi childhood friend of Nikolay Durov. Went from close bonds with Nikolay to enemies. Was fired most likely due to a conflict with Nikolay. The full story can be read here. #people

an official bot that allows you to create or manage sticker packs, custom emoji packs, and more @stickers #bot

a now private, publicly discovered internal Telegram group which was/is dedicated for the private testing of new Telegram features by Telegram developers and employees

Colloquial term for people who work at Telegram as a part of its development team.

Popular Telegram concept designer and the creator of the official Telegram icon pack. #community #people

a feature which allows you to see other Telegram users and groups that are near your location, and vice-versa when you appear visible to others

This feature is heavily used for malicious purposes, and we do not condone using it unless deemed necessary.